Originally posted by LanceWindu
The licensing costs alone would set you way back, you'd end up spending more than $1k to put it together, so you'd have to sell it for even more than that.
Microsoft has also always produced consoles at a loss. This machine, at that price point, would require a huge flow of cash already, and even at other prices, would require it to even be competitive.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2005/tc20051122_410710.htm
X-Box as a full live service, console, games, brand, etc does turn profit when a big game is coming out or something similar, but consoles alone are generally produced at a loss.
Originally posted by chomperx9
new titles or old used ones ? cause i hardly ever see anyone grabbing a new PS2 title anymore.
new titles
so, the PS2 has an install base of 100m people (1), which the PS3 is nowhere near. Add to this, the PS2 is still outselling the PS3 (2). A new title that is released on both systems will sell more on the PS2 because of this and the fact that the game is cheaper.
1 - http://talkplaystation.com/reeves-ps3-will-outsell-ps2s-100m-install-base/
2 -
Originally posted by Bardock42
And yeah, technically if you have a very good PC they probably already come close, through emulator, etc, to that, but you have a lot of bother and it would cost you more.
For christmas I got a Gateway quadcore, 8 gig ram, etc for around 900 Canadian
shopping online for components, you could put together something much more dedicated to gaming for a similar price that would do essentially everything described minus the motion control on wii games.
Originally posted by inimalist
For christmas I got a Gateway quadcore, 8 gig ram, etc for around 900 Canadianshopping online for components, you could put together something much more dedicated to gaming for a similar price that would do essentially everything described minus the motion control on wii games.
How would you get current PS3, 360 and Wii games to run smoothly? And where would you get them? Do you have a PS2 emulator, btw? If so, does that run smoothly?
Originally posted by Bardock42
How would you get current PS3, 360 and Wii games to run smoothly? And where would you get them? Do you have a PS2 emulator, btw? If so, does that run smoothly?
most major games have a PC version
I do not know of a PS2 emulator. Though, the effort to develop proper emulation software for newer game systems would be much less difficult that developing hardware to read all games from all systems (including cartridge), and would likely be easier to have the companies agree to, if they even have control of emulation software distribution in that way...
Originally posted by inimalist
most major games have a PC versionI do not know of a PS2 emulator. Though, the effort to develop proper emulation software for newer game systems would be much less difficult that developing hardware to read all games from all systems (including cartridge), and would likely be easier to have the companies agree to, if they even have control of emulation software distribution in that way...
Alright that is a different point though. You were saying you could get a PC that does that for cheaper, I'd disagree.
I think the deal as he described it, is pretty good, I would probably take it, that it is ridiculous is true though.
Originally posted by Bardock42
Alright that is a different point though. You were saying you could get a PC that does that for cheaper, I'd disagree.
I don't think it is that different, but ok, you can get a PC that plays the vast majority of games on the current market, has greater backward compatability, with better hardware, internet capability, social networking and other non-game related bonuses for less than you could get this item, even in the hypothetical situation.
For $1000 I'd take another computer over the machine. If a computer wasn't an option, then yes, I'd say it is a good buy.
Originally posted by inimalist
I don't think it is that different, but ok, you can get a PC that plays the vast majority of games on the current market, has greater backward compatability, with better hardware, internet capability, social networking and other non-game related bonuses for less than you could get this item, even in the hypothetical situation.For $1000 I'd take another computer over the machine. If a computer wasn't an option, then yes, I'd say it is a good buy.
The point was different cause you said it would be less effort to develope proper emulation than to build hardware to do it, which I agree with, it's just unrelated to whether it would be better for the customer to get a PC or his proposed system.
I also don't disagree that a high end computer might be a better investment, but if I didn't have a PS3 and 360 already I would definitely consider it, even now, that I do have that as well as some older consoles, I am wonderin whether I would get such a magical machine. My reasoning is really that having all those systems in one machine would be incredibly useful. And although most of the current games would work on a PC just as well or better, I even have problems with my SNES Roms on my PC now, I don't think that an emulator (of any console really) would come close even on a 1000$ machine. Of course you could consider the other things it does, but that really depends on what you want to do.
My comp emulates every system except PS3 and XBOX 360 (Ive yet to purchase the sensor bar to hook up to my PC to play wii games properly but I will soon) and does everything else mentioned but it would be nice if it cleaned CD's (not that I use them Daemon Tools FTW).
Originally posted by Colossus-Big C
why cant all corporations just merge into a superone? more money for every one
Pretty basic economics, a monopoly could charge whatever they felt like for their product which equals lose for us
Originally posted by Hegemon875
My comp emulates every system except PS3 and XBOX 360 (Ive yet to purchase the sensor bar to hook up to my PC to play wii games properly but I will soon) and does everything else mentioned but it would be nice if it cleaned CD's (not that I use them Daemon Tools FTW).
where can you get working emulators for the PSone and 2 and gamecube?
Those are the only ones I've never seen functional
(I guess all the N64 ones I've seen have only been at like 80% functionality or something too)
Originally posted by Hegemon875Then someone would come along and make something better and cheaper and everyone loses money.
My comp emulates every system except PS3 and XBOX 360 (Ive yet to purchase the sensor bar to hook up to my PC to play wii games properly but I will soon) and does everything else mentioned but it would be nice if it cleaned CD's (not that I use them Daemon Tools FTW).Pretty basic economics, a monopoly could charge whatever they felt like for their product which equals lose for us