We Might Be About To Lose A Powerful Force In The World Of Video Game Preservation
We Might Be About To Lose A Powerful Force In The World Of Video Game Preservation
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Sad, but the reality is for the vast majority of gamers, “preservation” means nothing. And often times, people who claim “preservation” use it in defense of pirating games on currently available systems, which further hurts initiatives like this.
Japan is not the place for such an effort, as the article repeatedly shows. It may be the source, but games preservation is not viewed the same way there. The article bangs on about laws, and how they can be changed, but they have not, and I would go so far as to speculate that they will not.
It looks like the GPS has tried doing the local schmooze and hit nothing but a brick wall.
They talk about the mega corporations becoming investors, but unless BillG gets on a huge Japan kick, I don’t see it happening.
Game companies want E-shop, not E-Library.
These guys could also make it easier for people to support them financially. They only offer a £20 yearly membership from what I can see.
I imagine they’d get a lot more support from one off or repeat but smaller donations through third party sites to help fund their preservation efforts.
Japan’s restrictive laws are one thing, but their entire crowd funding strategy seems pretty flawed. Unless they’re being restrained by outdated Japanese legislation on that front too.
This title bout gave me a stroke, and japan caring about game preservation? Lol, lmao even
Click bait titles never saved anyone.