@KASA_bunkuro@Blanko21990@Y0hZpRoNQb22771@UShouldn_tCare@AdzeTweets I'm familiar with this system, Yoshida-san from square enix comes to mind. But in the US, it's not like that normally. Our entertainment companies are quite hostile to the consumers and intentionally sabatogage products to hurt consumers on a regular basis
Getting bored of this whole piracy debate crap and am about to mute it, but it's funny how westerners are whining about Japanese media being inaccessible when I'm legally buying stuff so obscure you can't even pirate it. It's an IQ problem.
I’ll do my part, but I won’t expect much change. Japanese companies tend to be a lot more stubborn than American or other western companies. Here in the west we can generally bully a company into change. Sometimes we are able to bully a company into making a change, other times we can bully them into changing their mind on making a change.
Japanese companies are quite stubborn and unless they get tons of backlash, they’re set in their ways and when a decision is made, they’re much more likely to stick to it. That’s great for some things, but harmful for general consumer friendly practices.
There are games I would absolutely happily pay for if given the chance. I’ll willingly hand over my money for a legitimate copy, in fact it’s my preferred method of playing, but often times used copies are extremely expensive.
For example a complete copy of Pokemon Red in Japan can be around ¥12,000 to ¥16,000 compared to an American copy being ¥63,000 to ¥126,000 here in the US depending on condition. In Japan a used copy of a game is generally in excellent condition even including the original box that was well taken care of, while in the US it can sometimes be very difficult to even find with the box and the label on the cartridge being in poor condition.
Games like Pokemon red can only be found used at very high prices, on the 3DS legitimately but it can’t be purchased anymore, or it can be downloaded illegally as a rom to emulate.
You are blessed with an incredibly affordable, well taken care of used market that makes legitimate ownership relatively easy compared to the western world.
I’ll do my part and request change, but I won’t count on it making a difference. I’d happily pay Nintendo for old games, but they won’t give me that option to buy a game I played as a kid.
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@KASA_bunkuro@AdzeTweets Sadly as a European I often have to sit with my wallet ready but still be snubbed over and over by Japanese companies for not being worth selling to.