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There's likely a lot of "shovelware" in that figure, which doesn't mean it shouldn't be preserved but that could be 1 reason the percentage is so high. There were a ton of DS and Wii games nobody would recognize today
Shovelware still deserves to be accessible IMHO. Someone out there has fond memories of some shovelware DS game and wants to give it a shot again.
If you want to make a paper on "The history of fucking over video game consumers" this dataset is invaluable.
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Sure, but one person's shovelware is another person's cherished childhood. We should preserve what's been created as much as reasonably possible, simply for the record.
one man's trash is another man's treasure
One man's Cory is another man's House
Why in gods name did this make me laugh lmfao
Ah, dem shovelware packs.