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They don’t even lose money, they just don’t earn any.
Yup. And it wasn't money they would have gotten anyway so big N gets mad about nothing.
As is tradition.
History has shown that if you make it easy to access something, people will generally prefer to access it legally rather than using piracy, because most people are willing to pay for something if they have the option and if it's relatively affordable. Trying to stop piracy doesn't help sales, let alone hypothetical future sales, so trying to stop roms of older games won't help them make more profit when they relaunch/re-release older games on newer consoles. So it's still pointless. Not to mention that people playing those older games in the meantime keeps them in the public consciousness longer and so more people are likely to know about them, hear about them, and want to buy them when they're available through official channels.
There was a point in time before HBO {Now,Max} where HBO was only available through a cable subscription add on. HBO shows were always the most pirated shows because of how difficult it was to watch, while avoiding spoilers. An old The Oatmeal comic sums up the experience best.
Found the bootlicker!
Would buying used games also undermine their efforts to capitalize on relaunching a franchise?
I don't need mental gymnastics. All I need are ROMs.
That's a good "what if" there, but no.