It's so easy for old software and games to become lost media, give it about 20 years and there's a high chance that a large percentage of games ever will be lost to time. I fully believe in the preservation of all human art, games are definitely included and I fully agree that they are important to humanity.
Agreed. I think it’s easy for games to be dismissed as works of art compared to movies or books, but I think they stand on equal ground with each other.
if a video game cannot be bought legally or not printed anymore the emulation and piracy is justified. Abandonware is a problem for video games with licensed cars and characters which tends to lead to piracy and emulators to preserve these old games.
Game preservation really is a struggle just because of the context of how video games are distributed. Since they're all made with specific pieces of hardware in mind and that hardware inevitably becomes obsolete, it leaves so many games stuck as being products of their eras and nothing more. This is something you can't say about movies, music, and books anymore. These are mostly all readily available through streaming services, digital distributions, and reprints. And even if they're not, you could have everything you'd ever want on an external hard drive and be perfectly fine. I get that many people aren't interested in ownership and just want easy access to whatever they want to experience within the moment, and that's their prerogative. But when that's the only option in a lot of cases, revisionist history is bound to follow, and it sucks.
@@MatthewSmart I think this is only going to get worse over time, until we have hardware that’s so powerful it doesn’t need dedicated consoles for each new version of it. Except for Nintendo; I think they’ll be the only console manufacturers left.
This is just bull do they have any numbers to back that it hurts the Market by not giving support to old games or do company's want to have a Monopoly on them just in the hope whey will evwry make a remake to get more money .
@@MirzaVP It’s just corruption from the Copyright Office; it’s really infuriating. Hopefully this sparks more remakes and ports from games that deserve them.
Using melodic music Using phrases like “should”, “need”, “feel” Creating narrative of good vs evil Undermining producers of video games Overestimating the abilities of consumers of video games Perpetuating a hive mind opinion. There is more support for commercials of homeless dogs than support for a bunch of grown children wanting to save their toys. Preservation is irrelevant.
So software emulation will continue, the government can't stop it. This just promotes it even more!
It's so easy for old software and games to become lost media, give it about 20 years and there's a high chance that a large percentage of games ever will be lost to time. I fully believe in the preservation of all human art, games are definitely included and I fully agree that they are important to humanity.
Agreed. I think it’s easy for games to be dismissed as works of art compared to movies or books, but I think they stand on equal ground with each other.
For humanity? Maybe? But not for ordinary consumer.
if a video game cannot be bought legally or not printed anymore the emulation and piracy is justified.
Abandonware is a problem for video games with licensed cars and characters which tends to lead to piracy and emulators to preserve these old games.
100% agreed. Abandonware shouldn’t be frowned upon and be actively supported.
Piracy is always justified
The world showing zero respect for video games new and old, as usual.
Game preservation really is a struggle just because of the context of how video games are distributed. Since they're all made with specific pieces of hardware in mind and that hardware inevitably becomes obsolete, it leaves so many games stuck as being products of their eras and nothing more. This is something you can't say about movies, music, and books anymore. These are mostly all readily available through streaming services, digital distributions, and reprints. And even if they're not, you could have everything you'd ever want on an external hard drive and be perfectly fine. I get that many people aren't interested in ownership and just want easy access to whatever they want to experience within the moment, and that's their prerogative. But when that's the only option in a lot of cases, revisionist history is bound to follow, and it sucks.
@@MatthewSmart I think this is only going to get worse over time, until we have hardware that’s so powerful it doesn’t need dedicated consoles for each new version of it. Except for Nintendo; I think they’ll be the only console manufacturers left.
don't forget films used to be unable to get exemption or preservation so it is possible that we may get it soon
I really hope so.
That's why we support emulation
This is just bull do they have any numbers to back that it hurts the Market by not giving support to old games or do company's want to have a Monopoly on them just in the hope whey will evwry make a remake to get more money .
@@MirzaVP It’s just corruption from the Copyright Office; it’s really infuriating. Hopefully this sparks more remakes and ports from games that deserve them.
@@AquaTwist_ If them are it will probably not be from the original Dev as they have moved on or lef the field now its gonna be a cash grab by the copyright ©️ company to profit off the GAME.
Using melodic music
Using phrases like “should”, “need”, “feel”
Creating narrative of good vs evil
Undermining producers of video games
Overestimating the abilities of consumers of video games
Perpetuating a hive mind opinion.
There is more support for commercials of homeless dogs than support for a bunch of grown children wanting to save their toys.
Preservation is irrelevant.