HappySqurriel on 17 April 2007
| Shane said: What numbers? Read? A book? What is this 1942? All I have to do is pay attention to Nintendo's endless droning for the past few years. Anyone who has done so wouldn't be pretending like what they're saying is new because it isn't. This is no different than using a processor 2-3 times slower than the 2 year old Genesis. This is no different than using carts 18 months after the rest of the industry began running on CD's. Spin it how you wish, but this is the same old Nintendo. Nintendo wanted to save money. Period. Not necessarily a bad thing, but let's not pretend it's any more complicated than that. And yes, Iwata Asks is more of the same (and not particularly interesting to boot). |
I think you're the one who needs to read a book ... a book on processors ...
The Sega Genesis used the Motorola 68k which was a faster processor (in Hz) but because of how old and obsolete the architecture was the 68k was a much slower processor than the processor that was in the SNES.
At the same time Nintendo choose cartridges for the N64 to prevent the minute long loading times that came with most Playstation games; in fact many of the N64 games have aged well (as compared to similar games on the Playstation) because of the use of cartridges.
