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Originally Posted by RainingLemur
1. Probably this.
2. Sony has/had a decent amount of PlayStation classics on their PSN store, XBox Live Arcade has had several classic titles for sale and raked in some good money. Nintendo has their Virtual Console which sells games from Commodore 64 to the Nintendo 64. So, the "big three" are pulling some money from their old games. Plus, there's been a couple of Capcom and Sega "compilation" games on newer systems that have bunches of their old games.
3. Maybe. I don't know. Not sure that the "big three" want to fart with the mobile (cell phone, not handheld gaming devices like DS and PSP) market at all.
4. More in-line with #3, methinks. Nintendo does plan to bring a Virtual Console like service to the 3DS eventually, though. I imagine Sony may do the same kind of thing with their NGP.
5. I think that Nintendo does, to an extent. But, I think that in general, classic gamers are overlooked. And it's sad.
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2. Yes, but those "classic" games barely represent their actual library. Most of the things I play are RPG games - of which very few have been re-released. Steam has Landstalker and Shining Force, I think - that's it. Also, none of these are portable systems.
3. Hmm. Guess they don't like the color of my money, then, because I haven't given Nintendo money for YEARS. But I would if they entered the Android market. Sucks to be them, but not to be me.
4. This lines up with #5, though: not understanding classic gamers. I don't
want a 3DS at any price - I think they're stupid, and I want them to get off my lawn.
I'm an old fart who just wants to play my Lufia 2 and Chrono Trigger UNTOUCHED THANK YOU VERY MUCH. When they released Chrono Trigger for DS, they mucked with Frog's translation. (Most) Classic gamers don't want stuff to be fixed - they're there for the nostalgia hit. And they want their stuff in portable form that works for an adult market.
5. Nintendo can't stop slapping pretty plastic all over their stuff and "fixing" re-ports and fiddling with them. That's not understanding the classic market - that's being aware of it but completely failing to "get" the nostalgia mentality. I think their re-releases are less "let's give the classic gamers what they want" and more "we've got Chrono Trigger lying around here, let's repack it for kids"!
Another issue with not understanding classic gamers: emulators provide save states. Most portables do not. I am an adult, dammit, let me save and quit when I need to, not when I get to the next priest in town. What difference does it make if I use it to save scum from time to time???