tinyE: That's something I've a;ways wondered, how is it we are allowed to post Steam links in here?

I have a feeling if I went into their forum and linked a GOG game or sale, my ass would be out in a heartbeat.

Wolfy777: Really sad about the site. :(
It led to a LOT of great memories as well as some games I didn't know about before.

Some of those games can't even be bought anymore and even if they are found, it's through sites like Ebay so the original company (or the current rights holder) doesn't get a cut either way.
I understand that they have the legal grounds for such a move, but isn't it pointless?
It's not like they can save their sales.

Glad to have good ol' back up hard drives. ;)

Wolfy777: Interesting.
I'd like to look into this further.

Would you happen to have any reference links or some advice to point me in the right direction?

jsjrodman: I'm sorry but I cannot accept this.

Yes, Japanese business culture is different, but it boils down to far more customer-hostile. They make their games unavailable fairly deliberately, and insist that selling games at a low price (such as when they have had their first few years of sales behind them) is unacceptable. The result is they simply kill them off rather than take the profits by keeping the medium alive.

Yes, rom download sites are certainly infringing on copyrights, but the point is if Nintendo simply offered a virtual catalog of their back library with profit sharing for popular platforms, everyone would make bank without all that much effort. Instead they waste more money on legally attacking these gray markets. It's just a misuse of funds, and hostile to the medium. It may come out of Japanese business culture, but that is just a black mark on Japanese business culture.