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Why video game preservation is important? (fedia.io)

submitted 10 hours ago by ryujin470@fedia.io to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 19 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Games are art, and art is valuable for how it enriches.

Not all art is good art, and there are plenty of games that no one is trying to preserve.

Capitalism is currently also killing off lots of non-video game art that it can't profit off of. Tons of old shows, movies, books, and music are out of print, and being held and often lost by the IP holders.

If we allow art to become solely a vehicle for generating profit, we are going to lose out on so much beauty, talent, culture, and history.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 2 points 8 hours ago

If we allow art to become solely a vehicle for generating profit, we are going to lose out on so much beauty, talent, culture, and history

See: Current so-called "AAA" developers putting out absolute trash chasing trends and abusing existing IPs for nostalgia profit.