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In early April 2024, online play and other functionality that uses online communication will end for Nintendo 3DS* and Wii U software. This also includes online co-operative play, internet rankings, and data distribution.
We will announce a specific end date and time at a later date.
Please note that if an event occurs that would make it difficult to continue online services for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software, we may have to discontinue services earlier than planned.
- This includes software exclusive to New Nintendo 3DS
Universities, hobbyists, studios themselves. Lots of interested parties who would do it because they want to and because we value art and culture. I don’t understand what is so complicated here. If you are doing some big wind up to an actual point I’d advise you to get to it.
I can’t get to my point if you keep skirting around it.
How will you get profit-driven studios to care about preservation?
Oh my god dude. It doesn’t just have to be the studios doing it on their own dime. Fine whatever let’s fulfill your narrow ridiculous requirements.
There are ways they can enable it that are easily marketable and good for their brand as well if you are so myopic in your view that you MUST see the profit motive or whatever. It’s a branding opportunity. It’s PR. There you go.
Well, you’re here seemingly not realizing why studios don’t give a shit about preservation. As we can observe in the real world, the branding opportunities and PR are not worth it to them 99% of the time.