Many people still clamor for physical games. Is it still worth it. Using the 3ds as an example, I purchased dozens of Nintendo first party games as well as third party games. Almost every first party game required a down load which made me suspicious from day 1. This didn't start until after the early hacks of the 3ds. Even then I suspected it was some way for N to begin tracking how many people (not who) were hacking their systems.
Looking back to the DS2 I noticed Nintendo could figure out who was hacking their systems by reading their play history. If you have 1 hour of game time in say Ben 10 ( and that was the recent game used for the flash card that month, then they blocked it, next month they watched the SUper Card site change the cards cover game to say Alex Storm, then N suddenly sees/reads thats your new favorite game from your gaming history, it ony takes two cycles to figure out, thru the use of graphing the results of hundreds (more like tens of thousands) of systems. just what game card is being used even without seeing what Supercard is using on their site for the cover game... I may not have explained that properly/well, I'm getting older these days, my late 50's but the technique is called 'Data Triangulation'. Ten years ago I could have explained it in minute detail... but , as they say... " As you are now, I once was, as I am now, you are soon to be"... It is easy to figure out what you are doing when you are sending info back to them.
It is better to be silent and thought a fool than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt.
back to the topic. since nearly every game N has released requires an update, what are the carts worth once the servers stop making the games available? Some games are already being pulled as licenses run out Ahem** Lord of The Rings, The Hobbit etc... I can only imagine that the updates are being pulled also, or son will be.
Again, 5 years from now when you want that game for a collection what will it be worth? Zip, Zilch, Nada, Nicht, nothing, Zero! I can't help but wonder if this isn't by design, literally. Google: Planned obsolescence, it is designed into many if not most electronics these days, as well as other consumers goods, why not games. And now we can wave good by to those good old days of replaying legally saved games making piracy the only viable option aside from forced repurchase. One last word. I do NOT condone piracy, but it seems the way of the future, both personal and corporate. May the Wind be at your back
EDIT: It's like selling a flash cart with a time bomb, is it really any different?
Looking back to the DS2 I noticed Nintendo could figure out who was hacking their systems by reading their play history. If you have 1 hour of game time in say Ben 10 ( and that was the recent game used for the flash card that month, then they blocked it, next month they watched the SUper Card site change the cards cover game to say Alex Storm, then N suddenly sees/reads thats your new favorite game from your gaming history, it ony takes two cycles to figure out, thru the use of graphing the results of hundreds (more like tens of thousands) of systems. just what game card is being used even without seeing what Supercard is using on their site for the cover game... I may not have explained that properly/well, I'm getting older these days, my late 50's but the technique is called 'Data Triangulation'. Ten years ago I could have explained it in minute detail... but , as they say... " As you are now, I once was, as I am now, you are soon to be"... It is easy to figure out what you are doing when you are sending info back to them.
It is better to be silent and thought a fool than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt.
back to the topic. since nearly every game N has released requires an update, what are the carts worth once the servers stop making the games available? Some games are already being pulled as licenses run out Ahem** Lord of The Rings, The Hobbit etc... I can only imagine that the updates are being pulled also, or son will be.
Again, 5 years from now when you want that game for a collection what will it be worth? Zip, Zilch, Nada, Nicht, nothing, Zero! I can't help but wonder if this isn't by design, literally. Google: Planned obsolescence, it is designed into many if not most electronics these days, as well as other consumers goods, why not games. And now we can wave good by to those good old days of replaying legally saved games making piracy the only viable option aside from forced repurchase. One last word. I do NOT condone piracy, but it seems the way of the future, both personal and corporate. May the Wind be at your back
EDIT: It's like selling a flash cart with a time bomb, is it really any different?
