E3 2013 | Miyamoto: Piracy a Greater Concern than Used Games

By Jorge Ba-oh 12.06.2013 8

E3 2013 | Miyamoto: Piracy a Greater Concern than Used Games on Nintendo gaming news, videos and discussion

Game designer Shigeru Miyamoto recently commented on the piracy and used games situation for Nintendo.

The Nintendo Wii U and 3DS have no restrictions when it comes to used games. Players are able to purchase, sell on and loan titles to friends without needing to connect to the internet for daily validation - like the Xbox One.

Used titles aren't a major concern for Nintendo as the titles the company create are the sorts "that people will want to keep and keep playing for a long time. That's the approach that we always take and that's the best way to avoid used games", he noted in an interview with CVG.

Nintendo's issues are mainly rooted in piracy, with the company hoping to take measures to reduce copied games in particular on the Nintendo 3DS/portables with a long history of homebrew and illegal cartridges.

For us it's less about used games and it's really more illegal copying of games that we're really worried about. By creating the games that we create and selling those games, it enables us to then create new versions of those games.

What are your thoughts on piracy and used games on Nintendo systems?

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J4K is offline. J4K 12.06.2013#1

He's right about value. I'm far more likely to hang on to a Nintendo game. Mario Kart, Zelda, Animal Crossing, Fire Emblem -- these are games you buy for the life of your system.

 
Renagade is offline. Renagade 12.06.2013#2

Indeed, I cannot think of a Nintendo game I have sold. Actually, I still have my old GBC Pokemon games despite the fact that they no longer work.

Somewhere in that cartridge are scores of Pokemon I trained as a child, how could I get rid of it ='<

 
Darkflame is offline. Darkflame 12.06.2013#3

I hate to break it to you, but those pokemon are probably gone by now - those internal batterys don't last forever Smilie

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Renagade is offline. Renagade 12.06.2013#4

But... but... I can recharge. I can, I can blow on the cartridges and make them work, right?
Please =;<
Even so, I shant rid myself of them.

Strange though. There are a number of games for the 360, PC, etc that I like to keep due to achievement scores, despite not planning to ever play them again. With a lot of my DS, GBA, GBC, GC and N64 games I will still go back and play them. None of them had achievements.

Gadzooks. Were achievements really a waste of all that time? Who knew ;]

( Edited 12.06.2013 21:32 by Renagade )

 
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RudyC3 is offline. RudyC3 12.06.2013#5

Darkflame said:
I hate to break it to you, but those pokemon are probably gone by now - those internal batterys don't last forever Smilie

You'd be surprised. My NES Zelda cartridge still has its save files from the 80's still intact, despite the battery being supposed to last 10 years at the max.

( Edited 12.06.2013 22:21 by RudyC3 )

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Renagade is offline. Renagade 13.06.2013#6

RudyC3 said:
You'd be surprised. My NES Zelda cartridge still has its save files from the 80's still intact, despite the battery being supposed to last 10 years at the max.

There's still hope! \o/

 
Cheesing It Up is offline. Cheesing It Up 13.06.2013#7

I know it would screw up any save files for sure, but you can always just change the battery and it'll work like new.
A new battery is like under a quid on ebay.

 
Laurelin is offline. Laurelin 14.06.2013#8

As I'm super lame in playing *thru* games, I stick with them a very long time, anyway. And I never yould sell my games, especially the ones I love - like everything Zelda, RPGs like Tales of Symphonia or my special dear one Baten Kaitos (I never finnished that one either).
So he has a point. But the small games, the ones you don't pick up right away or are not willing to buy for 50 bucks, I like to buy used. But he's right: Nintendo and most publishers on Nintendo-platforms I hold dear, are creating games I'd like to stick to a very long time and never part from.

That's the problem for publishers, I think, to get a step into Nintendo's door: They have to make games we want to stay with a very long time. That's very difficult. But Nintendo is doing it, so can they.

I find your lack of faith disturbing!
 

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