Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Derek da Silva" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Portable Playstation at E3 Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 00:28:05 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 196 Message-ID: <8dqo5v$6dl1@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: <38FF30DE.7BAA6F31@easynet.co.uk> <39007ee6.812409@www.netyaroze-europe.com> <8dq5um$3js2@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: usr1292-kno.cableinet.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_004F_01BFABF1.A095C0A0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004F_01BFABF1.A095C0A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi guys, > 1) Would you buy a B&W t.v. if it's 10 pounds less then a Color t..v? > (no you wouldn't!) > 2) Would you spend an extra 10 pounds more if the Color t.v. had > a better picture? (of coarse you would!) >=20 > The bottom line is who would buy GameBoy original when GameBoy color > doesn't cost that much more. =20 I'll clear a few things up. Forget about the original GB. When GB = Color was released in 1998 the monochrome versions were quickly phased = out. Also, believe it not, Nintendo are having difficulty meeting = demand for GBC hardware - so no stockpiling craziness down at EB. > Who is going to buy a GameBoy color > when GameBoy Advance comes out? GameBoy Advance will play the old > games! Why? Why would anyone think different! I'll tell EB myself to = stop > stocking this old crap when GameBoy Advance ever gets released! IMO, the transition form GBC to GBA is almost exactly equivalent to the = transition form PS to PS2 - in both cases, backwardly compatible = consoles designed to replace massively popular but outdated hardware. I = imagine you won't be demanding EB stop stocking original PS hardware = come PS2 launch day...=20 Who's gonna buy PS hardware when PS2 is out? I dunno, but people will = (they are in Japan). I'm sure SONY intend PS and PS2 to co-exist for = some time. Robert: > Also - Sony wouldn't release a handheld that could play > normal PS games even if there were no other reasons not to . > Sony and Nintendo only really make money on software sales - of which > there would be next to no more. > SONY would have to subsidise the console to make it affordable,=20 > but users would be able to use their existing collection of PS games=20 > i.e. SONY would have little hope of recovering their hardware losses=20 > in new software sales. 'Great' minds thinking alike etc... :-) =20 > Software companies spend 1-2 months to convert a game from PS1 to > handheld (ie, work with less memory, no streaming, no fmv and lower > screen resolution) and suddenly everyone buys it again. Hurrah all > round.=20 Having had a look at some official Nintendo docs regarding converting = between NES and GBC, conversions to handhelds aren't quite so easy as = they seem. A switch to a lower screen resolution in itself would = require major reworking of most games (hence the small number of NES = conversions to GBC).=20 Derek :-) ------=_NextPart_000_004F_01BFABF1.A095C0A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi guys,

> 1) Would you buy a B&W t.v. if it's 10 = pounds less=20 then a Color t..v?
> (no you wouldn't!)
> 2) Would you spend = an=20 extra 10 pounds more if the Color t.v. had
> a = better=20 picture? (of coarse you would!)
>
> The bottom line is who = would=20 buy GameBoy original when GameBoy color
> doesn't cost that much=20 more.

I'll clear a few things up. = Forget about=20 the original GB. When GB Color was released in 1998 the monochrome = versions were quickly phased out. Also, believe it not, Nintendo = are=20 having difficulty meeting demand for GBC hardware - so no stockpiling = craziness=20 down at EB.

> Who is going to buy a GameBoy color
> = when GameBoy=20 Advance comes out? GameBoy Advance will play the old
> = games! =20 Why? Why would anyone think different! I'll tell EB myself to = stop
>=20 stocking this old crap when GameBoy Advance ever gets = released!

IMO, the transition form GBC to = GBA is=20 almost exactly equivalent to the transition form PS to PS2 - in = both cases,=20 backwardly compatible consoles designed to replace massively = popular=20 but outdated hardware. I imagine you won't be demanding EB stop = stocking=20 original PS hardware come PS2 launch day...

Who's gonna buy PS hardware = when PS2 is=20 out? I dunno, but people will (they are in Japan). I'm=20 sure SONY intend PS and PS2 to co-exist for some=20 time.

Robert:

> Also - <opinion> Sony wouldn't release a = handheld=20 that could play
> normal PS games even if there were no other = reasons not=20 to </opinion>.
> Sony and Nintendo only really make money on = software sales - of which
> there would be next to no = more.

> SONY would have to subsidise the = console to=20 make it affordable,

> but users would be able to use = their=20 existing collection of PS games

> i.e. SONY would have little hope = of=20 recovering their hardware losses

> in new software = sales.

'Great' minds thinking alike etc... :-)

> Software companies spend 1-2 months = to convert=20 a game from PS1 to
> handheld (ie, work with less memory, no = streaming, no=20 fmv and lower
> screen resolution) and suddenly everyone buys it = again.=20 Hurrah all
> round.

Having had a look at some official = Nintendo docs=20 regarding converting between NES and GBC, conversions to handhelds = aren't quite=20 so easy as they seem. A switch to a lower screen = resolution in itself=20 would require major reworking of most games (hence the small = number of=20 NES conversions to GBC).

Derek :-)

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