22nd January 2004, 3:11 PM
There are plenty of GBA games that are quite definitely better technology than a SNES, you know...
But for carts it's different! All DVDs cost the same no matter the space usage. Carts cost more the more space you have in it. Thus what the company thinks it can actually afford -- especially once you factor in the tiny margins on GBA development -- is a major factor... and well may be for this next console too. The question is, what will be affordable... clearly larger than GBA stuff, given that size they say, but what sizes we'll actually see is unknown.
But for carts it's different! All DVDs cost the same no matter the space usage. Carts cost more the more space you have in it. Thus what the company thinks it can actually afford -- especially once you factor in the tiny margins on GBA development -- is a major factor... and well may be for this next console too. The question is, what will be affordable... clearly larger than GBA stuff, given that size they say, but what sizes we'll actually see is unknown.