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VGPolyglot on 29 April 2017
S.T.A.G.E. said:
VGPolyglot said:
It'd be much harder than Nintendo would have to deal with, because the PlayStation relied a lot more on 3rd parties. However, I also don't think that the demand would be as high, as PS1 nostalgia isn't at NES levels. However, it could be a neat little gadget, though one that I wouldn't get, as I already have a PS1.

Bushido blade

Soul blade 

parappa the rapper

cool boarders 1& 2

tony hawk 1&2

crash trilogy 

tomba

Tomb raider collection

Legend of dragoon

Final fantasy VII & VIII

resident evil 1 & 2

jet Moro

gran turismo 

tekken 

This is off of the top of my head. I cannot even name all of the first and third and third party exclusives. They literally drowned Nintendo and sega. I only played the 64 for core exclusives .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think you misinterpreted the meaning of my post. I was not talking about the quality of the games, I was mainly referring to the licensing issues that would arise.



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Veknoid_Outcast on 29 April 2017

I've been swooping up PS1 classics on my PS3 so I'd defInitely be down for this! I guess the problem would be the cost...could Sony make a profit on something like 30 games for $100? PS1 games go usually for $5.99 on PS3, but charging $180 for 30 pre-installed games probably wouldn't work.



Turkish on 29 April 2017

I want an enthusiast grade PS1 Classic:

-HDMI, my PS1 games look glorious on HDTV with the Framemeister
-with the audiophile level analogue audio of the original model SCPH-1001
-Region Free disc drive!
-PS Store, buy classic titles online, compatible with your PSN library, no mem cards, everything on board and SD card storage!

I would seriously pay $199-299 for that. Really not interested in a small cheap toy with preloaded games on it like a clone console, I want Sony to be serious about it.

It's amazing how good the PS1 can look modified

 

 

 



JRPGfan on 29 April 2017
Kerotan said:

If Sony were to produce a Playstation Classic (PC) next holiday and release it with a number of old titles or else with a cd drive for people to play ps1 games would there be a market?  

They could do a version with a HDD and say 20 or 30 classics pre installed.  Or they could give it an online store for people to buy and download PS1 games.  

Say if Sony were to produce 2m of these do you think they'd sell? 

Lets see 30 games:

 

Final Fantasy 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Persona 2 - Innocent sin (translated) & Eternal punishment

Chrono Trigger & Chrono Cross

Suikoden 1 & 2

Wild Arms 1 & 2

Breath of Fire 3 & 4

Arc the lad 1,2,3

The Legend of Dragoon

Legend of Mana

Saga Frontier 1,2

Looney tunes sheep raider

X-com Terror from the deep

X-com UFO defense

Street Fighter Alpha 3

Crash Team Racing

Crash Bandicoot 1,2,3

 

How about something like that?



Conina on 29 April 2017
Veknoid_Outcast said:
I've been swooping up PS1 classics on my PS3 so I'd defInitely be down for this! I guess the problem would be the cost...could Sony make a profit on something like 30 games for $100? PS1 games go usually for $5.99 on PS3, but charging $180 for 30 pre-installed games probably wouldn't work.

You can't just multiply the "usual price" of a single game when bundling a bunch of them. Virtual Console titles also go usually for $5 to $10 each.



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etking on 29 April 2017

The market is there but the size of the games is a problem. And it should feature texture filtering.



Azuren on 29 April 2017
KLXVER said:
Conina said:

http://www.atarihq.com/tsr/nes/euro.html

What I get from this article is that the NES struggled in all Europe as long as Mattel and local distributors were responsible for marketing + distribution.

The situation got better in 1990 when "Nintendo of Europe" was found in Germany (Großostheim) just in time for the launch of the Gameboy and they also took over marketing + distribution of the NES in mid-European countries.

"Mattel still held on to Italy until 1991, meaning that the NES had almost zero penetration in that country." - In hindsight not the best decision of Nintendo to not take control of the NES distribution sooner in Europe.

The NES was available in some parts of Europe almost at the same time it was available in the US. It first debuted in 1986, with local distributors releasing it in Scandinavia and Germany.


Well I guess its only in Scandinavia where its considered a very iconic console then. Hmmm...I always thought it was more loved outside of here.

 

I don't feel like the NES, in any region, is more iconic. But I do feel it's significantly more nostalgic, partially due to the fact that PS1 games didn't really ever "go away" long enough for anyone to reminisce. PS1 was present in the PS2 and PS3, then received a digital treatment for PS3, PSP, and Vita. NES, on the other hand, was gone from the point where the console was discontinued in the 90's all the way up to Virtual Console for the Wii (barring the handful of GBA ports).



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Veknoid_Outcast on 29 April 2017
Conina said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:
I've been swooping up PS1 classics on my PS3 so I'd defInitely be down for this! I guess the problem would be the cost...could Sony make a profit on something like 30 games for $100? PS1 games go usually for $5.99 on PS3, but charging $180 for 30 pre-installed games probably wouldn't work.

You can't just multiply the "usual price" of a single game when bundling a bunch of them. Virtual Console titles also go usually for $5 to $10 each.

Yes I know. That's why the NES Classic was such a good deal: $2 per game.

I was just trying to figure out the price point where Sony could break even and still offer a commercially viable product.



thismeintiel on 29 April 2017
Veknoid_Outcast said:
Conina said:

You can't just multiply the "usual price" of a single game when bundling a bunch of them. Virtual Console titles also go usually for $5 to $10 each.

Yes I know. That's why the NES Classic was such a good deal: $2 per game.

I was just trying to figure out the price point where Sony could break even and still offer a commercially viable product.

Sony has plenty of 1st party games and publishing rights to 3rd party games to fill this thing up quick.  They could probably do it for $70-$80 without a drive.  Maybe $90-$100 with one.



 

Veknoid_Outcast on 29 April 2017
thismeintiel said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:

Yes I know. That's why the NES Classic was such a good deal: $2 per game.

I was just trying to figure out the price point where Sony could break even and still offer a commercially viable product.

Sony has plenty of 1st party games and publishing rights to 3rd party games to fill this thing up quick.  They could probably do it for $70-$80 without a drive.  Maybe $90-$100 with one.

30 PS1 games for $70-80 would be a steal! I'd pick that up immediately.