nickfil wrote:It just feels very strange buying a new snes cart of an old game in 2022. Don't get me wrong- if it is a new game running on the snes. Fuck yeah. That rules. This however just feels like a cashgrab to me.
Collecting retro games to me is about specifically collecting older games. I'm not saying you have to do that. I have flash carts. Games are expensive! I just don't even think about this game as a retro game. Its a modern snes game and I don't know why you'd ever slot it into a collection. Part of the cool thing about a retro game collection is the age and authenticity that the age brings. This robs you of that.
I just don't understand how like a gba pokemon bootleg is that far off from this. The licence I guess? To me that doesn't make it authentic, that makes it feel like a new grift from a publisher who has the licence and wants to make a buck because they are looking at the secondary market soar. They want a piece of that.
So now we are collecting modern carts of old games because the licence is the same? It just feels like a flash cart with more steps and a worse product. For me, I'd always *always* be on the side of instead of putting money into this, save it, wait a little while longer, and then buy the real thing. Its far more interesting/impressive than a 2022 preorder.
But buy them if you want to! I'm not trying to come down on it. Absolutely enjoy it if it is your jam. I'm not trying to convince you otherwise, I just don't get it and was curious if others felt the same way or if I was a weirdo.
Yeah I hear ya. I have mixed feelings about this type of stuff, honestly. I don't hate Limited Run; I was happy to buy Switch Shantae as I'll never own the original GBC version. I believe I own a few of their other releases too.
I think the fact that these reissues are scarce in their own right is bothersome. So, this is no longer a game that I'd have to buy on ebay.... it's now a game I can buy on eBay or from the Limited Run webstore? Okay. It just feels kinda kitschy and tailor-made for the flippers and "own every game" crowd.
Official, licensed rereleases of old games is a great idea. I'd prefer to see this business model expanded to other publishers who have a wider distribution model.