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Wishful Thinking
mariocaseman:
I am sitting here looking at (13) Game consoles and (500+) games.... I ask myself why the hell I still have to have a NES? The answer is for TMNT II, TMNT III, Mario is Missing, Mario's Time Machine, Duck Tales 1 &2, Chip N' Dale 1&2, ect. The same question I pose to my other consoles and get similar answers.
My question to you guys is if the games we cannot live without from the 80s and 90s were ALL re-released on modern consoles in collections or downloads, for example all the TMNT games from the 8 and 16-bit era on a disc, would you disconnect your old consoles and save a ton of room by having maybe 3 consoles max with fewer game discs and no cartridges?
I'm sure with licensing issues this will never happen sadly :'(
larryinc64:
For me, nothing beats putting in the cart and playing with the original hardware. If i did not have them, I would just play everything on emulates. My PC is hooked up to my TV and I have a hacked Wii, so they would be the same experiences than a Wii Virtual Console download. It's the same reason I listen to vinyl. Digital music is easier, and clearer than most used albums, but taking it out of the sleeve and putting it on the turn table is part of the experience. Also getting a bunch of cheep Carts or LPs and finding something unknown but good. Plus I tend to play the game longer on It's original hardware. I don't know why, probably because you did all the work to get it to run, might as well play it for longer.
mariocaseman:
Ya I know what you mean about the "feeling" ... But a massive collection of games is a real burden... and all the consoles and the cords.... It is just too much. I will keep my stuff, but if I could have it all on 1 or 2 systems I would go that route to save a ton of space!
wiggy:
Most of my consoles remain disconnected when I'm not using them, so no, that wouldn't interest me very much. I HATE paying for games over and over. It's just stupid. If I bought it once in 1989, then I don't see a need to purchase it again in 2012. I've purchased ALTTP 3 times now. Once for the SNES, for the GBA, and then on the VC. I don't know why I even purchased it for the Wii other than the excitement of playing it on a new console (which faded REALLY quickly). Paying for it again as DLC make the least sense to me since, when purchasing a game, you're actually only purchasing a license. If I purchased that license in the 90's, then why do I have to purchase it again just to play it on another console?
I can take a book to another room, city, or state and read it. Hell, I can even scan it and read it on my computer if I were so inclined (and crazy). I feel that I should be able to (legally) use my license for a game that I already purchased on another system.
I know what you're gonna say, "DLC games often add features and whatnot which could easily be marketed as a new or at least revised/updated game, thus warranting re-purchase". My only issue is that VC games offer NOTHING new over the original experience. ALTTP is exactly the same thing on the VC as it was on the SNES, unlike the GBA version which has actually been worked over a great deal in order to fit the format PLUS the new features. I don't feel bad about my GBA purchase, but I am sorta peeved that I paid for Zelda on the Wii again for no good reason.
/rant
Dr.Agon:
--- Quote from: larryinc64 on July 02, 2012, 01:49:53 PM ---For me, nothing beats putting in the cart and playing with the original hardware. If i did not have them, I would just play everything on emulators...
...Plus I tend to play the game longer on It's original hardware. I don't know why...
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i voted no, for these reasons
plus, i think you play longer simply because its more of a hassle to swap out a cart/disc than it is to click a mouse button...