The video Game History Foundation accuses Nintendo de "actively destroy" the history of the video game

The Game History Foundation video has issued a hard statement in which it accuses Nintendo to "actively destroy" the history of the video game.

Founded in 1997 by Frank CifaLDI, one of the largest authorities worldwide with regard to the preservation of the video game, this non-profit organization has as mission to archive, digitize and preserve videogames and related materials (documentation, source code, kits press, photographs, etc.) for posterity, keeping the history of the medium for study and later generations.

They have declared on Twitter as a result of the news of the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, "although it is a misfortune that people will not be able to digitally buy 3DS or Wii U never again, we understand the realities of the Business that influenced this decision. What we do not understand is what path, Nintendo expects to take fans if they wish to play these video games in the future. "

"As a payment member of the Entertainment Software Association, Nintendo actively finances the pressures of a lobby that even avoids libraries to offer legal access to those games. Do not offer commercial access is understandable, but also avoid institutional work to preserve those titles is Actively destroy the history of the video game ".

The organization encourages ESA members as Nintendo to revalue their position on this problem and to work with existing institutions to find a solution, "aiming for other companies such as Sony, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Activision Blizzard, Epic Games O Take-Two should work with the institutions to try to ensure that at least the libraries retain their titles.

CIFALDI has added in its personal account that "the commercial industry will never offer the catalog of games of the past, and our own federal government is making it impossible even for libraries to help with access. Nobody will save the history of video game except all We, and that will never change, "he concludes.

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