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My son recently bought himself Pokemon Platinum so I retired the SNES & Gameboys which were only used to play Pokemon Blue. But those weren't the only SNES & Gameboy games we had. So I downloaded the entire GoodSNES collection via BitTorrent (dang that was easy, although I don't see the need for all of the bad dumps, hacks etc.) and put an SNES emulator on the Wii along with the ROMs for just the SNES titles I owned. I'll probably do the same for the Gameboy titles. And I'd like to get myself a DS flashcart so I can play them there too.
But I've put myself on a slipperly slope. Although I've only copied over the ROMs for which I own actual carts, I suspect I could get those same titles through the Wii's Virtual Arcade. So although the original carts are no longer available in a form which would provide revenue to the copyright holders, buying them via Virtual Arcade would.
Free is a hard temptation to ignore.
And no matter how I try to justify it, I'm not setting a good example for my son.
But I've put myself on a slipperly slope. Although I've only copied over the ROMs for which I own actual carts, I suspect I could get those same titles through the Wii's Virtual Arcade. So although the original carts are no longer available in a form which would provide revenue to the copyright holders, buying them via Virtual Arcade would.
Free is a hard temptation to ignore.
And no matter how I try to justify it, I'm not setting a good example for my son.
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Maybe this helps:
At some point, keeping game history is important. So, snagging the torrent isn't that big of a deal. If that stuff is kept hot, there will be times in the future where it's worth having around.
So then, buy one a month, based on what you play.
Seems that's an equitable trade and modeling that for your son at least sets some better expectations. If you don't play one much at all, then remove it and focus on what you do play.
The reality is if we completely followed all those rules, much history would be lost, and unplayable, untinkerable. That's not good for anybody really. On the other hand, completely ignoring the rules gets us less new stuff going forward. (maybe --that's not established firmly)
So then, the balance is most people doing the right things most of the time.
Ive shown my kids about that model. If it's newer, there are reasonable ways to buy it, so do that. If it's older, then arguably there is some slack, and it's all about enjoying some history. No sales, etc... and very little harm is done. If they feel bad about it, there is likely a problem, so pony up and do the right thing.
Early on a bunch of us were downloading quality rips rather than rip our own vinyl collection. Same sort of dilemma. Keep rebuying, or consider the investment made? We ended up settling on whether or not it adds value. Some of the re-releases were arguably better. Those warranted a purchase. Some stuff is not obtainable today. Get the rip, as the rights holder was paid. Interestingly, ripping some of the vinyl was just fun, so we did a little of that too. Again, most of the people doing the right things more than not, and I think it all kind of works.