foxtail said:
VGKing said:
disolitude said:
VGKing said:
disolitude said:
Here is a way for Microsoft and Sony to sell gazillion next gen consoles and come out at affordable price point and still satisfy the power/performance hungry users.
Launch Xbox 720/PS4 with lower tier hardware and 299 price point. All current gen and next gen games are compatible with it, with next gen games running 30 fps and 720p.
However allow enthusiasts to SLI/Crossfire 2 their consoles together for hefty performance boost. Making next gen games 1080p and up to 60 FPS with other goodies like dual screen support.
You want power, fork out 600 bucks and buy 2 consoles. Problem solved.
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UGH. No. That whole point of a console is to avoid stuff like that. There's a reason PC gaming isn't mainstream..its too complicated and you never know if your computer is up to date and able to run that new game at good speeds.
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There is nothing complicated about it.
Nintendo 64 had the RAM cart which you was essentially the same thing as did Sega Saturn. An add on which you connect to make existing games look better.
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You know as a kid I did have that RAM thing. It came with the Donnkey Kong game right?
I never really knew what is was for.
Anyway the N64 was not the most successful of consoles. A lot of bad decisions made on with that console. The RAM thing is one of them.
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It also hurt sales of games that required the RAM pack to play the games.
Just compare games that didn't require the RAM to the latter that did:
Zelda: Ocarina of Time 7.60 million to Zelda: Majora's Mask 3.36 million.
GoldenEye 007 8.09 million vs Perfect Dark 2.52 million
There were other factors, but still, having to buy something extra to play a game contributed negatively with regards to sales.
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Thats because Nintendo were stupid and they made those games non playable on non upgraded consoles. Resident Evil 2 on n64 was a great example of a game that plays fine on regular n64 but runs at twice the res for backgrounds if RAM pack is added.
No one is saying next gen games shouldn't run on every console. Just saying that for them to satisfy the people that want the 1080p 60fps experience and keep the price low my idea of linking 2 consoles together would probably be the best option.
