Post by Kazuya_UK on Dec 14, 2003 20:04:36 GMT -5
Just like Agent Smith says... it's "inevitable". Whether people like the rom dump being out there, or whether they hate it, it is still gonna happen. I don't want to see SNKP lose money, but there is no way anyone can actually stop this from happening... unless of course SNKP comes up with some kind of super encryption or moves to another platform (Atomiswave?).
Thing is though - how much money do rom dumps like this actually cost SNKP? I am not gonna try and justify piracy, but I am personally of the opinion that people playing this stuff on emulators doesn't hurt *that* much, while bootlegs of the actual MVS carts *DO* hurt them. If some anonymous guy on the internet has managed to dump a game, you can bet that the big time bootleggers have managed to do the same, and I think that they are the guys that are going to hurt the most.
Anyways, the whole roms thing has been debated for years now, and no-one is ever going to agree. The only real certainty is that the rom dumps will continue to happen...
Kaz
Thing is though - how much money do rom dumps like this actually cost SNKP? I am not gonna try and justify piracy, but I am personally of the opinion that people playing this stuff on emulators doesn't hurt *that* much, while bootlegs of the actual MVS carts *DO* hurt them. If some anonymous guy on the internet has managed to dump a game, you can bet that the big time bootleggers have managed to do the same, and I think that they are the guys that are going to hurt the most.
Anyways, the whole roms thing has been debated for years now, and no-one is ever going to agree. The only real certainty is that the rom dumps will continue to happen...
Kaz
