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now they are going to have old games on it.

will they be only Nintendo made games? or the entire catalog from NES, SNES, N64?

 

[TheQueen'sOwn]

They are in talks with 3rd parties.

 

[Deleted member 284]

They are in talks with 3rd parties.

Its free money. I wonder why a publisher would decline it.

 

[Firest0rm]

According to Nintendo, they said something along the lines of "3rd parties can choose as to what they would like to offer".

 

[CurseoftheGods]

I can't wait to play all those SNES games I missed out on. FFIII, Super Mario RPG, and the DKC series...

 

[citrus lump]

Oh me too:

based on what we've seen will you buy one?

how much will it cost?

Is nintendo doomed?

What is the revolutioary feature?


Why can't we wait until something concrete is announced?

Heh sorry- I'm cranky

 

[Deleted member 1235]

wonder if this will make some 3rd parties like nintendo more since they will essentially be making them some money for nothing.....

 

[CO_Andy]

What about the obscure games from yesteryear? Doesn't seem likely we'll be able to pay & play those games.

 

[capslock]

Man, just the thought of downloading and playing games like Faxanadu at will on the Revolution makes me want to put money down for one.

 

[Mrbob]

I'll buy a Revolution if Tecmo offers the original NES Ninja Gaiden trilogy for download.

Will these old games also include imports?

I'm thinking about Sin and Punishment which has an english language mode.

 

[DrEvil]

We have an interview about this very question with Nintendo, it will be posted shortly (n-sider)... But it's not just nintendo, basically

 

[metsallica]

Please let us know when that goes up, DrEvil.

 

[Firest0rm]

We have an interview about this very question with Nintendo, it will be posted shortly (n-sider)... But it's not just nintendo, basically

Shortly meaning in a couple of days? or a couple of hours?

 

[StrikerObi]

Its free money. I wonder why a publisher would decline it.

The short answer is this. Why should Capcom sell one copy of Mega Man 2 online for however much (assuming a few bucks) when they can con you into paying $30 for Mega Man Anniversary Collection?

 

[Cheerilee]

RPGFan

While Wada has repeatedly emphasized the growing role of online gaming in the past, he acknowledged the new online features offered by the three next generation console were in fact troubling him. As an example he cited Nintendo's plan to offer a game download service upon launching its new platform Revolution next year. According to Wada, the question of how much profit would be distributed to third party publishers was still entirely opaque. In regard to the other hardware platforms, he explained it was still an open question who would have to shoulder the costs for the proposed online portals. He also could not see how the money would be shared or who would share it once a game had been sold.

Money makes the world go 'round.

 

[Krowley]

The short answer is this. Why should Capcom sell one copy of Mega Man 2 online for however much (assuming a few bucks) when they can con you into paying $30 for Mega Man Anniversary Collection?

well mega man anniversary collection has about 10 games right? if they charge an average of 3 dollars per game, they make the same amount per title, plus they don't have to manufacture a disk, box and instruction book, so their overall profit margin is much much higher. But the truth is, they could probably get away with charging 5 - 7 bucks for the most popular games in the series and then their profits would be ridiculous. Plus this will probably just be basic emulation, so they won't have to reconfigure the games at all, so there is very little investment.

basicly, these retro collections are so inexpensive anyway, that even charging micro amounts a company like capcom can bring in a similair amount of cash by selling the games over the revolution network, with way less investment.

I expect most third party's to jump all over it unless nintendo makes it difficult and puts roadblocks in the way.

 

[LusDekkar]

I hope that the download feature is region free. Then i could finally play some games that were released in the US and Japan that never came out here (australia).

 

[FitzOfRage]

The short answer is this. Why should Capcom sell one copy of Mega Man 2 online for however much (assuming a few bucks) when they can con you into paying $30 for Mega Man Anniversary Collection?

Well why not move the collection online and increase their profit margin? They'd probably make more selling it online at a lower price than paying to package and distribute the title, along with cutting in retailers.

 

[Dragmire]

I would think downloadable classics would make a lot more money for developers than re-releasing games in stores. For one thing, individual games would be cheaper than buying a full collection. Every owner of the system with an internet connection will have immediate access to all the games, which won't disappear because of popularity or lack of popularity like in stores. There is no development, packaging, distributing or shelf space involved. Also, there are tons of games that developers would never re-release (without incentive like this) that would certainly stand to make the developer money. It's a service that will likely become hugely popular, and I can't see developers passing on the opportunity once the details are worked out.