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From: macsuppor@a1.nl (DEnnis Brinkhuis)
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Subject: Re: Next Generation
Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 18:56:28 +0200
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> Yeah, OK. But consider that the N64 costs less than a 3DFX card. I think
> James means that for a machine priced for the mass-market, the N64 is a
> VERY high powered rendering sys.

I think that is a bad comparison. Yes a N64 is much cheaper but then
again, Nintendo earns money on the games, not the console. Like Sony
does to. And if you compare prizes of N64 games and 3DFX game, than N64
is expensive. The more games, the cheaper a PC and the more expensive
N64.

And yes, the N64 is very powerfull, but it's not about the machine but
about the games. A more powerfull system does not guarante better games
too. Technicaly spoken the N64 is superior to PSX, but commercialy
spoken it's not. What can you do if all your friends own a PSX and you a
N64 and all your friends buy 2 or 3 games (out of 400) when you can buy
1 (out of 30) for the same money. And yes, Golden eye is great. But most
programmers choose the PSX platform for it's much more simple structure
that leads to shorter production-times. The concurention is killing and
therefore you just must come up with the best if you want to have a hit.
And if I compare the games from N64 with PSX, I like the PSX games more
course of the gameplay. Not the quality of the system it's running on.
And I supose you to, otherwise you would not be a member of NY, or is
that becouse Nintendo doesn't have a project like this?
(you probably say that you are lucky having more systems but most of us
don't have that).

And the comparison between PC-game and console-game... You buy a PC-game
to play alone behind the box you use for other stuff than just games. A
console system is to play relaxed from your lazy chair and watching a
big screen Tely.

DEnnis..