I was reading the 'temp the other day and something crossed my mind whilst people were asking for roms on sites (which is illegal). They all had a few things in common.
They
*couldn't be bothered to walk to the store to buy a game
*wanted to use cheats and edit the ROM
Nintendo should have seen this early on and supported AceKards, R4s and suchlike with an iTunes-style app store where people could download .nds roms for a price, with some type of DRM protection on them for games.
Look at iTunes. Music is readily available for pirating everywhere, but iTunes is still the most popular legal music download program there is! Imagine Nintendo's app. The ONLY legal way to download games, possibly for free via Club Nintendo/Nintendo Points. It would be a simple way to integrate legal ROM downloads within the site, maybe £5 less than the original game stores in the high street.
I can't really see a downside to this. You know what they always say. IF you can't beat them, join them.
They
*couldn't be bothered to walk to the store to buy a game
*wanted to use cheats and edit the ROM
Nintendo should have seen this early on and supported AceKards, R4s and suchlike with an iTunes-style app store where people could download .nds roms for a price, with some type of DRM protection on them for games.
Look at iTunes. Music is readily available for pirating everywhere, but iTunes is still the most popular legal music download program there is! Imagine Nintendo's app. The ONLY legal way to download games, possibly for free via Club Nintendo/Nintendo Points. It would be a simple way to integrate legal ROM downloads within the site, maybe £5 less than the original game stores in the high street.
I can't really see a downside to this. You know what they always say. IF you can't beat them, join them.