ParadiseLost
Well-known member
Rant Time.
We live in a dogshit world where it is legit cheaper for me to buy a bootlegged copy of Serial Experiments Lain on VHS from a dead media enthusiast on Etsy, and an old VHS player, than it is for me to buy a new bluray copy of Serial Experiments Lain in my region.
I'm sorry, what?
Whenever I hear corporations complain about piracy, it rings hollow for this reason. There is a huge demand for physical media. There is a huge demand of availability for old media in general.
The problem is largely that rights holders just don't care to actually sell it to consumers. As Gaben of Valve said years ago, piracy is a service issue.
Same thing with retro video games. I want to play Parasite Eve, an old PS1 game. $80 on Ebay.
Square, why not just pay some enthusiast fans to make a basic bitch emulated version to sell on Steam/Switch/etc.? You could probably find people willing to do it for fucking free just out of their love for classic games and video games preservation.
This is not that hard. Its not like some massive investment is required. And its not like the enthusiasts could do anything more low effort than what you did with most of your PC ports of FF games.
Then you get to Netflix. No bluray releases of Cyberpunk Edgerunners? Why? Do you honestly think that so many people who otherwise would subscribe to Netflix will not because of one show, and do you think that will outweigh the thousands or tens of thousands of $50 bluray copies of it you could sell?
All this ticks me off.
/rant
We live in a dogshit world where it is legit cheaper for me to buy a bootlegged copy of Serial Experiments Lain on VHS from a dead media enthusiast on Etsy, and an old VHS player, than it is for me to buy a new bluray copy of Serial Experiments Lain in my region.
I'm sorry, what?
Whenever I hear corporations complain about piracy, it rings hollow for this reason. There is a huge demand for physical media. There is a huge demand of availability for old media in general.
The problem is largely that rights holders just don't care to actually sell it to consumers. As Gaben of Valve said years ago, piracy is a service issue.
Same thing with retro video games. I want to play Parasite Eve, an old PS1 game. $80 on Ebay.
Square, why not just pay some enthusiast fans to make a basic bitch emulated version to sell on Steam/Switch/etc.? You could probably find people willing to do it for fucking free just out of their love for classic games and video games preservation.
This is not that hard. Its not like some massive investment is required. And its not like the enthusiasts could do anything more low effort than what you did with most of your PC ports of FF games.
Then you get to Netflix. No bluray releases of Cyberpunk Edgerunners? Why? Do you honestly think that so many people who otherwise would subscribe to Netflix will not because of one show, and do you think that will outweigh the thousands or tens of thousands of $50 bluray copies of it you could sell?
All this ticks me off.
/rant
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