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> > There is no way in hell Nintendo still makes significant revenue from selling, say, the Super Mario Brothers NES cartridge, or its software image. > I mean, I bought it for the Wii Virtual Console, I got the mini NES, I got the mini SNES (that has all-stars right? although that's a port not the ROM, I suppose), I've paid for switch online from time to time which provides it. Mario 35 was pretty neat and I'd pay for it to return if it was offered; again, that's not really the ROM, but still. Sure, but to reiterate how I read GP:s post, did you buy it "to get the game" or did you buy it to play it on your Wii? I think that's the crux of it. Even if the old games were in public domain, Nintendo could still sell it to you in a product/service that makes it playable on the Wii, which it otherwise would not be, and that would still be worth it to some people. > It's not yet 40 years old, which is pretty young to be considered an old work, IMHO. IMHO your HO is likely based on learned behavior, not how things should (whatever that means) or could be. |