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izaaz101 on 23 August 2008
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BringBackChrono said:
Nickelbackro said:
There is only one one for Sega to succeed as a console maker. A purely 2D console. Something on the order of a 20 Mhz processor and 2 MB of memory maybe include a 256 or 512 Mb internal flash drive and sell it for $50. Sell games on small SD cards (or a proprietary equivalent) in store and have a digital distribution model like the virtual console. Make the games $5-8 a piece and make new 2D sonic and other games of that type.

Nintendo has done a lot with the wii in this direction but if there was a dedicated old school console I think it might succeed. In the current ultra expensive gaming climate of $400 systems and $60 games it might be interesting to have a new cheap console.

We are already seeing this with games like Megaman 9 and dedicated consoles like the Atari Flashback maybe this needs to be taken a step farther.

What you said made a great deal of sense. Even in the gaming forums, there always are people fondly remembering the 8-bit era(im one of them). But the problem would be Nintendo.If a system like that is successful,Nintendo will jump on the opportunity and make one themselves(besides their main console) and with their superior 2-d assets as well as the support theyll get from 3rd parties(Konami,SE etc) will make it a repeat of the 4th gen

 

I don't Nintendo would make another console to compete with Sega on that...........with a $50 console, $8 games, how much profit are you going to make? Certainly not enough for Nintendo to bother making a new console for. However, if 2D gaming was back in, I could see them making more games on wiiware, and well as on the DS, since they seem to be leaving those on the shoulders of 3rd parties now.