Sony needs to sell me a PS1 Classic with these features

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potato_hamster said:

I think you're making an assumption about the SNES classic. If Nintendo is actually making "signficantly more" SNES classics to a point where they're readily available on store shelves in the weeks following launch (aka keeping up with demand), you're not going to see people buying them from ebay for 2--3 times the prices. That's a big if, though.

There will not be enough SNES classics to meet demand.

All pre-orders here have sold out the same day here. Scalpers are already selling the SNES classic on Ebay.

potato_hamster said:

But fair enough about the flashback and At Games megadrive, but it appears we both agree you're not going to see people willing to pay 2-3 times retail prices for these consoles when they are released, even if they're at the NES classic level of quality.

Indeed. Although, I did stipulate why the NES/SNES classic don't follow the same trend as the AT Games consoles.

potato_hamster said:

At the end of the day, I just don't see a reason why Sony would bother making a console that plays PS1 discs and memory cards, has PSN connectivity, or has a better upscaler than their existing solutions in the PS3 or Vita. I just don't see that being critical to the popularity of such a device at all. It would be far far easier and cheaper to just make a box that plays digital copies of a few dozen included games, and maybe supports copying your digital PS1 games you purchased from the PSN to a USB drive that it can play.

Well. I never claimed any of that anyway. :P