/vr/ - Retro Games

>>5535410
It's very stupid to try and even explain this too you.
If it hasn't been dumped yet, then there are potential buyers for the hardware who wish to buy it only to dump the rom.
If somebody else dumps the rom before you sell it to someone who wishes to buy it only to dump it to share with the world, then the people whose interest in buying it solely for the purpose of dumping it immediately no longer exists.
This reduces the list of potential buyers and reduces the demand for the property.
The value of property is interconnected with supply and demand.
When supply is low (E.g. there are only 3 - 5 cabinets in the world) and demand is high (big list of potential buyers, including those who wish to buy rare, valuable stuff, and those who wish to preserve the existence of the software in the cabinet) then the value of the property from the market is also high.
By lowering demand, in this case by lowering the number of potential buyers, in this case video game enthusiasts who want to preserve videogame software or just dump roms for internet creds, the value of the property lowered.
This all happened without the property being damaged, and although this seems illogical, perhaps even immoral or stingy, it isn't illogical in the least.
It's also an abstract thing, it's even possible the value of this particular game cabinet went up, if dumping the rom increased interest and there by increased demand for the original, but to not understand how it may have lost value is to be completely ignorant of how economics works.
And it makes you look ignorant to keep asking this question and refuse to read or understand the ample examples and explanations found within this very thread.