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Ok, I don't, I'm waiting to find a stockist of BleemCast for the DC so that I can play Gran Turismo 2 and Final Fantasy 9 on it. Can I get one? No. Can I find one? No.
But it got me thinking, if Bleem can make a product that plays PS games via your PC, and PS games via your DC, how long will it be before you can play DC games via your PS and PS games via your X-Box etc....? And now that Nintendo are moving to disc format, will they ever produce a product that will allow GC games on a PC or DC?
And if they are so good at making games to play across a couple of formats, why don't they just go ahead and break the mould and develop a cross-format console that plays all types of games? Money? Patents? Where there's a will there's a way, I give it 7 years till we see the first mass-produced multi-format console in widespread use in the home.
FM: Never gets a prediction wrong (yet).
But it got me thinking, if Bleem can make a product that plays PS games via your PC, and PS games via your DC, how long will it be before you can play DC games via your PS and PS games via your X-Box etc....? And now that Nintendo are moving to disc format, will they ever produce a product that will allow GC games on a PC or DC?
And if they are so good at making games to play across a couple of formats, why don't they just go ahead and break the mould and develop a cross-format console that plays all types of games? Money? Patents? Where there's a will there's a way, I give it 7 years till we see the first mass-produced multi-format console in widespread use in the home.
FM: Never gets a prediction wrong (yet).
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Perhaps your mate was told to wait for the PS2 because
its a better machine?
it has a better future?
DC is dead?
DC games are now on the PS2
But on the main topic...
OPSM2 mag had a feature about the bleem thing. Sony are suing because bleem have copied their programming,and that they had to hack the ps1 code to work out how to do it, and bleem are saying yes, they hacked it, but the code for their device is entirely original.
more interestingly, is that there was a company (cant remember the name) that had ps1 games running on a PC, and Sony bought them out and copyrighted the software. the question is, though, are they are working together to make the pc emulator, or did sony buy it to stop it?
its a better machine?
it has a better future?
DC is dead?
DC games are now on the PS2
But on the main topic...
OPSM2 mag had a feature about the bleem thing. Sony are suing because bleem have copied their programming,and that they had to hack the ps1 code to work out how to do it, and bleem are saying yes, they hacked it, but the code for their device is entirely original.
more interestingly, is that there was a company (cant remember the name) that had ps1 games running on a PC, and Sony bought them out and copyrighted the software. the question is, though, are they are working together to make the pc emulator, or did sony buy it to stop it?
That does sound totally out of order, I wonder what their motives were?
A) More profit from a more expensive PS2?
B) Brown envelope from Sony?
C) They're afraid to tell anyone they don't have anyDC's left?
The madenning thing is, these sales people probably have the same amount of knowledge about consoles as the staff at PC world do about Computers...
A) More profit from a more expensive PS2?
B) Brown envelope from Sony?
C) They're afraid to tell anyone they don't have anyDC's left?
The madenning thing is, these sales people probably have the same amount of knowledge about consoles as the staff at PC world do about Computers...
SonicRav wrote:
There has been lots of talk about SOny
> using unfair tactics... when the PS2 came out, they ordered games
> sellers not to publicise the Xbox even though they had the
> adverts!
And now they are saying that they can't sell
> bleemcast... this is illegal
Also, some shops were trying to persuade people not to buy a DC and wait for the PS2. It happened to my mate when i was with him. He wanted to buy a DC and a couple of shops really tried to get him to wait for a PS2.
I don't mean they just said "Have you considered waiting for a PS2?". They really tried to get him not buy a DC.
I don't know whether they were doing it off of their own backs or whether Sony had words with them. But it still seems off to me.
There has been lots of talk about SOny
> using unfair tactics... when the PS2 came out, they ordered games
> sellers not to publicise the Xbox even though they had the
> adverts!
And now they are saying that they can't sell
> bleemcast... this is illegal
Also, some shops were trying to persuade people not to buy a DC and wait for the PS2. It happened to my mate when i was with him. He wanted to buy a DC and a couple of shops really tried to get him to wait for a PS2.
I don't mean they just said "Have you considered waiting for a PS2?". They really tried to get him not buy a DC.
I don't know whether they were doing it off of their own backs or whether Sony had words with them. But it still seems off to me.
Who would want to play PS1 games on a DC already when the games are better!
FantasyMeister wrote:
"And if they are so good at making games to play across a couple of formats, why don't they just go ahead and break the mould and develop a cross-format console that plays all types of games?"
Because Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, Sega... and whoever else wants to make a console will go out of business, and will be sue Bleem heavily.
"And if they are so good at making games to play across a couple of formats, why don't they just go ahead and break the mould and develop a cross-format console that plays all types of games?"
Because Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, Sega... and whoever else wants to make a console will go out of business, and will be sue Bleem heavily.
Debbie
He's gone now :p
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