{"id":38507,"date":"2023-07-11T12:07:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T12:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/11\/study-claims-87-of-classic-games-released-in-the-us-are-critically-endangered\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T13:10:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T13:10:13","slug":"study-claims-87-of-classic-games-released-in-the-us-are-critically-endangered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/11\/study-claims-87-of-classic-games-released-in-the-us-are-critically-endangered\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Claims 87% Of Basic Video games Launched In The US Are &#8216;Critically Endangered&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"399\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.psu.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GameBoy.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.psu.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GameBoy-768x383.jpg 768w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 769px) 400px, 100vw\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psu.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GameBoy.jpg\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psu.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GameBoy.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.psu.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GameBoy.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.psu.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/GameBoy-768x383.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 769px) 400px, 100vw\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">87% of basic video video games which have launched in the US are \u201ccritically endangered,\u201d in line with The Video Recreation Historical past Basis and Software program Preservation Community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The 2 teams carried out a examine that discovered solely a small fraction of video games launched previous to 2010 have been nonetheless in circulation from re-releases. One instance is that solely 4.5% of a pattern of Commodore 64 video games examined have been nonetheless purchasable through fashionable digital shops.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In the meantime, the Recreation Boy household of programs noticed solely 5.8% of video games examined nonetheless accessible, though this determine was considerably larger earlier than Nintendo closed the Wii U and 3DS Eshops.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Associated Content material \u2013 Sony PS5 Full Information \u2013 All the pieces Defined About PlayStation 5 For New Homeowners In 2023<\/strong><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Right here\u2019s what the examine needed to say on the matter:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Think about if the one method to watch Titanic was to discover a used VHS tape, and keep your individual classic gear in order that you can nonetheless watch it. \u201cAnd what if no library, not even the Library of Congress, may do any higher \u2014 they may hold and digitize that VHS of Titanic, however you\u2019d need to go all the best way there to look at it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It sounds loopy, however that\u2019s the fact we reside in with video video games, a $180 billion trade, whereas the video games and their historical past disappear.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Online game preservation is one thing that has been talked about extensively lately, and is changing into more and more essential because the trade strikes in direction of a digital-heavy future. Sony precipitated lots of controversy a couple of years in the past by asserting it might be shutting the shops for PSP, PS Vita and PS3, however ultimately backtracked and saved all however the PSP Retailer open.<\/p>\n<p>[Source \u2013 VGC]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psu.com\/news\/retro-games-united-states-critically-endangered\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] 87% of basic video video games which have launched in the US are \u201ccritically endangered,\u201d in line with The Video Recreation Historical past Basis and Software program Preservation Community. The 2 teams carried out a examine that discovered solely a small fraction of video games launched previous to 2010 have been nonetheless in circulation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[2193,1673,4494,12753,58,3451,5129],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38507"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38507"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38508,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38507\/revisions\/38508"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}