The Surprising Reasons for Troubles with Old School Video Game Preservation

[GWYB]

[url]https://gamewithyourbrain.com/blog/2017/8/21/the-surprising-reasons-for-troubles-with-old-school-video-game-preservation[/url]

[Genericenemy]

The main issue is I find is that games are still treated as curiosities that are a quick thrill ultimately, let alone being something worth preserving. This idea that most old games age badly is incredibly damaging and is a major road barrier to making people think of games like they do a TV show or film. I just hope we can get a [URL="http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/do-we-need-a-british-games-institute/0178743"]British Games Institute[/URL] similar to the BFI eventually that can help with the situation. The industry itself I feel could also do with releasing more source code into the wild like id Software have done but obviously middleware, and the fact it would eat away at mobile revenue are a major sticking point.

[megafat]

I'll never get why game companies stop selling their games. Even if you don't make your money back on Pre-orders or sales in the first month, having a product to sell is still better than no product.

Imagine if movies hadn't jumped onto the whole VHS thing. Even the shittiest movies can make back a profit on DVD.