Thread:Velt211/@comment-2003:D6:4722:2E2A:DD17:3F8A:F36C:2C58-20190924042015/@comment-2003:D6:4715:BA99:1CE8:15DF:D103:E8D2-20191121122609

Yep, it simply wouldn't be worth the bother and people have other things to do. Of course, just slowly suffocating the whole thing is the best. That way, the black market wouldn't be used that much as it would be a more "natural" decline, rather than just outright forbidding it from one day to another. Absolutely no idea about manufacturers to be honest. Thought most come from the US and that "illegal" operations in that regard aren't really worthwhile. After all, there is more money in the drug market and staying legal when it comes to cigarettes should work well enough? No clue though. My main issue would be controls, I don't think I would be too good with arcade ones. They seem not that intuitive, especially the stick. I remember using some special joystick for the Atari 2600 Jr. but that was already all. After that, it's only been gamepads and mice. Arcade culture is probably somehing you have to experience as a kid, otherwise it's really hard to get into (apart from it not being a thing at all (anymore)). I know, because I had already looked oline for one where I live (or somewhat nearby) after I moved. No luck though. As it is already the case here, excluding outside or some special designated places in a restaurant which is separate from the rest. Still, personally, I wouldn't allow any smokers on public places...or special areas there too. Since I'm currently always taking buses each day, I encounter smokers all the time...who have no problem lighting their cigarettes next to small children and other people. People are distracted all the time with pointless stuff anyway (mostly garbage news but also movies/series). With shorter attention spans, outcry doesn't really last that long anymore. So the powers in place just have to wait it out. They can use SMS with a dumb phone. That one would be ok.

"Everything", IIRC, he made several 100k profit off of it. Just looked it up and here: https://www.newsweek.com/22-year-old-allegedly-scammed-amazon-out-370k-return-shipments-filled-dirt-1452452 That's basically it and seller abuse that kind of thinking often enough. But used, basically everything is available in Japan...new, not so much. I mean, you can only leave a review if you buy something from a seller. So it's unlikely that's the competition. The lazy/uninterested part might be true...but that would be even worse than corrupt in my opinion. The latter gets paid for doing something wrong, the former does something wrong because he/she doesn't care. Meh, awful situation, hence me taking screenshots the next time. At least I'm also part of that group. I think I rate fairly but some other people obviously have different measurements. I don't know, food depends on the person. And food can still taste good but be terrible quality, just because they added a lot of extra stuff to it. Most people likely have no clue what's actually good food and what isn't. Yep, but he buys some special anniversary tools from a German company that has a venture with some Chinese company and so he buys the product sold in China. It's somewhat weird from my perspective at least but I likely just don't get it, hehe.

Not a music expert or even "fan" at all, so I can't say much about that (except that I didn't like some doujin Touhou music too much...as most fan remixes and whatnot). As for games, there is just a lot of meh stuff out there. The industry in Japan is pretty old in comparison but basically, you just have to look at Steam from several years ago. That would be basically comparable. "Indie" quality has risen in the last few years but often, indie isn't really that anymore. 5€? You can get like three good old games for that these days.

Hm, I know Alicesoft looked for one developer early this year...so who knows. Still, early next year a full, new game should arrive, right?

In general, in Japan, I feel that the used things market is way too large for the demand. If you look anywhere, basically nothing ever gets sold. Add to that ridiculous prices from some sellers for no reason and yeah, I don't think it's too sustainable aka a lot of products will just be thrown away...or they will eventually lower the prices. Of course, one copy to archive, one copy for display and one copy for use, hehe. Just gets somewhat expensive if companies release too many games. Well, let's hope the price will be around 3800 Yen the next time as well. I would certainly be happy about it. By the way, remember the Mercari items you linked? That Yoru ga Kuru! box was sold for little and is likely the one for 10000 Yen on YA while the Only You one was available for very little, althrough the shrinkwrap was kinda meh. The page has now disappeared for some reason. If it was bought like the Yoru ga Kuru! box, it would have stayed, so something else must have happened.