However at the end of the day, because homebrew is at its core a hobbyist passion, it will always ultimately be creator driven.
Despite this dynamic, the ethical questions surrounding player access to rarer homebrew games persists. A handful of VGS members have made clear their beliefs that if they want to play a particular game and cannot obtain it legitimately, illegitimate means are acceptable, and it is the creator’s fault for not doing enough to make it so that player could have the game. Rejecting the creator’s preferences and pointing to the admittedly opportunistic greed of some resellers with no connection to the original developers, these players justify using pirating roms and repros because they feel they shouldn’t have to pay a premium or go without if they don’t want to.
This is exactly the problem with VOD when you want to watch a movie that is no longer available and there's no legal possibility to do so.
Also, I bought "Basse Def Adventures" for the NES. And oh boy, I never felt so ripped off after having played it. A re-skin of Twin Dragons for a basic platformer which is sometimes buggy and with no variation of the gameplay for €52? For me, it's a huge NO.
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This is exactly the problem with VOD when you want to watch a movie that is no longer available and there's no legal possibility to do so.
Also, I bought "Basse Def Adventures" for the NES. And oh boy, I never felt so ripped off after having played it. A re-skin of Twin Dragons for a basic platformer which is sometimes buggy and with no variation of the gameplay for €52? For me, it's a huge NO.