23rd October 2003, 11:50 AM
Or what about games that are no longer available for sale? Are you saying that Joe Public should be condemned for getting a ROM of Kid Icarus even though there's no way for him to buy it from Nintendo and enjoy their great game? Or what abour Panzer Dragoon Saga for the Saturn? Sega doesn't sell that game anymore so there are only two ways to play it: buy it on ebay for $200 (which would put a total of $0.00 into Sega's pockets) or get a pirated copy (which would also put a total of $0.00 into Sega's pockets). I would love it if Sega were to release a Panzer Dragoon compilation disc for one of the current systems but that's probably not going to happen anytime soon. So what am I supposed to do? Just forget about ever playing the game? Then all of the hard work Sega put into the game will only be appreciated by a few people, especially if they never re-release it. That would be very sad. I'd be more than happy to buy the game from Sega, even if it means getting a pirated copy and then sending some money to Sega themselves.