All I want to do is play Castlevania: Rondo of Blood. That’s all I want to play right now. But, leave it to Konami to not ever bundle it in any of the Castlevania bundles they’ve released so far. And leave it to Konami to exclusively lock it to a small bundle that is exclusive to a previous gen console such as the PS4 with NO plans of ever reaching PC.

So what are my options now? Emulate of course, so I opted to pirate a copy of Dracula X Chronicles for the PSP after I read that you can play Rondo of Blood. But leave it to Konami to not make it that simple, because you have to complete a certain task in a certain stage at a certain part just to simply UNLOCK the fucking version!

My other option is to emulate the PC-Engine and go through yet another obstacle course just to get one fucking game to run.

This is what brings my blood to a boil, is when there had been perfect opportunities and chances for game devs to do the obvious. If there is a high demand for a game that you know people would want to fucking play, you fucking bundle it and fucking release it.

You do not have a damn argument to stand by against piracy, game devs, when you have to make it such a pain in the ass for people to spend time and effort just to play a game YOU didn’t want to simply release!

How do you fuck up this badly, Konami? Technically speaking, Rondo of Blood is a 16-bit game, so there was no excuses to have not included it in the initial Castlevania Anniversary Collection. But of course, just nostalgia bait everyone with all of the other games they could’ve emulated several times as easier than it is just to get the ONE game you didn’t want to bundle.

So fuck you.

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    but I don’t believe I have a right to the content.

    Like I said: congrats on being wrong. All people have the right to the content anyone else makes and releases for sale if it’s portable, period. Capitalism does not override the right to enjoy the creations of other humans, full stop

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      I disagree. I believe artists and creators should have the right to control the distribution of their work. There’s plenty of room for criticism of the way we have it structured, the role of profit, whether companies should have the same rights, etc. But I don’t think every person has an intrinsic right to anything that anyone else has ever created.

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        I believe artists and creators should have the right to control the distribution of their work.

        Once you release something into the open world, it’s no longer yours to control, end of story. Don’t want to lose control over something? Keep it for yourself

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          This is the second time in this thread someone has responded to me with “end of story” or “full stop” as if those statements are some kind of trump card that removes any room for debate or changes the fact that what you said is an opinion.

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            It’s literally just how that works, man, it’s not an opinion. You might believe people should be able to, but the existence of piracy proves that to be not how it works

            If even one other person copies your data it’s not in your control anymore, it’s in theirs