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Pemalite on 27 May 2018
GProgrammer said:

Those 2D games would of looked worse on the PS1 than if it was than if on a pure 2D PS1. The reason being Sony blew all the hardware power budget on the 3d hardware, if instead of doing that they put it into a beefier 2d blitter they could of ran their games at 640x480 instead of the 320x240 mess that most ended up being

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DonFerrari on 27 May 2018

Make it a BR collection with 100 games and we are happy.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

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DonFerrari on 28 May 2018
GProgrammer said:
Conina said:

And it would probably have been a commercial failure if they had offered a pure 2D console while Nintendo and Sega were offering consoles who can handle 2D and 3D games. Especially as a newcomer in the console sector. Most gamers wanted polygon-based 3D games in the mid-nineties, which also allowed new perspectives and gameplay due to the flexible camera.

2D in native 640 x 480 also needed a lot of performance back then, so the pure 2D console wouldn't even have a price advantage.

Yes it probably would of been a commercial failure because 3d was the new hot thing, but I would of like to of seen a pure 2d console though back then

640x480 @ 16 million colors @ 60fps in 2D this console

320x240 @ 32 thousand colors @ 30fps in 3D  PS1,N64

 

I know which one would of stood the test of time for the better graphics today, but you're right, everyone wanted 3d in the mid 90s

You know it makes no sense to make a console to be remembered 30 years later but not desired at the moment it launched right?



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

Bofferbrauer2 on 28 May 2018
Conina said:
GProgrammer said:

Those 2D games would of looked worse on the PS1 than if it was than if on a pure 2D PS1. The reason being Sony blew all the hardware power budget on the 3d hardware, if instead of doing that they put it into a beefier 2d blitter they could of ran their games at 640x480 instead of the 320x240 mess that most ended up being

And it would probably have been a commercial failure if they had offered a pure 2D console while Nintendo and Sega were offering consoles who can handle 2D and 3D games. Especially as a newcomer in the console sector. Most gamers wanted polygon-based 3D games in the mid-nineties, which also allowed new perspectives and gameplay due to the flexible camera.

2D in native 640 x 480 also needed a lot of performance back then, so the pure 2D console wouldn't even have a price advantage.

It would have been for sure. Ever heard of the PC-FX? No? It's the sucessor of the PC Engine, also known as TurbopraphX and SupergraphX in the west. It totally flopped because, although expandable like a PC (and looking like a miniature PC Tower) it's a pure 2D console. sold about as well as the 360 did in Japan, and never released overseas.

The reason they decided not to have 3D graphics was because it would be too blocky and not look good, instead focusing on pre-rendered graphics (like the Donkey Kong country series on the SNES), motion JPEG and FMV. An understandable choice, but nonetheless still the wrong decision.



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