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minus-squareZeffSyde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 hours agoIt was mainly the fact that the games could easily be copied by anybody with a decent CD burner. Shortly after a game dropped, a guy would come around my work selling shady copies on cdr in jewel cases with bubble jet printed covers for $20. Can’t sell a system if nobody is buying games. Also, had a buddy that used a bootloader on it to watch downloaded anime back when only the must mainstream stuff was available in the West.
It was mainly the fact that the games could easily be copied by anybody with a decent CD burner.
Shortly after a game dropped, a guy would come around my work selling shady copies on cdr in jewel cases with bubble jet printed covers for $20.
Can’t sell a system if nobody is buying games.
Also, had a buddy that used a bootloader on it to watch downloaded anime back when only the must mainstream stuff was available in the West.