Ingenu said:
Ty said:
What's interesting is that I have no real idea as to why...
I just feel it's VERY wrong, that's all...
weird.
Because they are closed platforms where publishers pay a royalty to the console maker for every unit sold. They are not PCs--which is an open standard. Nintendo, Sony, MS, Sega, Atari, NEC, and every other console maker invest millions upon millions into the platform. A platform they control.
Further, in this situation, Nintendo is still making money on these franchises (re-releasing them or packing them in with other games in the future) and is targetting to continue making money on these franchises with their new home console.
While technically running games you already own on another platform is fairly innocent, we all know for a fact that 99% of ROMs online are being used by people who do not own these games. It hurts Nintendo's new platforms--Revolution and Evolution--if one of their big "sale points" is their back library when people can use play games, typically pirated, on their competitors platform.
The same principles apply if the Evolution (or Revolution or 360) can play PSP games. It deminishes the brand and can lead to possible loss of sales which can adversely affect install base.
The fact Sony (or any other company) cannot come right out and say, "We can play our competitors software" when they can from a technological standpoint is indicitive of these points.
I would not have as much of a problem with emulation if people bought the software although there still remains the issue of unsettling the rights of a closed platform and a companies right to sell software, their product, in any form they want. It is their property and do have a right to distribute it as they see fitting to their business model.
But knowing Nintendo these companies emulating their software and making ROMS available will face a quick and painful death.
