17th August 2011, 2:09 PM
Yeah I said that above :D.
Anyway, a software solution would be a good idea. The thing is, there's missed revenue here, the good kind, the kind that benefits your customers. Both the Wii and (by extension) the Wii U should have all the hardware they need to play Gamecube games, if only they put in a software solution for dealing with peripherals. Sane people assume Nintendo will actually have decent storage space on the Wii U (sane people make some rather crazy assumptions sometimes). The virtual console, a vast collection of old games provided via emulation, makes crazy money. Nintendo would do well to sell old Gamecube and even Wii games on it. They wouldn't need to program an emulator, and the "art" for the menu is already built into those games. It's some of the easiest money they could make, sans network costs, which really is only the infrastructure they should be investing in anyway. Operating costs are pretty cheap these days. I really don't see why Nintendo isn't doing this.
Anyway, a software solution would be a good idea. The thing is, there's missed revenue here, the good kind, the kind that benefits your customers. Both the Wii and (by extension) the Wii U should have all the hardware they need to play Gamecube games, if only they put in a software solution for dealing with peripherals. Sane people assume Nintendo will actually have decent storage space on the Wii U (sane people make some rather crazy assumptions sometimes). The virtual console, a vast collection of old games provided via emulation, makes crazy money. Nintendo would do well to sell old Gamecube and even Wii games on it. They wouldn't need to program an emulator, and the "art" for the menu is already built into those games. It's some of the easiest money they could make, sans network costs, which really is only the infrastructure they should be investing in anyway. Operating costs are pretty cheap these days. I really don't see why Nintendo isn't doing this.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)