| From: | Robert Konrad |
| Date: | 18 Sep 2000 at 15:41:27 |
| Subject: | Re: AMIOPEN: OT: Console Market (was: Sega) |
Patrick Roberts schrieb am 17.09.2000:
>Jesse McClusky wrote:
>>
>> Actually, the price currently being bandied about for the PSx2
>> is $299 for the US. Plus, there's another *huge* drawing factor
>> in favor of the PSx2: It's also a DVD player. And if that weren't
>> enough, it supports all current PSx games as well, giving it an
>> instant installed software base of over 1200 games. And the
>> graphics *are* noticeably better. I've seen them demoed
>> side-by-side.
>>
>
> What did you see that was impressive? Everything I saw at
>E3 this year with the exception of the OddWorld title was
>really disappointing...
Yep, and it looks like Oddworld for PS2 will be canceled, cause PS2
is to hard to code.
>> On the other hand, the DC has been Sega's biggest seller since
>> its original system...
>>
>
> It'll be interesting to see if the DVD player aspect helps sales.
>I've already got a DVD player, so it's not for me- plus its DVD
>output is only fair quality. I'll be interested to see how many
>people are in the same boat as me.
>
> I wonder what Bleemcast will do for Sega... with both the DC
>and PSX2 able to play PSX games.
And the games look better with Bleemcast (or Bleem on a PC) than with
PS2.
>I personally feel that the
>ability to play PSX games on the PSX2 isn't really that big
>of a deal. Most people will alreay have a PSX for old games
>and will want to buy games that take advantage of the PSX2
>hardware.
Did you realise how often companies tried to do backward
compatibility?
Genesis had a complete Master System build in but could only use it
with a module adaptor which was allmost as expensive as a Master
System.
SNES only had a silly 8bit CPU, cause they wanted NES compatibility.
So they allready had to start putting CPUs in the games with FZero
and NES compatibility was canceled.
Game Boy Advance has a complete Game Boy build in.
And now Sony probably realises that they could have coded an emulator
and put the old PS hardware in the trashcan.
> (I did see there's already a mod for the PSX2 to let it
>play PSX CDRs.)
>
>> > I know developers prefer the DC to the PSX2.
>>
>> Only those currently in the PC market, because the transition
>> is easier. Those currently in the console market almost
>unanimously
>> dislike it.
>>
>
> I don't know any PC developers but the console developers I
>know say the PSX2 is a nightmare to program compared to the
>PSX or DC. That was one of the problems the Saturn had- it
>was a bitch to code for compared to the PSX.
Everybody says it. And the games prove it. Currently Dreamcast games
still look better.
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