To Bill
You ask whats the logic behind whether not a system is backward compatible in buying a next gen. Well i will tell you why at least for my case anyway.
What happens when i fell like playing my GC games when the REV comes out and it cant play GC games?? Think about it. I would have to do the same thing that i do when i want to play my NES and SNES games. That is getting the respective systems out of storage, out the box, disconnecting my GC and then connecting my NES or SNES back up then play the games i wanna play.
Now that may not seem like too much of a pain in the butt, but when you got a fully integrated system, with the GC connected to the rest of the HOme entertainment/surround sound system, it amounts to a hassle. Especially considering the amount of equipment i have to move to get to the wires in the back of my reciever and TV to hook the stuff up.
OR i could connect both systems up, but really come on, Nintendo already has a bad image amoungst the non Nintendo gamers, so how would it look when i have both systems hooked up when Xbox2 and PS2/3 owners only need to install one to play all their games. They will have a field day with that one.
Plus who in the world wants to have multiple systems cluttering their Enterainment systems? Its unsightly and takes too much space. I for one wont have systems laying around all over the floor because they dont fit in my entertainment stand. Also there would be more wires to hook up, which makes for more of a cluster f%*& when added to the wires of the Cable box, DVD, TV, GC and stereo stereo system.
I dont even think i have enough auxillary hook ups to even hook both up "IF" i wanted to. That means i would have to connect both into the same Aux line which will deterioate the signals, which i will not allow.
So Bill tell me why i should i have to do or deal with all of the above when:
1. Nintendo can easily make the REV backward compatible(they have geniuses and a GC emulator is easy to add)
2. Nintendo makes their handhelds backwards compatible(EVEN THE DS with gameboy games!!) so tell me the logic of not making their "revolutionary" new system not backward compatible. On a side note i think Nintendo should make the Rev compatible with Gameboy and DS games too. It will make the REV more marketable, which neither the new PS or the Xbox would be able to compete with in this particular respect. The game library will be astronomical.
3. Nintendos competitors have this feature. Now im loyal but if Nintendo didnt add this feature i would have bought and Xbox out of spite. If Nintendo didnt consider their "loyal" consumers in this respect i would feel that they are inconsiderate. I will be playing Resident Evil's, Metroid Prime's and Zelda's for years to come along with my other 25 GC games. And if i have to go thru the situations discribed above im going to have a sour taste in my mouth and as a result im going to have to go with the XBox just to spite Nintendo, and i dont think i wll ever look back to NIntendo. But thank god it did nt have to come to that. Ill be able to have my REV and play the both REV and GC games. The beauty of that, and i wont have to ever get the gamecube out of storage or waste time hooking it up, cause all i have to do is put my Resident Evil 4 into my Rev and play.....
Enough said. There is the logic in my eyes Bill.
Topic: Iwata: Revolution Backwards Compatable and Wi-fi out of Box (Read 26305 times)
