Explain to me...

[jonas]

I just want to know a bit more information on Nintendo's Revolution. Not on the system itself but on this whole pay to play old games concept. From what I understand you pay to access some sort of gaming database with all the games from the previous consoles by Nintendo (N64, SNES, NES etc).

So how does it work? Do they add new games to download? Or can you just play them?
How does the fee work? I mean it would be nice if you could pay a yearly fee and get unlimited access to these games or some sort of monthly fee which is lower and get access for a certain library or something like that.

How does it work? Can someone who has read up on it more explain to me this concept. It makes Revolution #1 on my list of consoles to get as long as it's done properly.

[Jeremy]

Nothing has really been revealed about this feature. They've been incredibly vague about it.

[jonas]

So be vague to me. Tell me what you know.

[gamevet]

www.nintendo.com

[Rumpy]

There's nothing to say about it. Only rumors have gone around saying that you'd be able to play old games; Nintendo hasn't made any announcements. No one knows which systems, let alone which games will be available, or what the service is even going to be like. Not even a price is known.

E3 is my guess on when everything will be let out.

[jonas]

Sweet. Well at least I didn't miss nothing.

I can just imagine paying like some kind of yearly fee and getting access to all the old games. Just think about how many great games you would be able to relive - legally.

[Jeremy]

We've done that. For months. Dem was good times.

[Dolemite]

So be vague to me. Tell me what you know.

The Revolution is supposed to ship with an option to access multiple webcams located in Shigeru Miyamoto's home so you can watch his daily activities on your television, 24 hours a day. Of special interest is the "toilet cam," which is mounted in the bowl pointing straight up.

[SamuraiMoogle]

Playing all the old games is a fantastic idea, I'm just hoping Nintendo doesnt gouge everyone with the prices for this. $20 for one classic NES game on GBA is bullshit, so I cant imagine what they plan to charge for a N64 game to download.

No more than $10 for ANY game. Even $5 for a NES game would be insane.

[jonas]

That sounds like something Jeremy would review with thumbs up.