cobaltesque

つまりこういう断絶があるの？ JP「ゲームは製品であり商品だからビジネスのルールが優先される」 EN「ゲームは芸術だからビジネスや法よりも歴史的観点やイデオロギーが優先される」

It's kind of remarkable that japan was ever an economic power given the fact they don't seem to understand economics. If a product is not available for purchase and is thus pirated , the developer cannot claim lost revenue because the potential revenue never existed.

One of the interesting arguments the JP side has had against Stop Killing Games is that to make an offline version or would cost 50% to 100% more of the games original budget to do it. I'm not sure if this is just a blatant lie, genuine incompetence or total ignorance. We have guys with no access to the source code able to reverse engineer servers with, relatively speaking, minimal effort. If Joe Everyman can do it for 0 dollars in his basement without the nessecary information, how come companies that actually have that information apparently can't do?

It's kind of remarkable that japan was ever an economic power given the fact they don't seem to understand economics. If a product is not available for purchase and is thus pirated , the developer cannot claim lost revenue because the potential revenue never existed.

It's kind of remarkable that japan was ever an economic power given the fact they don't seem to understand economics. If a product is not available for purchase and is thus pirated , the developer cannot claim lost revenue because the potential revenue never existed.

こういう正当化してくる奴腹立つ。 じゃあ数千万円を借金して自分で組織編成して自分でゲーム作りして発売前に海賊版出回って収益絶たれてみろや。

Theres the whole like japanese perspective on media piracy argument going on, and the one thing i keep seeing is "but do you not realize that pirating harms the company?" and I dont think alot of them realize in the west we LOVE seeing companies get harmed, even ones we like

The most fascinating part about this debate isn’t “Japan vs. the West” - it’s Japan vs. nearly the entire rest of the world. Game Console Emulation, game preservation, modding, and fan translation scenes are massive across Europe, North America, Australia, South America, Russia, and even much of China. There's a few key historical reasons: 1. The Homebrew community. The powerful 1980s homebrew & tinkering culture on home computers (especially the AMIGA) taught entire generations how to program, crack, and modify games. 2. Poverty. In many countries -especially former socialist ones- consoles and games were expensive or unavailable. Emulation became the only realistic way to play and preserve them. 3. Censorship & limited access. Fans had to import, copy VHS tapes, smuggle anime/games, and create their own translations. A lot of this underground work happened at conventions. This fan-driven effort continues today: the best translations of Japanese games and anime are still often done by passionate pirates and hobbyists, while official localization (especially by big companies like Crunchyroll) tends to either be done poorly or contain contemporary American politics. A few additional interesting facts: - The Nintendo European Research and Development team(NERD) has in the past hired console emulator developers to develop the modern emulators used on modern services like Nintendo Switch Online. However these days Nintendo is far more aggresive towards them. - Companies like SEGA actively benefit from and tolerate this culture. The Sonic the Hedgehog scene is legendary for its ROM hacks, mods, and fangames (Sonic Robo Blast 2, SAGE Expo, Sonic Hacking Contest). SEGA has historically allowed these to flourish as long as they stay non-commercial - something that keeps the franchise alive and passionate in the West. Pictures: 1. Bootleg pirated Anime VHS tapes. 2. "Assembly 2004" a demoparty 3. Demoscene/Hacking groups 4. Sonic Hacking Constest website