Originally posted by: neodolphino
As you stated before, you are comparing a gigantic company like Nintendo (which failed to provide their fans with enough units to meet their demand -despite- having the ability to do so), to homebrewers who are generally making these things in their spare time/as a hobby/as a passion project, and honestly don't owe anybody anything. That anyone makes any releases at all is fantastic in my opinion.
I get that you are frustrated, and sure you can have whatever opinion you want. But admonishing this guy/ other Brewers for not releasing as many copies as you would like is kind of crummy (especially when it's unknown if he will release more in the future, let alone if he has the means or time to release more).
You can be turned off by small releases, but discouraging releases because they aren't to your liking, no matter how small they are, doesn't help the scene grow.
I bolded some things above. While you are right, hobbyists don't owe anyone else anything at all, neither does Nintendo owe their fans little retro throwbacks. I saw a lot of bickering on NA about the NES Classic, for example, but I'd reckon almost all of those folks had virtually all the software that came packaged on that thing, hence they only wanted it for collecting purposes. Nintendo produced countless amounts of the machine (compared to ten carts or whatever this guy did), and it was all a nice product for their retro fans, though it was also totally unnecessary, no matter how big the company was. My case in point, if we (not necessarily you, but the NA board as a whole) can feel compelled to complain about a (somewhat) limited supply of something like that, then the same can be said for a truly limited release.
If you don't mind me asking, in your collection of games, what percentage is Famicom, and what percentage is NES? If you are from York area, we hail from basically the same place, but I suspect that if most of the carts you own are on NES, that is why we are going to have a huge difference in perspective on this "release".
As another guy on the forums had erroneously said about being so many Famicom homebrews available, actually, there are basically none. So each and every release is something that strictly **Famicom** collectors want to own, ranging from parts as close as Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, to outreaches as far away as Poland, Hungary, Russia, the Middle East, South Africa, and the vast majority of South America. And then, I'd venture to guess that some of the people purchasing Famicom versions of the game don't even own / collect Famicom games, rather just wanted it as an addition to their NES set. Of course something like this is going to ruffle the feathers. We finally, finally get a Famicom homebrew release and ... well no, actually we didn't get it anyway. :'(
I rememeber hearing and reading that over the years, some people have felt that the NES homebrew scene has become a bit saturated. More people producing games, of varying qualities. Another contributing factor though, I am sure, is the same thing that happened, which ultimately killed the Amiibo fad, as well as many other fads. Too many limited releases, and thus those who were collecting the games had to jump through hoops to obtain them, ended up being unable to purchase several key releases, even if they had been collecting homebrew carts from the start, then finally just gave it all up, and got out, lost interest. I'd imagine that having people lose interest in the product, when dealing with such a niche market to begin with, is not exactly what people should be striving for. Just my thoughts, but often times, it seems people here are too short-sighted on these sorts of issues.
