Hideki Kamiya, the visionary behind some of gaming's most celebrated works, has quietly set aside the question of physical versus digital ownership in favor of something more enduring: whether games themselves will survive long enough to matter to future generations. Speaking with characteristic clarity, Kamiya points to a cultural wound already opening — classic games rendered unplayable by obsolete hardware, their histories quietly disappearing. His argument places gaming alongside film and literature as a heritage worth protecting, and asks who, in the absence of clear responsibility, will