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Of course there's going to be a Virtual Console. There will always be someone who wants to spend $8 on, say, A Link to the Past (they'd probably spend more if Nintendo charged more). Why wouldn't Nintendo want to make even more money on 20+ year old games?
The Classic NES Series proved this, in the United States alone Nintendo sold about 550K copies of Classic NES Series: Super Mario Bros. at $30 (and that was just a straight port).
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Brandogg, the HDD specs are very optimistic if you ask me. I'm honestly unsure they'll provide a 1/10th of the amount.And yes, the VC will always be there. As will backwards compatibility for the Wii. It's a no brainer, seriously. How do you get people to pick up your new console? Offer them several advancements and the ability to play they're old games. It's worked before; it'll work again.And I'm actually very curious if the WiiD (Wii 2) will allow for upcoverting of Wii games since it will no doubt support HD.
I could see Nintendo allowing HDD support through USB, but not out of the box.
Quote from: TJ Spyke on October 04, 2010, 09:25:12 PMThe Classic NES Series proved this, in the United States alone Nintendo sold about 550K copies of Classic NES Series: Super Mario Bros. at $30 (and that was just a straight port).I'm pretty sure that all Classic NES Series games were $20 in the US.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_NES_series#ReceptionThis doesn't change your point, but the games weren't full priced.
Just because you can put a hard drive in the system, that doesn't aid piracy in *ANY* fashion. The Wii doesn't support hard drives - yet you can softmod your Wii, install a USB HDD, and run downloaded games, homebrew, or basically anything from it.
Have you never seen an Xbox 360 or a PS3? Buy full games online, essentially unlimited DLC, download movies, download demos of games, betas, etc.
Quote from: Zap on October 04, 2010, 07:40:40 PMI think Kytim might be on to something: (rough Wii 2 mockup) Zap, did you make this yourself? What I had in mind involved the Wii 2 being about the same dimensions as the 360 slim.
I think Kytim might be on to something: (rough Wii 2 mockup)
Imagine console haing the ports for each of thise consoles on top(opposite side of where the HDD is inserted). Would this be too expensive? Judging by all the ports to the 3DS, I am wondering what kindof ports the Wii 2 will have when it releases.
Quote from: Brandogg on October 04, 2010, 10:59:37 PMJust because you can put a hard drive in the system, that doesn't aid piracy in *ANY* fashion. The Wii doesn't support hard drives - yet you can softmod your Wii, install a USB HDD, and run downloaded games, homebrew, or basically anything from it. What are some advantages to having HDD support in a console?
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Quote from: Kytim89 on October 05, 2010, 12:17:39 AMQuote from: Brandogg on October 04, 2010, 10:59:37 PMJust because you can put a hard drive in the system, that doesn't aid piracy in *ANY* fashion. The Wii doesn't support hard drives - yet you can softmod your Wii, install a USB HDD, and run downloaded games, homebrew, or basically anything from it. What are some advantages to having HDD support in a console?Do you realize that your score is now -31 and that the more you post the more it tends to plummet? Have you ever wondered why that is?
HDD's also decrease loading times (usually). For example, I hated playing the PS2 versions of any games because loading times were almost always longer than the XBX version. When going from one island to the other in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, load times in the PS2 version took about 3 seconds compared to about 0.5 seconds for the XBX version.
Quote from: Chozo Ghost on October 05, 2010, 02:05:10 AMQuote from: Kytim89 on October 05, 2010, 12:17:39 AMQuote from: Brandogg on October 04, 2010, 10:59:37 PMJust because you can put a hard drive in the system, that doesn't aid piracy in *ANY* fashion. The Wii doesn't support hard drives - yet you can softmod your Wii, install a USB HDD, and run downloaded games, homebrew, or basically anything from it. What are some advantages to having HDD support in a console?Do you realize that your score is now -31 and that the more you post the more it tends to plummet? Have you ever wondered why that is? I am going to continue to express my opinions and if any of you, and especieally Chozo Ghost, do not like it, that is tough **** because I am going to do it any way.
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I'm fairly confident that the Wii 2 will use solid state storage instead of a hard drive, making Brandogg's proposed sizes ludicrously high. I'd guess 16 or 32 GB, with the option of expanding it via USB or SD card.