Re:The looming software kill-switch lurking in aging Playsta...
by Red_Leaves_Flyy on Thursday April 15, 2021 @09:54AM
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Thank God the internet never forgets. Wii games are awesome for small get togethers or rainy weekends. I'd pay a few hundred for a remade wii that has every wii game on it. Last I checked the vast majority of wii games clocks in under a tb, iirc. If I'm right storage wouldn't even be an issue as a 1tb sad is under $100, and the tech specs are equally light. The remaining problem is rights holders strangling the market to sell today's fidget spinner games.
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Re:The looming software kill-switch lurking in aging Playsta...
by Wowfunhappy on Thursday April 15, 2021 @11:38AM
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“I’d pay ~$300 minus the cost of hardware in exchange for thousands of games, including timeless masterpieces like Metroid Prime and Mario Galaxy, many of which sold for $50 individually less than a decade ago and cost millions of dollars to develop.”
Don’t get me wrong, I’d buy that too.
But if it happened, I’d be more than a little scared about the viability of game development moving forward, particularly for the artfully-crafted single player experiences I enjoy and care about. More scared than I already am.
Nintendo would much rather port Mario Galaxy to their new hardware and sell it as part of a much smaller bundle. And as far as I’m concerned, that game is great and they have every right to continue charging top-dollar for it.