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Nintendo has reportedly suffered a significant legacy console leak

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Re: Nintendo has reportedly suffered a significant legacy console leak

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Post by rathel »

gregjw wrote: post #2

Is this bad? Am I misunderstanding? What financial damage does this do when Nintendo no longer manufacturers this console or actively developers for it and hasn't for years, or a decade in the N64/GameCube's case?

Well, they'll always oversell the damage, but realistically, not much impact to their bottom line. They do release remasters and ports, but I'd be hard pressed to see it being a significant loss in the grand scheme of things for a company that doesn't need to subsidize hardware with software. Like: people would buy a hypothetical N64 mini regardless of 3rd party emulators available. Or buy old games on the Virtual Console or however it's now called on the Switch.

From enthusiast perspective - it's a boon for preservation purposes.

Re: Nintendo has reportedly suffered a significant legacy console leak

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Post by vikbytes »

gregjw wrote: post #2

Is this bad? Am I misunderstanding? What financial damage does this do when Nintendo no longer manufacturers this console or actively developers for it and hasn't for years, or a decade in the N64/GameCube's case?

I guess they can make the argument that it will damage their financial prospects of reselling old games on digital platforms, such as Virtual Console.

But emulators are already available with very good accuracy so I don't know if this will actually have any actual impact on their potential sales.

I do believe that N64 emulation might benefit from the leaks, as I am under the impression the accuracy of N64 emulators has some glaring issues still.

Re: Nintendo has reportedly suffered a significant legacy console leak

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Post by amelius »

gregjw wrote: post #2

Is this bad? Am I misunderstanding? What financial damage does this do when Nintendo no longer manufacturers this console or actively developers for it and hasn't for years, or a decade in the N64/GameCube's case?

It will cannibalize their current business.

(At least that's what they will most likely give as an argument)

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Post by Hokusai »

gregjw wrote: post #2

Is this bad? Am I misunderstanding? What financial damage does this do when Nintendo no longer manufacturers this console or actively developers for it and hasn't for years, or a decade in the N64/GameCube's case?

> Is this bad? Am I misunderstanding?

It is illegal, but I do not see it being bad for consumers. If anything it seems that it could be good if it has been done legally from Nintendo instead of being a leak.

Re: Nintendo has reportedly suffered a significant legacy console leak

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Post by paulie_a »

rathel wrote: post #3
gregjw wrote: post #2

Is this bad? Am I misunderstanding? What financial damage does this do when Nintendo no longer manufacturers this console or actively developers for it and hasn't for years, or a decade in the N64/GameCube's case?

Well, they'll always oversell the damage, but realistically, not much impact to their bottom line. They do release remasters and ports, but I'd be hard pressed to see it being a significant loss in the grand scheme of things for a company that doesn't need to subsidize hardware with software. Like: people would buy a hypothetical N64 mini regardless of 3rd party emulators available. Or buy old games on the Virtual Co…

I'm sure some people will take advantage of it but let's be honest. Those willing and able are a tiny fraction of their consumers.
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