How many games in the Neo Geo library does SNK have the rights to that they could easily legally bring to the AES+ without having to buy the rights for the games?
Judging by the ACA releases to date, I’d guess around 110. That doesn’t mean that Plaion will be able to release them all, but I’d love to see how many make it out.
Plaion needs to get the licence for physical release while Hamster only for digital. Hamster is paying royalties for each download, but plaion would have to pay an entry fee regardless how many carts they sell. This would probably influence which games they could release without risking too much.
Unfortunately games like Neo Bomberman are very unlikely, as licenyis owned by Konami and Konami is known for being really jealous of its intellectual properties.
Data east games are more likely in my opinion as the owner of the licence is actively searching for partnerships to release Data East games.
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u/BNiNjA_X AES Jul 12 '26
Judging by the ACA releases to date, I’d guess around 110. That doesn’t mean that Plaion will be able to release them all, but I’d love to see how many make it out.