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I have owned a PC for 5 years now. I have had to upgrade a few times but I can still play games I bought in 1995 on my PIII 500. Recently I got a N64, and I started to think what would happen when Nintendo released their new console. I wouldn’t be able to play my old N64 games on I, instead I will have to spend £30-£50 each on new ones. I think it would be good if all consoles had one format for their games like PC’s do. I can buy a Dell or a Time and providing I have the right hardware I can run any PC game on them not ones which have been made specifically for that brand of PC.
It would be much better if consoles would do the same. I know that the PS2 will be backwards compatible with PS1 games but it can't run Dreamcast games.
For example if I had a Dolphin and my friend had a Playstation 2, I could go round his house with my games and play them on his PS2 and he could do the same with his games and my Dolphin. This would make it a lot easier for the public to choose which console to buy, because they would not need to look at how many games it had but what else the console can do. However this idea may require the console companys to co-operate a bit so.......
It would be much better if consoles would do the same. I know that the PS2 will be backwards compatible with PS1 games but it can't run Dreamcast games.
For example if I had a Dolphin and my friend had a Playstation 2, I could go round his house with my games and play them on his PS2 and he could do the same with his games and my Dolphin. This would make it a lot easier for the public to choose which console to buy, because they would not need to look at how many games it had but what else the console can do. However this idea may require the console companys to co-operate a bit so.......
You seem to be overlooking one thing. You have an N64.
Why bother paying the extra money to be able to play all your games in one machine when all you need do instead is get a plug extension cable to let you plug both in, or reach behind the tv to get to the socket and change them over when needed.
Really, the only ones buying the console needing the feature would be those without an N64 who wanted to play the games, and while making PS's extensive libary open to PS2 owners is useful for everyone, the N64's limited libary of games doesn't warrant the hardware for a cart drive as well as DVD.
Why bother paying the extra money to be able to play all your games in one machine when all you need do instead is get a plug extension cable to let you plug both in, or reach behind the tv to get to the socket and change them over when needed.
Really, the only ones buying the console needing the feature would be those without an N64 who wanted to play the games, and while making PS's extensive libary open to PS2 owners is useful for everyone, the N64's limited libary of games doesn't warrant the hardware for a cart drive as well as DVD.
I have owned a PC for 5 years now. I have had to upgrade a few times but I can still play games I bought in 1995 on my PIII 500. Recently I got a N64, and I started to think what would happen when Nintendo released their new console. I wouldn’t be able to play my old N64 games on I, instead I will have to spend £30-£50 each on new ones. I think it would be good if all consoles had one format for their games like PC’s do. I can buy a Dell or a Time and providing I have the right hardware I can run any PC game on them not ones which have been made specifically for that brand of PC.
It would be much better if consoles would do the same. I know that the PS2 will be backwards compatible with PS1 games but it can't run Dreamcast games.
For example if I had a Dolphin and my friend had a Playstation 2, I could go round his house with my games and play them on his PS2 and he could do the same with his games and my Dolphin. This would make it a lot easier for the public to choose which console to buy, because they would not need to look at how many games it had but what else the console can do. However this idea may require the console companys to co-operate a bit so.......
It would be much better if consoles would do the same. I know that the PS2 will be backwards compatible with PS1 games but it can't run Dreamcast games.
For example if I had a Dolphin and my friend had a Playstation 2, I could go round his house with my games and play them on his PS2 and he could do the same with his games and my Dolphin. This would make it a lot easier for the public to choose which console to buy, because they would not need to look at how many games it had but what else the console can do. However this idea may require the console companys to co-operate a bit so.......