Nintendo, along with 54 other companies, have launched an extensive new lawsuit against the makers and distributors of the R4 Revolution device that allows for playback of ROMS on the Nintendo DS.
The popular R4 device is a flash cart and MicroSD adapter that allows user to install the custom Moonshell software on their DS and then load ROMS onto the MicroSD card and play them back on ... [ read the full article ]
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If I have a legal game cartridge that I bought and I can plug it into my behind and play it without their system, then far as I'm concerned its legal. Don't make the game ROMs separate if they don't like! Reverse engineering rules!
Actually, the console manufacturers are set up to lose money when systems first come out. There is a point when you are sure you'll be able to sell them that you can increase quantities to bring costs down. Also, the prices on the components come down constantly during production runs on these things.
In short, there is a point where they should not be losing money on the consoles and shouldn't need the licensing fees paid by game manufacturers to make a profit on the base unit.
All that being said, I don't know Nintendo's numbers on these things.
Originally posted by wetsparks: Got to love all the excuses people on this forum have come up with to justify stealing a game.
The problem is you can't equate it with stealing because it dose not do direct damage.
IMO shearing,copying,backups,modchips,copy circumvention thee are all natural parts of the media industry that much like weeds can never be removed no matter what you do. You can however marginalize it instead of trying to bomb 100 acres with napalm and defoliant and a Abomb just to remove the dandelions....
