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

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month 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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

How about... cloud-based subscription services?

agony-mescaline

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

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