09-19-2018, 05:51 AM | #1 |
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PlayStation Classic Announced
Will cost $100 bucks and have 20 games, launches in December
https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/19/1...e-date-pricing
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09-19-2018, 07:15 AM | #2 | |
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09-19-2018, 07:25 AM | #3 |
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Honestly, Nintendo's been late to the party. They've been selling Genesis and Atari Flashback type consoles for years.
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As for this PS1 classic... well I didn't grow up with the console and only played it on emulators some years ago, so this console means nothing to me. I also did not care for the Mini NES, Mini SNES and the Mega Drive clones since I own or have played most of the games they offer, so I'm certainly not gonna get a PS1 Classic, a console whose games are from the early 3D days that have aged horribly graphics wise and have better sequels and possibly remakes out there. It's cool to have these sort of novelty items around for people who want to play these consoles for the first time after all these years, though. |
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09-19-2018, 09:48 PM | #5 |
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Baffling to me. If the idea is retro gaming... you can go on eBay right now and buy an actual Playstation 1 for $100. If the idea is FAKE retro gaming... why not just do emulation?
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A lot of people prefer to own something and paying for it than simply pirating. Everyone pirates to some degree, but surely you enjoy more stuff you actually paid for with your hard earned money than stuff you just pirated and downloaded in a few minutes? |
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Unless they're like radically improved and have a new engine.
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I've always seen these type of consoles as being aimed more towards people who haven't played games regularly since 1999, anyway. These type of mini replicas are a perfect money making opportunity for people who want a blast from the past nostalgia induced trip without having to hunt for good deals on ebay. They could also just easily download an emulator and a bunch of roms and save 100 bucks, but I'm guessing people who haven't really gamed since 1999 no longer even have their old consoles, so this is an easy way for them to feel like they own them again. |
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09-19-2018, 11:39 PM | #9 |
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Part of the appeal is the mini systems are cute. The novelty of having an official machine in small form.
It’ll be interesting to see how it gets hacked. I haven’t downloaded any for a long time but I remember ps1 roms are big files. I wish Sega would make they’re own mini Genesis and Dreamcast. Not AT games versions. I already have those 2 normal systems but minis would be cool. They could do Saturn too. A lot of people seem to want that emulation. I know it’s said that Saturn is hard to emulate but Sega must know how to do it properly.
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09-25-2018, 12:37 AM | #12 |
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I have the NES mini and SNES mini, and I have the PS1 mini already pre-ordered.
I realize there are cheaper options available, but I appreciate the novelty of the cute mini-console package. Instead of managing large, clunky systems that have outdated connections to my TV, I can simply stack them all together and swap out an HDMI cable as needed. For the Nintendo systems, there is nothing like using an authentic controller. For the PS1, I do with they would have gone with the dual analog controllers, even at increased cost. While I haven't gone through the process of hacking my Nintendo minis, I appreciate that I could spend an afternoon uploading the entire library of each system onto each console. And I expect the same will happen with the PS1. While I have very minimal nostalgia for PS1 games in general, there are a few that I will appreciate having an authentic experience for. But if Nintendo ever comes through with an N64 mini... watch out. The Internet might just implode on itself.
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09-25-2018, 09:13 AM | #14 |
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The biggest critisism of the PS1 mini that I’ve seen is that most of the games haven’t aged very well. And I think this is pretty fair. But, like you acknowledge, there are some petty big classic titles on the N64. Having instant access to all of them would be pretty nice.
Oh, and I totally support keeping going with all of the systems that could support the mini format.
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09-25-2018, 09:23 AM | #15 |
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It would be worth it, for just the Dino Crisis and Resident evil games. They still are very playable.
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11-03-2018, 12:19 AM | #16 |
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well sad to say only a handful of the games were really big names like Resident Evil and Metal Gear. Most of everything else is...meh.
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11-03-2018, 01:42 PM | #17 |
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No Spyro, No Crash, No Symphony of the Night? No Thanks.
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11-03-2018, 02:20 PM | #18 |
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Yeah, one would think those are PSnObrainers for inclusion!
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see what you did their clever
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11-03-2018, 06:39 PM | #20 |
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Konami have just released Castlevania Requiem, which includes Symphony of the Night and original Rondo of Blood, so absence of SOTN on PS1 Classic is not a surprise.
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