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anamardoll · 06-01-2011, 11:42 AM

I have these emulators and I love them. All this noise about "oh, be glad Sony isn't suing" is so much nonsense in my book. I would HAPPILY pay money for a "legit" emulator that let me buy classic games for $3 a pop or whatever.

If Sony or Nintendo or whoever really cared about making money, they'd hire this guy, buy up his source code, and make an Android "steam"-style market that let people buy Lufia 2, Landstalker, Shining Force, Pokemon Yellow, and so forth in a legal manner. I own ALL those games for my classic platforms, but I can't take my SNES out and about on the go with me, now can I??? They'd make barrels of money.

The fact that they DON'T do this tells me that either:

1. They're stupid.
2. They think they're too big to fail and they don't need money from classic games.
3. They can't re-license the classic games for use on Android for X legal reasons.
4. They don't want classic games competing for their current hand-held market.
5. They don't understand classic gamers.

These are not mutually exclusive options, obviously.

06-01-2011, 11:42 AM	#6
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	I have these emulators and I love them. All this noise about "oh, be glad Sony isn't suing" is so much nonsense in my book. I would HAPPILY pay money for a "legit" emulator that let me buy classic games for $3 a pop or whatever. If Sony or Nintendo or whoever really cared about making money, they'd hire this guy, buy up his source code, and make an Android "steam"-style market that let people buy Lufia 2, Landstalker, Shining Force, Pokemon Yellow, and so forth in a legal manner. I own ALL those games for my classic platforms, but I can't take my SNES out and about on the go with me, now can I??? They'd make barrels of money. The fact that they DON'T do this tells me that either: 1. They're stupid. 2. They think they're too big to fail and they don't need money from classic games. 3. They can't re-license the classic games for use on Android for X legal reasons. 4. They don't want classic games competing for their current hand-held market. 5. They don't understand classic gamers. These are not mutually exclusive options, obviously. Last edited by anamardoll; 06-01-2011 at 11:50 AM.