I was intrigued by Ring of Rose for the notoriety, but I can recall passing it up when I saw it listed at like $60 for a loose scratched disc so many years ago. I suppose even that goes for much higher now.
I was intrigued by Ring of Rose for the notoriety, but I can recall passing it up when I saw it listed at like $60 for a loose scratched disc so many years ago. I suppose even that goes for much higher now.
LRG in trouble again this time for selling cdrs for 3do games.
https://twitter.com/Voultar/status/1785760704663896230
These posts are a bit old now but I guess I missed them the first time. I've passed on Rule of Rose at EB Games when it was about $60 brand new, I figured I'd wait for a used copy to turn up around $20. Never happened. Same with Solatorobo for the DS, it was I think $20 new at EB Games but it was an open copy being sold as new, so I wanted to wait for a used one or to find an actual sealed one at a different location. Again, never happened and I missed out. Who knows, maybe I'll eventually come across copies at some garage sale. Those are just some of the new-at-retail releases I passed on, I passed on used games at thrifts and other locations which were much worse to miss out on.
I heard about this earlier today, some youtube posters were talking about it. I guess you're supposed to just keep the games sealed to be graded, you're not supposed to open the packages to view the contents.
I remember when posting negative comments on LRG here was frowned upon, any poor business practice by them was excused by supporters who bought every release. Time has really changed things.
I guess this shows how cheap lrg can be instead of paying to have pressed cds they went with cdrs,instead.There parent company embracer group isn't any better after they bought allot of devs it has cost them.Now the embracer group is shutting them down or selling them off to cut cost.
Not to defend their actions, but where can a company go to in 2024 to find a manufacturer that still masters CD-ROMs? I can't imagine there would be any CD-ROM pressers left. Embracer Group are fairly crappy, but I can't believe they had a lot of options. They probably had to build their own CD reproduction set-up to make their own CD-Rs. They really should have informed people before they paid for the games. I can download a 3DO game and burn it to a CD myself, I don't need to spend a pile of cash and wait for months for delivery to play the game in a console.
Just search for "CD replication" and you'll find dozens if not hundreds of companies that offer the service of manufacturing pressed discs. In 2024 you can still get custom cassette tapes or VHS tapes duplicated professionally from certain manufacturers, CDs/DVDs/Blurays aren't a problem.
I spent 2 minutes searching on google and found several companies, I'll just post a link to one that specifically mentions CD-ROM replication. They offer CD-ROM replication which is factory pressed, or CD duplication which is burned. So far I just looked at companies that are actually near my area, there are tons out there.
http://www.cdmanufacturing.ca/dvd_replication.php
Another quick search, floppy disk duplication is still available.
https://www.dclmediaprints.com/colle...sk-duplication
Dying businesses: I was backing up my video DVDs and some were unreadable. Attempts to find a place nearby that would resurface discs for the public didn't turn out. The local Half-Price Books told me no, and when I called up another business recommended by a Google search, they told me it wasn't offered anymore. Had the demand for the equipment/training to use it failed by this point as people were more accustomed to streaming services?
Outside of posts that break the rules of the forum, nothing was "frowned upon." People were always welcome to post criticism. But that doesn't mean other people have to agree with that criticism and think it's well-founded. People also have the right to post their disagreement with criticism. What is a "poor business practice" to one person isn't necessarily regarded as the same to another.
For some people, yes, their opinion of LRG has shifted over time. That's to be expected as a company builds an ever-growing history and people derive from that a positive or negative opinion. This topic was created before LRG's very first title had even been put up for sale. They had no history at that point and thus virtually no reason for anyone to hate on them. But even in my opening post, there were criticisms, so this whole narrative you're pushing here doesn't check out.