Daria and if that's how you care to see it that's fine. I was being sarcastic though saying the triad on there since aussie thought it would be cute to play the chinese mafia angle assuming they had anything at all to do with it in the least bit. The whole point was a trickle down thing -- If the company supports it, don't steal. If it's dead and they get nothing I'd rather buy a bootlegged good from a maker than some scumbag trying to scalp something (whatever that thing is, games, venue tickets, etc.)
I doubt bootleg games are a bother of the triads anyway, old nintendo carts couldn't possibly have the profit in them that ripping off new music and video/movies do which I'd understand an organization wanting to get in on. I'd say that supporting the scalper is equally as low, you're still supporting exploitation and they're not even making a good.
What I'm saying isn't ignorant, I get the entire concept of it which would make it not a stupid comment, selfish or just uncaring sure perhaps, but ignorant no. The chinese kids and shoes bit was alluding to what Nike does in China to get those $100+ high tops out there people flock to. I guess that makes all those shoe buyers scumbags too eh? It's really a fact of life. Why do you think companies all outsource their creation of goods to third world countries or those who treat their citizens as such (China?) They can still charge $100 for an item, but have it only cost them a couple bucks to make instead of like $20 due to US labor laws, pay, and so on. Might as well vilify every single person in this country who buys anything that doesn't say Made in the USA on the label since the item is made through cheap labor under shitty or at least less than ideal circumstances outside this country.
Retro we're on the same page there actually. I can't remember if I noted it on this forum but within the last month I bought on accident a bootleg GBA game from the UK I had no idea was actually bootlegged since it's not all that expensive cart alone ($30 USD converted) and I paid $20 shipped -- Alien Hominid. The shell is right, the board (pins and Nintendo ink under the hood) is right, and the label is right other than the finest parts of the lettering ink are like a hairs width more narrow. Inside though are 2 chips and a glop top in the middle -- it works right, it plays right, it even long term retains a save game right too. My problem, they didn't tell me it was dupe as I'd have paid about 1/2 what I did for it. Just like with those overpriced 1:1's of N64 games, if they were like $30~ and not $80 I'd be on board because they're being advertised as such so I know what I'm getting. I'd love an original too, and sure I could save a little and get one, but the prices are inane and I'd rather seek alternatives until it implodes in on itself.
For some it's about them getting money off people, others it would be cost savings and a middle finger to scalpers too, but everyone has their own reasons. I mean I have the printer and I can easily within a week get the supplies needed to make 1:1 labels for NES, SNES, GB stuff and N64 games most wouldn't be able to tell the difference on as I learned the process, but I just don't do it. Instead anyone asks I share the info on the how to do it and where to get the stuff because I'd rather someone keep their $300 game with the shitty label and have them replace it than sell it off to an uptight collector at a loss to re-buy the same thing for a sticker.
By the way went poking around on aliexpress for 64bit game card, found all four games being done so far on N64. Of the 4 only 1 of them costs less than the reproduction. Also they're now charging $67 for them, not $80 so it's down some.
Harvest Moon 64 is a $50 game for legit, so that's over.
But...
Bomberman Second Attack $150 vs $67
Worms Armageddon $125 vs $67
Clayfighter Sculpters Cut $230 vs $67
(prices are averages on paid ebay currently)
Seems Little Samson is up there for $25 at the same type of run off quality too. I'm actually pretty tempted to snap up Worms or Bomberman just to check out the quality of it, Samson too due to price.
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