[game_preservation] Nintendo 3DS trailers

[Henry Lowood]

Christian,

Agreed, and let me add that it's not just a problem for preservation.  
Account-based services also make it nearly impossible for libraries to 
provide access to current titles offered via these channels.  For 
example, we have been unable to provide current access to indie titles 
available only via XBox Live.  It would be great to see some 
library-oriented services, as we have (say) with bibliographic databases.

Henry

On 11/7/2011 1:40 PM, Christian Bartsch wrote:

> This is the ugly face of the convenient way games are delivered today. 

> I am very sure we will notice many games missing in the years to come 

> and it won't get better with all the DRM mania and other specialties 

> of modern delivery channels.

>

> MP3 was freed a couple of years ago, but videos and games still come 

> in chains. Incriminating those breaking such protections is 

> understandable from a publisher's point of view, but a problem for 

> preservation. So where do you draw the line? And: Encryption is really 

> getting strong. Just look at those mobile phones.

>

>

> --

> Christian Bartsch

> The Software Preservation Society

> http://www.softpres.org <http://www.softpres.org/>

>

> On 7 Nov 2011, at 22:26, Henry Lowood wrote:

>

>> Devin,

>>

>> are you asking about preservation of video game trailers or of the 

>> actual delivery channels themselves?  I am a little unclear about the 

>> question, but in a nut-shell, yes, there are efforts in both 

>> directions.  On the game side, there are several collections that are 

>> focused on video and trailers are included (cf. the Internet Archive 

>> Moving Image collections), but there is some work in digital 

>> preservation around environments in which media and software were 

>> used, such as at the British Library (and not so much about games).

>>

>> Henry

>>

>> On 11/7/2011 12:58 PM, Devin Monnens wrote:

>>> I know this is a few weeks after the fact, but I didn't read the 

>>> message until after the fact anyway. Nintendo has been offering some 

>>> trailers for the 3DS through their DSiWare Store for use on the 3DS. 

>>> These included trailers for Mario, Mario Kart, and Luigi's Mansion. 

>>> However, at the end of October, the trailers were removed. 

>>> Unfortunately, while I had considered downloading everything there, 

>>> I did not get all of it. This raises a question regarding the 

>>> preservation of additional media such as game trailers. With these, 

>>> though, I assume they could be downloaded onto the flash card and 

>>> then transferred to an external storage device - though I have not 

>>> tried this myself. I was just curious if anyone has been pursuing 

>>> Virtual Console preservation (the same thing could hold true for 

>>> broadcasted material over the Nintendo Video Channel, along with DSi 

>>> Videos - they seem to be taken down from service after a few days).

>>>

>>> -- 

>>> Devin Monnens

>>> www.deserthat.com <http://www.deserthat.com/>

>>>

>>> The sleep of Reason produces monsters.

>>>

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>> Henry Lowood

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>>     Film&  Media Collections

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