It's Horrible

Started by WiCkEdISH May 16th, 2009 5:03 PM
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Seen May 16th, 2009
Posted May 16th, 2009
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14 Years
I wont lie but I use to own every Pokemon game inside a 4 GB A Data Turbo MicroSDHC.
I currently do still have it and a CycloDS Evolution.

But now I went back to search for all the Pokemon games and yes I have bought every single one.

I think its horrible people downloading ROMs and such because Nintendo and other companies are losing money. And Honestly I think Nintendo shouldn't even release any new Pokemon games because people will simply download it.

And Yes I know I use to do this and had almost all the best games but its true Nintendo is now trying to block flash cards like CycloDS, R4DS, Acekard, and so many others.

I havent touched my CycloDS Evoultion in 2 years!

I suggest everyone just to buy the new Pokemon games and every other Pokemon they have emulated/downloaded.

: (

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Seen February 17th, 2017
Posted April 11th, 2015
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14.1 Years
I think its horrible people downloading ROMs and such because Nintendo and other companies are losing money. And Honestly I think Nintendo shouldn't even release any new Pokemon games because people will simply download it.
R/B/Y, G/S/C, R/S/E and FR/LG (sorry for too much briefnotes) were all best-sellers of their time. I've never heard of anyone having a rom of these games, without having bought them first. The only exception is having missed a title and it's no longer on sale.
And then, Emerald came out and everyone thought it would be a cool R/S semi-remake. But then, NINTENDO created a psychic dna pokemon with tentacles, instead of hands and the ability to change into 3 awesome forms. The bad news, this pokemon was not in the game! (brilliant, isn't it? a game with an event that is not in the game. it's like a jar with a "chocolate cookies" label on, which turns out to have plain cookies)
The result: Emerald is - up to now - the least-selling pokemon game. And although D/P/PT were successful in Japan and the US, they had the most minimal interest globally.
Don't worry, though. NINTENDO will never become poor!:D
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Seen May 17th, 2009
Posted May 17th, 2009
2 posts
14.1 Years
You try buying a game when your dad believes Pokemon is retarded and for little kids - and you don't have any money of your own.
Yeah this is why I have to use roms, I would really like to play Pearl/Diamond but I would have to buy a DS too. About $160 that I don't have.

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Age 32
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Seen January 31st, 2010
Posted December 23rd, 2009
518 posts
14.4 Years
Considering how much money Pokémon is STILL making, I don't think piracy is a problem for them. :P They're losing a little bit of money when they have so much money that it doesn't actually make any difference to them. It's like the difference between having a million dollars and having a million dollars and twenty-two cents.

Personally, the only ROMs I've downloaded are either ones I already have, or ones that my brother has and would be willing to lend. In other words, ROMs that my family has already paid money to obtain. My only exception to this was Mystery Dungeon Red, which is why I deleted it. :P

I think most fans of something--whether it's a video game, a band, a movie, or whatever--will find ways to support what they love, even if they originally pirated the thing they like so much. People who pirate CDs of bands they love might go back later and buy t-shirts of the band, or tickets to their concerts. People who pirate movies they like will get the DVD with special features later, or watch the sequel three times when it's in theaters. People who pirate video games will track down the games later and obtain them legally, like you did. Some people are just lousy creeps who get the stuff for free and never pay back, but I think the majority of piraters will also try to do something to support the thing they love, even though that support may not include renouncing their lives of online crime.

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Posted April 1st, 2013
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I just thought to add something else.

Imagine you had 2 million copies of a recipe for cookies and you wanted to sell them for $25 each. You sell them, but some people copy your recipe and distribute this recipe for free around. You still gain the $50 million from selling them, but other people gain them as well, but you don't actually lose.
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128 posts
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I usually buy the games, but for the more recent DS version, I found myself using an R4 to play them.
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Seen May 16th, 2011
Posted October 28th, 2010
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18.3 Years
I wont lie but I use to own every Pokemon game inside a 4 GB A Data Turbo MicroSDHC.
I currently do still have it and a CycloDS Evolution.

But now I went back to search for all the Pokemon games and yes I have bought every single one.

I think its horrible people downloading ROMs and such because Nintendo and other companies are losing money. And Honestly I think Nintendo shouldn't even release any new Pokemon games because people will simply download it.

And Yes I know I use to do this and had almost all the best games but its true Nintendo is now trying to block flash cards like CycloDS, R4DS, Acekard, and so many others.

I havent touched my CycloDS Evoultion in 2 years!

I suggest everyone just to buy the new Pokemon games and every other Pokemon they have emulated/downloaded.

: (
If Nintendo are happy to release what is fundamentaly the same game over and over again then I don't see an issue with people downloading them, after all it barely effects Nintendo's huge wallet anyway.
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Seen November 21st, 2010
Posted March 10th, 2010
253 posts
14.3 Years
I always just buy the games.
This. I don't feel right playing ROMS for some reason, it doesn't seem as fun to me for some reason.

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20.4 Years
:( The only Pokemon game I've played on a ROM is Ranger 2. I'm not too proud of it but I wouldn't have bought or played the game otherwise. Maybe if I find it cheap I'll buy it one day to ease the guilt a little though, haha.
I just thought to add something else.

Imagine you had 2 million copies of a recipe for cookies and you wanted to sell them for $25 each. You sell them, but some people copy your recipe and distribute this recipe for free around. You still gain the $50 million from selling them, but other people gain them as well, but you don't actually lose.
...that makes no sense. Of course they're losing. The people who download only download because the option is there. Even if you don't have much money, if you couldn't download the games and wanted to play them, you'd save up to get them or just deal with it. If you download it, you aren't gonna want to buy a legit copy since you can't easily transfer your .sav over to it so why bother? It might not be much if only one person does it but when you multiply it by thousands upon thousands, it adds up.

Also, just fyi to everyone, it's still illegal to download the ROMs even if you own the game.


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