mrmark0673 wrote:
ust because I have a car doesn't mean I should be obligated to let other people drive it.
I wouldn't let people drive mine either. But if I could make a copy of my car and let people drive that instead, without wearing mine out, maybe I would. =)
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I don't want the game to be lost forever
But it will, as soon as you die, after a long life of not releasing it to anyone.
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Had I found it at a flea market for $2, I'd let everyone enjoy it, but I paid a large some of money for something that I enjoy and do not feel the need to intentionally decrease the value of my game.
Sure, because I'm sure it's more enjoyable if no one else is playing.
Sorry, I don't mean to be an ass or anything. I really do try to respect collectors, and I don't think they are bad people (at least not for being collectors). But I find the whole concept of selling and buying these things for ridiculously high prices pretty ridiculous.
I can't understand how someone can want a prototype/unrelesed game so badly to the point of paying lots of cash for it, unless it's something really unique, with features or levels that did not make into the final game, or a port of a great game that never got released (I think the only game I'd be willing to spend a LOT of cash on would be a Sonic 1 prototype, but I'd want to share the coolness of it with all Sonic fans!). But what's really hard to understand is, why is it more enjoyable if only you have it? Is it a "I feel superior" thing? In practice, John Doe owning the same ROM as you, and playing it at his home, will not affect you in any way. You don't know John Doe.
I mean, the money is already lost, and if you
really want your great game to live on, dumping it for you won't do it. When you die, whoever lives with you will trash your valuable collection of ROMs recorded in CD's anyway. People will format your hard drive. So the game will be lost after all. But it doesn't matter, since you're dead.
I guess the "collectors vs the world" war will go on forever. Both will always have arguments.
EDIT 0: Note that when I say "you" I don't mean you, but just a random collector.
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Memblers wrote:
I would offer to dump it but...
But then you'd have a copy of the precious ROM!!!!!!
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I have a question for collectors: Most of the time, when you buy a prototype you don't know how early it is, so when you pay a huge ammount of money for something really close to the final game, do you feel embarrassed or something like that? It must be really hard to feel like you spent a lot of money for nothing, and admit you bought crap, and most likely regret doing it.