rygD
Nihilistic Mystic
This is a big part of the problem though, and goes with what Klumpen was saying. My best option (when "voting with my money") is to totally skip anything with current gen mainstream handhelds/consoles. I don't. If I really wanted to try to help fix the problem piracy is less causing it than giving my money to those that do the things I feel are wrong. I do try to raise awareness of those that I think are doing things in a beneficial way, however there aren't many of those that I am aware of and really into. There are a couple that I think are. Again, where I "fail" here is that even if they aren't I plan on giving them some money (additional money for those that have already received some for my copies of these games). I want to show support for the project itself, even if there is DRM, as I appreciate their effort, and that they would make games like this for crazy people like me. Ethics are only part of the big picture.
Yes, but it was in the context of games that are not released in the US, and how it applies to region locking, both of which are things Nintendo feels they must do. I don't know where the issue is with releasing certain titles here. I wonder if they do the same thing in Japan, and don't release some fairly successful games from here over there because they think they won't sell.
I don't currently own a 3DS flash cart. While it is true that many of those that say they are 3DS compatible do not allow for playing 3DS ROMs, when I last checked there were one or two that did. What really sucks is that, afaik, titles like DSN-12 and M01D (and others that are download only) can't be as easily kept in someones collection like DS-10 and DS-10+, even if the person does own a flash cart. I lost my copy of DS-10, so I guess that is also hard to keep in a collection.
Confusion is fun.
Maybe you could try playing with it a bit. I am often confused about many things, and it creates many interesting experiences, and leads to expanding knowledge (for those that are willing to clear up their confusion, like you do). There are some unfortunate outcomes of confusion sometimes, such as with some paperwork related to some financial things I am dealing with that I thought were taken care of, only to have it blow up in my face because someone didn't clear some things up that I asked about several times, and was given a partial answer that I understood to be a complete answer, and when trying to contact the individuals working in the office that handles it I received no replies to emails, my calls were not answered, and I can't leave anymore voicemail since their box is full. Eventually I got someone else in their organization to force them to reply to my email, however right now it is still not clear on if I have lost thousands of dollars over this. It sucks for me, and maybe for them, but it is still funny.
Not my thing, really. I feel it is often better if people don't agree on things. Many people try to "fix" the opinions of others, but I don't think there is anything wrong with them unless they start interfering with the lives of others. We can argue about a different topic if you want. Maybe how Nintendo keeps releasing incremental hardware updates to the DS line for no reason other than to squeeze a little bit more money out of their customers (and the environmental impact of these decisions).
