Next Generation Consoles

[Assertn]

I bet they are going to make as few alterations to the old games as possible. Because....

1) Look how long it takes to release a remake of an older game for gba. 1 mario game every what, 6 months? I haven't really been following, but don't they plan to have most of their NES, SNES, and N64 games available for revolution? It would be physically impossible to remake all of them before an even newer gen of consoles without considerably expanding their workforce.

2) NES files sizes are in mere KB, while SNES I believe are closer to the MB area. If they plan to transfer these things over the internet, then they want to keep them as compact as possible. The concept of wireless transferring N64 episodes unchanged already amazes me, let alone any further visual upgrades to all these games.

3) How big is the Revolution hard drive, anyway?

[Ryllharu]

I was asking my roommate about it, and the Revolution aparently has an SD card slot, more than enough to keep a tremendous amout of the old titles on it, and plenty of room for some 64 titles as well.

The three largest SNES titles are Tales of Phantasia at 6 megs, Seiken Densetsu 3 at 4 megs, and Chrono Trigger at 4 megs. There are other titles at 4 megs, but not too many. N64 titles are on average about 32 megs a piece. That's due simply to limits that a cartridge could hold those days. That probably led to the 64's downfall, since the cds on the other systems allowed for FMV's and other massive storage.

They won't bother upgrading the games, at least not at first. It's a lot more impressive a selling point to have the entire library available at launch. Even if they're only a couple of dollars each, buying 15-25 games for the same price as a new one is a very nice thing to have at launch. It worked with Steam and Half Life 2. I bought a Silver package and got 8 games for a single high priced PC game.

[milfhunter]

Originally posted by: AssertnFailure
Look how long it takes to release a remake of an older game for gba. 1 mario game every what, 6 months?

That could've been more of a business strategy than an issue of technical limitations. They probably wanted to give each release a long enough time period to maximize sales. If games like Beyond Good and Evil were to come out now for the Xbox 360 launch or something, I guarantee that game would be a bestseller. It's all about timing.

Originally posted by: Ryllharu
They won't bother upgrading the games, at least not at first. It's a lot more impressive a selling point to have the entire library available at launch.

It's definitely impressive from a technical perspective (or in a numbers game) but if Nintendo really wants to compete against Xbox Live Arcade (and Nintendo has to if they're serious about attracting third-party support specifically from independent game developers), then retrofitting classic titles to support networking is a necessity.

[Ryllharu]

I'm kinda surprised this hasn't gotten into the thread. Well, this is just one inside guy's opinion, and be aware he is a 3D artist, not hardware, but follow the links in the comments to find the whole quote.

http://www.digg.com/gaming/Pla...oper_Fired_For_Talking

I'd post the whole quote, but it's easy enough to find.

Also this quote from down further in the comments I couldn't agree more with:

"Hmm.. I think it was a bad move on Sony's part to fire this guy.
Sure he said some things that were really not good, BUT cause Sony fired him everyone is going to look at him and say "He speaks the TRUTH" people are now going to think that the PS3 is not going to be special, its really going to lack the power Sony has been saying and that the Xbox360 is more powerful. He was fired over it so Its most likely True.

If Sony was smart they should have just left the guy alone that way people would just assume it was some stupid Xbox-Fanboy Joke.
This is going to hurt them."

Either way, no matter how good it turns out to be if this guy was wrong, or if its all true in the end, this is a huge hit to the publicity on the PS3.

You can be sure I'm getting an Revolution. And maybe when the price drops, I might pick up a 360.

[milfhunter]

I won't touch a Xbox 360 because that abomination will lose its value the second that Microsoft announces Xbox 720 in two years.