Xen said:
A few years ago they were like $150, which is still stupid. Can't beat purism though - I am sure that a component-cable Wii playing GC games will output just as well. The only way to get component out of that GBA player (which is an awesome device) is the super expensive way, though. If people here didn't know why exactly the cables are so expensive, it's because the Nintendo design is proprietary... I don't remember exactly how, but it makes the cables nigh on impossible to replicate. |
I totally agree, even $150 for a set of cables is stupid. The Wii component cable is very close but not as good because it does not tap directly into the digital signal but most won't even notice the difference. There were never any third party cables because the Gamecube component cable contains a chipset in the port that essentially acts as a verification device as well as passing on the digital signal:
