I guess they could go after regular shmucks, but I feel a lot of piracy cases are for old games that you can’t buy first hand anymore and haven’t for years. Feels like a lot of companies are missing out on easy revenue vs having people hunt down old consoles while the companies don’t see a single cent.
some of the old games had limited licensing for specific systems and it's not worth the effort to renegotiate or the right owners disappeared after they went out of business, some the companies themselves lost the original source codes and assets. Nintendo and Sony and other major game companies sure aren't shy about selling you same 30-40 years old games on every platform for the games they own or still have rights to.
Nintendo and Sony and other major game companies sure aren't shy about selling you same 30-40 years old games on every platform for the games they own or still have rights to
Though only after emulation proved people still liked to play them in the 2000s.
I guess they could go after regular shmucks, but I feel a lot of piracy cases are for old games that you can’t buy first hand anymore and haven’t for years. Feels like a lot of companies are missing out on easy revenue vs having people hunt down old consoles while the companies don’t see a single cent.
some of the old games had limited licensing for specific systems and it's not worth the effort to renegotiate or the right owners disappeared after they went out of business, some the companies themselves lost the original source codes and assets. Nintendo and Sony and other major game companies sure aren't shy about selling you same 30-40 years old games on every platform for the games they own or still have rights to.
Though only after emulation proved people still liked to play them in the 2000s.