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Counterfeit PS1 Games Are All Over AliExpress (www.retronews.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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There has been a significant increase in fake PlayStation 1 discs being sold on AliExpress, a well-known online marketplace.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm also in the "I don't care" camp.

A lot of us just want a piece of nostalgia that the big companies choose not to produce.

If it looks close enough that it inspires my happy nostalgia, and it plays fine in my console, that's what I'm happy to pay for.

If the license holders are still selling the game, I'm happy to buy from them. If not, I'm happy to buy from someone else producing reasonable facsimilies (of abandonware games).

I get how someone could be upset if they thought they were getting the real thing.

I haven't, personally, felt misled by makers of abandonware facimilies.

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

I have no issue when its marked, or put on a site like alibaba where there are tons of cheap shit for the cost you'd expect from a cheap repro.

Putting it on eBay for full price is a dick move.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Putting it on eBay for full price is a dick move.

Agreed. That's just fraud.