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In another bullshit move by Nintendo this time around.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Nintendo opting to forgo selling retro games piecemeal and instead expecting consumers to rent access to them in perpetuity is an anti-consumer move.

I have no problem paying for games when they're sold at affordable, reasonable prices, so until that's the case for Nintendo's library, better to just emulate as much of it as possible.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Sure, but that's a different issue; I agree with that. Don't forget that if you even are allowed to 'buy' them, they will close the online service for that platform in the future with no guarantee you can use it on another platform.