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What are the advantages of CD's over cartridges? Presumably they can store more data being the obvious answer.
But how much money do Sony, Sega and and PC gaming companies lose through piracy as compared to Nintendo?
I know someone who is a bit of a bit of a computer whizz kid and can copy Playstation, PC and (I think) Sega games. He doesn't do it to make a profit, purely because of the challenge of competing against the programmers of companies like Microsoft who try to prevent piracy.
And how easy is it to copy a cartridge. The cost of the case must put some people off and the relative ease with which CD's can be copied by comparison must attract others away from cartridge piracy.
According to games developers piracy increases the cost of games as they have to charge more money to make the same profit. Whether they are to be believed or not it another question.
But how much money do Sony, Sega and and PC gaming companies lose through piracy as compared to Nintendo?
I know someone who is a bit of a bit of a computer whizz kid and can copy Playstation, PC and (I think) Sega games. He doesn't do it to make a profit, purely because of the challenge of competing against the programmers of companies like Microsoft who try to prevent piracy.
And how easy is it to copy a cartridge. The cost of the case must put some people off and the relative ease with which CD's can be copied by comparison must attract others away from cartridge piracy.
According to games developers piracy increases the cost of games as they have to charge more money to make the same profit. Whether they are to be believed or not it another question.
who reallly cares about piracy just so long as our games are cheap and good?
it is obvious that cartridges are more expensive to work with and that is why i am so glad that nintendo chose to use dvds on their system (doplhin) but at the sound that they are using a special dvd...
"special"? that means less piracy but more expensive games and possibly less game designers willing to program for their system... which is bad for the average gamer.
so i leave you with this thought: it doesnt matter about piracy unless you are suffering directly from it.
maxgames wrote:
> Chris:
> 1. Cartridges arew actually more expensive, as we see from the
> price of N64 games being consistantly around £50, whereas PS games
> are usually about £35
> 2. It's easy to back up N64 cartridges on to PCs using a special
> piece of inexpensive hardware, and then these ROMs can be
> distributed over the net. This hasn't caught on as much as buying
> CDs as not as many people have the PC emulators and powerful
> enough computers, but I know many places that sell back-up units.
> Phil
it is obvious that cartridges are more expensive to work with and that is why i am so glad that nintendo chose to use dvds on their system (doplhin) but at the sound that they are using a special dvd...
"special"? that means less piracy but more expensive games and possibly less game designers willing to program for their system... which is bad for the average gamer.
so i leave you with this thought: it doesnt matter about piracy unless you are suffering directly from it.
maxgames wrote:
> Chris:
> 1. Cartridges arew actually more expensive, as we see from the
> price of N64 games being consistantly around £50, whereas PS games
> are usually about £35
> 2. It's easy to back up N64 cartridges on to PCs using a special
> piece of inexpensive hardware, and then these ROMs can be
> distributed over the net. This hasn't caught on as much as buying
> CDs as not as many people have the PC emulators and powerful
> enough computers, but I know many places that sell back-up units.
> Phil
Chris:
1. Cartridges arew actually more expensive, as we see from the price of N64 games being consistantly around £50, whereas PS games are usually about £35
2. It's easy to back up N64 cartridges on to PCs using a special piece of inexpensive hardware, and then these ROMs can be distributed over the net. This hasn't caught on as much as buying CDs as not as many people have the PC emulators and powerful enough computers, but I know many places that sell back-up units.
Phil
1. Cartridges arew actually more expensive, as we see from the price of N64 games being consistantly around £50, whereas PS games are usually about £35
2. It's easy to back up N64 cartridges on to PCs using a special piece of inexpensive hardware, and then these ROMs can be distributed over the net. This hasn't caught on as much as buying CDs as not as many people have the PC emulators and powerful enough computers, but I know many places that sell back-up units.
Phil
What are the advantages of CD's over cartridges? Presumably they can store more data being the obvious answer.
But how much money do Sony, Sega and and PC gaming companies lose through piracy as compared to Nintendo?
I know someone who is a bit of a bit of a computer whizz kid and can copy Playstation, PC and (I think) Sega games. He doesn't do it to make a profit, purely because of the challenge of competing against the programmers of companies like Microsoft who try to prevent piracy.
And how easy is it to copy a cartridge. The cost of the case must put some people off and the relative ease with which CD's can be copied by comparison must attract others away from cartridge piracy.
According to games developers piracy increases the cost of games as they have to charge more money to make the same profit. Whether they are to be believed or not it another question.
But how much money do Sony, Sega and and PC gaming companies lose through piracy as compared to Nintendo?
I know someone who is a bit of a bit of a computer whizz kid and can copy Playstation, PC and (I think) Sega games. He doesn't do it to make a profit, purely because of the challenge of competing against the programmers of companies like Microsoft who try to prevent piracy.
And how easy is it to copy a cartridge. The cost of the case must put some people off and the relative ease with which CD's can be copied by comparison must attract others away from cartridge piracy.
According to games developers piracy increases the cost of games as they have to charge more money to make the same profit. Whether they are to be believed or not it another question.