Why these companies gotta be like that?

Why Nintendo gotta make SO MANY games forever unplayable? And the others, too?? And since when was there an "Entertainment Software Association"? This is balls-
Seriously, why??

"Remember, Yuri: No Russian."

Vimm's Lair has been asked to remove many games from The Vault on behalf of Nintendo, Sega, Lego, and the ESA. While most of these games (and the hardware to play them) haven't been sold in decades, ultimately it's their prerogative so these games are now gone for good.