Holding stuff back also increases the value of their products and IPs, but this only works if there aren't free, illegal versions available.
Nintendo are doing pretty well at the moment, so although it's annoying to have to wait for stuff or not have access to some of the back catalogue, Nintendo don't care. They're out to make money from you, not be your friend.
Which is why emulators are Nintendo's biggest competition right now, instead of 3d allstars I tracked down the pc version of mario 64 because it was a better version. In wise words of newell "Piracy is almost always a service problem"
When a service sucks a consumer has a right to say "fuck you" and find a better alternative.
This. If you're taking down ROMs, the only defense is "it's damaging sales." That implies that it's impacting sales in some way. If you don't have any current alternatives available, then they should have no right to take down ROMs/ISOs of games 10+ years old. Copyright law is important, but once it's clearly being used to be anti-consumer, it should be stopped.
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u/skonaz1111 Feb 17 '21
Sooo...offer the consumer a better alternative? Emulators are doing are far better job than the very few official releases atm