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Re: IGN Revolution channel open
Old 12-09-2005, 04:35 PM   #49
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Default Re: IGN Revolution channel open

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Originally Posted by BreakABone
Look at it this way, people still playing Genesis and Nintendo and PSX and it isn't because of the graphics.
I think that many of the people who still play 'the classics' are ones who actually grew up with the games... They're fueled by nostalgia and familiarity...

I can pull out an NES/SNES game I played as a wee boy and still thoroughly enjoy it...
Yet when a friend or someone else recommends an amazing OL' SKOOL game that I just have to play, I find it extremely hard to get into...

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Originally Posted by Xantar
If Nintendo can outsell the PSP with a game about petting puppies (with graphics that were really not much better than the N64), I think there's a distinct possibility that the Revolution will be a best-seller too.
Not sure if that's a fair comparison, as they're two different markets (The ability to have something to do 'on the go' can appeal to someone who might not really be interested in sitting around at home playing games, and they'd probably be the kind of consumer that's more inclined to spend 130 on a DS than 250 on a PSP), and, as a PSP owner, the DS admittedly has a lot more going for it than "a game about petting puppies"... And the PSP has a lot less going for it than it should...

Whereas PS3 will likely have the same, full-on developer support that the PS2 has, and Revolution... Welllll... That's up in the air for now...
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