12th January 2004, 10:26 PM
Quote:What in the world? There aren't affordable 1.5GB cards! Are you nuts?
As I said, if you want the cards to be a nice price like $30 you've got to make it small. And making it small necessitates older games.
Hahaha... oh, you're being serious? Yowza.
ABF, I'll repeat this one more time for you, so pay attention (I always have to do this for you, don't I?)!
THE I-QUE PLAYS N64 AND SNES GAMES AND NOT GAMECUBE GAMES BECAUSE IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE SUCH AN INEXPENSIVE DEVICE WITH MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE GAMECUBE HARDWARE!! AND THE WHOLE POINT IS THAT IT NEEDS TO BE CHEAP IN ORDER TO SELL IN CHINA!!!
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Quote:Oh yeah, and GBA and N64 carts are equal in size. (ignoring megabits; they are pointless. Megabytes is the only reasonable measurement that should be used) I should know, since I have dozens of roms for both consoles... N64 carts go from 8MB to 64MB (mostly 8-32MB with just a couple bigger than that), and GBA carts are from some small amount (either 1MB or 2MB) to 16MB, with most games 8MB or less except for some newer, bigger games (Pokemon Ruby, FFTA, Golden Sun 2, Kirby, and some others).
So no, while GBA and N64 games are in the same ballpark, N64 is larger. There aren't any N64 games I know of smaller than 8MB, for example, while there are some GBA games in that size... and a much higher percentage of GBA games is 8MB than N64 ones, I think.
GBA carts can go well over 128 MegaBYTES. The largest N64 games could go was 64 Megabytes. There just aren't any GBA games that use the larger carts because so far they don't need that much space. But it is definitely possible.
Quote:The PSX? Yes, you're right. But the PSP? As I have explained in great depth many times, it's a totally different ballgame and Sony isn't in the same park as Nintendo. Recent events should make that more clear even to extremely stubborn people like you.
You are right in the long run -- Nintendo has to respond to the PSP eventually and will need another GB. And they can't assume that everyone will get the next GB just because they got GBAs, that one sunk Nintendo when they went from the SNES to the N64. They also tried to hold on to the SNES for too long. But this case is just different. GB is mass market. PSP is NOT. Not yet. Not for years, I expect, will the PSP truly be a mass-market device with enough strengths to seriously challenge the GB in the market of portable videogames in all consumer groups. And yes, Nintendo does need to be ready with some kind of response before that happens. But it's not so soon and Nintendo has plenty of time to plan and come up with a good solution that continues the tranditional strengths that have kept the GB on top while pushing things further... and remember, unlike the GB, this time there's real competition looming out there, so they'll probably push harder than they did with the GBA...
Once again for confused and delusional people such as yourself, THIS IS ALMOST THE EXACT SAME SITUATION! Foolish, cocky Nintendo is king of the market, and they don't think Sony can harm their business. Sony comes in, introduces the product to a whole new market (adults and casual gamers), and they become number one! It's so simple that even you might be able to understand it! IF Nintendo is really preparing for this (which I'm not so sure about) and actually learned from their past mistakes and realize the severity of the situation (unlike fanboys like you), then they might be able to hold on to their market dominance. But those are a lot of buts, and Nintendo seems to think an awful lot like you do (naive, cocky)...
Quote:It obviously wouldn't challenge the major consoles, but neither would it flop I think...
And I was TALKING about straight GBA ports in my comment that SNES games look better in SNES resolution than GBA! Wasn't it obvious? I mean, a GBA game made for GBA resolutions obviously looks better in that one than a larger SNES resolution... they'd need to remake the game to adjust...
Actually like always with you, that wasn't very clear at all. All GBA games share the same resolution, ABF. But resolution isn't everything.