| t3mporary_126 said: If this means I can insert the sd card into the device, turn it on, and the opening title of the game starts immediately, then I'm all for sd cards. |
And skip a full two minutes of the developer's, publisher's, sub developer's, tertiary developer, angel investor, music composer, engine lessor, platform holder, utilities creators, and marketer's logos? Balderdash!
| RolStoppable said: Nintendo's dilemma is that handhelds are more popular than home consoles in Japan while in the rest of the world it is the other way around. |
I'm not convinced this is actually true, to be honest, at least not for Nintendo. I know the media coverage in the West focuses almost exclusively on home consoles, but generation by generation Nintendo's handhelds have sold more than their home consoles. This is true even in North America, where home consoles are the strongest. Admittedly I don't have the profit figures of handhelds vs. home consoles at hand, so it's certainly possible that they still make more money off home consoles than handhelds, but I'm skeptical of that. I'm reminded of the GBA and Gamecube era, where even the GBA's brief era was sufficiently profitable to overwrite the Gamecube's pathetic existence.
| spemanig said: The console will stay CDs while the handheld will just be digital. |
Was the lesson of the PSP Go so ephemeral then?
| Darwinianevolution said: Also, I'm sure that route would lead to a lot of ways to piracy, just like the DS (R4 cards). |
It hasn't been an issue for the 3DS, right?
| ArchangelMadzz said: Same way how PS1's success drove optical media on Consoles. |
Rol already addressed the rest, so I'll just say that's a pretty incorrect or revisionist view on history.
| thatguymarco said: Neh, who cares, you guys will all buy it anyway. |
Your thoughts are fascinating and your input was worth reading.
| Burning Typhoon said: My only fear would be losing the game. Or accidentally breaking it. These aren't the size of our carts from yesteryears. |
The handhelds have had similar, or smaller, carts for a while now, and it hasn't proven to be a problem notwithstanding the greater mobility.
| JRPGfan said:
"take your games with you on the go". (no compromises, its the same game, on the handheld as on the consol. To me thats a huge selling point) |
I'm not a fan. I also feel compelled to point out that this was the thrust of the Vita, almost in its entirety. Small sample size, sure, but I take the vehement market rejection as evidence that the mass market would be unenthused at best by this.
