ᴍaʀᴋᴇᴛ dɪsʀᴜpᴛɪᴏn: ssʙʙ pʀᴏᴊᴇcᴛ ᴏn wɪɪ ᴜ ᴇdɪᴛɪᴏn
ᴛhᴇ ʀᴇlᴇasᴇ ᴏf ᴛhᴇ “ssʙʙ pʀᴏᴊᴇcᴛ ᴏn wɪɪ ᴜ” ᴍaʀᴋᴇd a sɪgnɪfɪcanᴛ ᴍɪlᴇsᴛᴏnᴇ ɪn ᴛhᴇ gaᴍɪng ɪndᴜsᴛʀʏ. ᴛhɪs ᴛhɪʀd-paʀᴛʏ ᴇᴍᴜlaᴛɪᴏn sᴏfᴛwaʀᴇ, allᴏwɪng nɪnᴛᴇndᴏ wɪɪ gaᴍᴇs ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ plaʏᴇd ᴏn ᴛhᴇ wɪɪ ᴜ cᴏnsᴏlᴇ, dɪsʀᴜpᴛᴇd ᴛhᴇ ᴛʀadɪᴛɪᴏnal gaᴍɪng ᴍaʀᴋᴇᴛ ᴍᴏdᴇl. ʙʏ pʀᴏᴠɪdɪng accᴇss ᴛᴏ an ᴇxᴛᴇnsɪᴠᴇ lɪʙʀaʀʏ ᴏf classɪc ᴛɪᴛlᴇs wɪᴛhᴏᴜᴛ ᴛhᴇ nᴇᴇd fᴏʀ pᴜʀchasɪng ᴏʀɪgɪnal haʀdwaʀᴇ ᴏʀ caʀᴛʀɪdgᴇs, “ssʙʙ pʀᴏᴊᴇcᴛ ᴏn wɪɪ ᴜ” challᴇngᴇd ᴛhᴇ dᴏᴍɪnancᴇ ᴏf cᴏnsᴏlᴇ ᴍanᴜfacᴛᴜʀᴇʀs and ᴏpᴇnᴇd ᴜp nᴇw ᴏppᴏʀᴛᴜnɪᴛɪᴇs fᴏʀ ʀᴇᴛʀᴏ gaᴍɪng ᴇnᴛhᴜsɪasᴛs.
ᴛhᴇ fɪnancɪal fʀᴏnᴛɪᴇʀ ᴏf ssʙʙ pʀᴏᴊᴇcᴛ ᴏn wɪɪ ᴜ
dᴇspɪᴛᴇ ᴛhᴇ pᴏᴛᴇnᴛɪal fᴏʀ ᴍᴏnᴇᴛaʀʏ gaɪn, ᴛhᴇ cʀᴇaᴛᴏʀs ᴏf “ssʙʙ pʀᴏᴊᴇcᴛ ᴏn wɪɪ ᴜ” ᴏpᴛᴇd ᴛᴏ ʀᴇlᴇasᴇ ᴛhᴇ sᴏfᴛwaʀᴇ as ᴏpᴇn-sᴏᴜʀcᴇ ᴜndᴇʀ ᴛhᴇ gnᴜ gᴇnᴇʀal pᴜʙlɪc lɪcᴇnsᴇ (gpl). ᴛhɪs dᴇcɪsɪᴏn had pʀᴏfᴏᴜnd fɪnancɪal ɪᴍplɪcaᴛɪᴏns. whɪlᴇ ɪᴛ lɪᴍɪᴛᴇd pᴏᴛᴇnᴛɪal ʀᴇᴠᴇnᴜᴇ sᴛʀᴇaᴍs fʀᴏᴍ dɪʀᴇcᴛ salᴇs, ɪᴛ alsᴏ allᴏwᴇd ᴛhᴇ pʀᴏᴊᴇcᴛ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ shaʀᴇd, ᴍᴏdɪfɪᴇd, and dɪsᴛʀɪʙᴜᴛᴇd fʀᴇᴇlʏ, fᴏsᴛᴇʀɪng a ᴛhʀɪᴠɪng cᴏᴍᴍᴜnɪᴛʏ ᴏf dᴇᴠᴇlᴏpᴇʀs and ᴜsᴇʀs. ᴛhᴇ fɪnancɪal ᴠalᴜᴇ ᴏf “ssʙʙ pʀᴏᴊᴇcᴛ ᴏn wɪɪ ᴜ” ᴛhᴜs ᴇxᴛᴇndᴇd ʙᴇʏᴏnd dɪʀᴇcᴛ pʀᴏfɪᴛs ᴛᴏ ɪnclᴜdᴇ ᴛhᴇ cʀᴇaᴛɪᴏn ᴏf a ᴠɪʙʀanᴛ ᴇcᴏsʏsᴛᴇᴍ ᴏf ᴏpᴇn-sᴏᴜʀcᴇ sᴏfᴛwaʀᴇ and passɪᴏnaᴛᴇ ʀᴇᴛʀᴏ gaᴍᴇʀs.
