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Francesca Deandre couldn't put it better, i mean, it's a freaking lost episode of resident evil !, i need to play it now.
They should also buy Warcraft Adventures from russian asshole who don't want to share.
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What I don't understand is if you're going to charge money for it anyway, why only charge 2K? They could have easily gotten more than that.
I still can't believe people don't understand 'why $2000? Why not just give it away for free and then sell the cartridge for PROFIT?'
It's really very simple:
He bought the cartridge from someone else for more than $2000. He decides to give the ROM to the community but he knows that the value of the prototype cartridge itself drops considerably once it is publicly available (he's expecting it to be worth about $600 afterwards, if he can sell it at all). He decides 'I'm happy to take a loss on this so the whole community can benefit', so he picks a feasible target.
Unfortunately, people are too incompetent to realise that unreleased cartridges go for reasonable sums of money, and that their value drops post-release (except for die-hard collectors). The price of Stadium Events is ridiculous even by collector's standards, but it's only because everyone who reads news blogs knows about it that the people who own it set such stupid prices for it.
It's really very simple:
He bought the cartridge from someone else for more than $2000. He decides to give the ROM to the community but he knows that the value of the prototype cartridge itself drops considerably once it is publicly available (he's expecting it to be worth about $600 afterwards, if he can sell it at all). He decides 'I'm happy to take a loss on this so the whole community can benefit', so he picks a feasible target.
Unfortunately, people are too incompetent to realise that unreleased cartridges go for reasonable sums of money, and that their value drops post-release (except for die-hard collectors). The price of Stadium Events is ridiculous even by collector's standards, but it's only because everyone who reads news blogs knows about it that the people who own it set such stupid prices for it.
Very nice first news of the day!
The community came through, yes!
Gonna go enjoy this now, wonder where all those nay-sayers went now? lol
The community came through, yes!
Gonna go enjoy this now, wonder where all those nay-sayers went now? lol
Totally thought this was a scam. Cynical bastard I am.
Many thanks to Sir Tobii and all the other die hard RE fans that made this game available for us all. Its time for a Jill sandwich!
Many thanks to Sir Tobii and all the other die hard RE fans that made this game available for us all. Its time for a Jill sandwich!
I'm a die-hard RE fan, but my God, has anyone even SEEN the gameplay of this game on YouTube or anything? Why would anyone actually WANT this? I understand, collectors, rare game, yadda yadda, but good Lord above, this game looks absolutely terrible.
Fundraiser? You're kidding, right? The dude stole an unreleased ROM of a 15 year old game and than got a bunch of idiots to give him two grand so he could pocket the money himself. He's a dick.
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If you read a number of posts involving alphas/prototypes of ROMS, it's fairly clear he didn't steal it. What most likely happened is that he bought the original copy from someone and/or the rights -- in order to make some money, he needed to "sell" the ROM to the public, hence the fundraiser.
Once he released it, the game drops considerably in value, and his original purchase wouldn't have been worth it -- he most likely isn't a millionaire and needed the money for rent or something. It's pretty commonplace on the ROM scene for this to happen.
If you read a number of posts involving alphas/prototypes of ROMS, it's fairly clear he didn't steal it. What most likely happened is that he bought the original copy from someone and/or the rights -- in order to make some money, he needed to "sell" the ROM to the public, hence the fundraiser.
Once he released it, the game drops considerably in value, and his original purchase wouldn't have been worth it -- he most likely isn't a millionaire and needed the money for rent or something. It's pretty commonplace on the ROM scene for this to happen.
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