Why are you ignoring the issue of games being re-released on newer platforms? Even if the Gamecube and Wii are more or less dead platforms, that doesn't mean the games are no longer valuable IP that the studios want protected in any way possible.
we get public domain in 70 years just like everything else, and i can't think of an argument for any game being more of a public good than works of other types like lolita, the search for animal chin, or paul's boutique.
I don't think Nintendo gets a cut of used game sales; †he first-sale doctrine should still apply.
Nitpick: video games are almost always a work-for-hire, so it's 95 years after publication (or 120 years after creation, in the unusual event that publication gets delayed long enough for this deadline to expire first).
You may already enjoy that creation by paying for it, just like you would for many other cultural items.
Or was it just sarcasm?
This is one of the most important purposes of emulation: it allows for digital archival of otherwise-obsolete hardware and software.
I thought I heard that this is actually a specific brand with chip defects.
Googling found: https://hackmd.io/d12Fq9g-QlCjN2HJp7Yvew
Its mostly the hynix flash chips.
"Protected in any way possible"? Why should copyright holders with money get that benefit, but those without money are screwed?