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Italy busts ring trafficking retro video games from China (www.yahoo.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by doublepepperoni@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

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Not much info here but I wonder if these were some sort of fake NES/SNES/Mega Drive minis or just handheld emulation devices in general

I was wondering if shipping SD cards full of ROMs would ever come to bite the manufacturers in the ass and I guess it might have. Will this be a one-off thing or a sign of a wider EU crackdown? I think there was a warning earlier issued by some agency this month about how the solder in one of the Anbernic devices exceeded EU's maximum lead levels

Edit: There's a video of the Italian cops' raid on the warehouse where the devices were being held, looks like a large variety of different devices

https://youtu.be/U4lYIzijJSU?si=mmvXSsipSaMEnaOv

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[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm sure the wealthy kulaks that hoard retro video games and sell them at collector prices will be pleased.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nintendo loves to sell overpriced retro nostalgia crap, like mini-consoles that have laughably few games and forcibly cram in Ice Climbers as one of the few offerings.

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I think the age of the retro mini console is over, it's all about subscription services now

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think the age of the retro mini console is over

dean-smile

it's all about subscription services now

dean-frown

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

How about... cloud-based subscription services?

agony-mescaline

Pretty sure that's Sony's approach to their back catalogue

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Oh boy more shit that will vanish the moment a suit feels like it! :AgonyRossScott:

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

I'm going to become one of those great reset guys except about cloud gaming

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I remember getting hyped about PSX re-release only to find out it's not real PSX, basically a fucking scam.

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

Infinitely easier just to stick some sort of Raspberry Pie type deal in a console-shaped box