Explain to me...

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Originally Posted by 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.

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I'm pretty sure they said everything. Now, there'll be some exceptions - I doubt Virtual Boy will make it; maybe there'll be a Game & Watch section (even if only stocked with the GB ports).

I'm also willing to bet Gamecube isn't a part of the deal - Rev is GC backwards compatible, likely not powerful enough to emulate GC, but most of all I believe it only has 512 MB of embedded memory to save stuff on, not enough to fit Gamecube games.

DS is also a no go because of the display, and because even if you could simulate that stuff with the revcon, they can't afford to take away from DS system sales while it's in a death struggle with PSP (despite Nintendo's claims to the contrary).

So: N64, most probably. SNES, definitely. NES, yeah, of course, it'll be the centrepiece of the whole deal. Gameboy, GBC, GBA? I'd guess yes - last chance to make money off GB software, and GBA is winding down and has sold more than enough units, so no worries there.

Arcade section? Will they do rare releases like NES Mother? Can't say.

The BIG question for me is, will 3rd parties be onboard, and if so, who? You gotta figure Konami & definitely Capcom will play along, but will they get Square? I wouldn't mind seeing Dragon Warrior 4 (never got to play it)...

If theres only a few 3rd party games the whole thing would be pretty lame. If I can chose a list of a thousand games, that would be the shit.

I doubt it would be 3rd party only.

If they do this right, it's going to be so damn awesome. I can't wait to replay Wrestlemania for NES. That one with Big Bossman, Warrior, Andre etc or Chrono Trigger. mm.

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Originally Posted by StriderKyo

I'm pretty sure they said everything. Now, there'll be some exceptions - I doubt Virtual Boy will make it; maybe there'll be a Game & Watch section (even if only stocked with the GB ports).

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Saying "everything" really doesn't mean much. I mean it's Nintendo we're talking about. They'll keep everything to themselves until they have everything nailed down. Not seeing Virtual Boy games is a given, as is NES and SNES games is a given. What we don't know and what's important is what other games besides Nintendo products will be available, how we'll get it and what kind of priice structure will be in place (pay per game or a pack of games? monthly sub fee? a yearly free?). It's all just a generalization at this point, "You'll be able to play older games".

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Originally Posted by Rumpy

What we don't know and what's important is what other games besides Nintendo products will be available, how we'll get it and what kind of priice structure will be in place (pay per game or a pack of games? monthly sub fee? a yearly free?). It's all just a generalization at this point, "You'll be able to play older games".

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I'd guess it won't be a credit card-only system - they'll go with "revolution points" or something, based off cards you can buy in a store, and which may be offered as pack-in incentives in other games. (I'd wager they take the opportunity to cross-market from their portable line with this type of offer).

Cross promote like a mother fucker.

I want to see how hey handle games that were only released in Japan. Will they be translated or just not an option?

I'd be willing to bet non-translated games simply won't be an option.

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Originally Posted by jonas

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.

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You would really expect this from a company that repackaged a solitary game from 1983 and sold millions of it this year at $30 each?

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Originally Posted by jonas

I doubt it would be 3rd party only.

If they do this right, it's going to be so damn awesome. I can't wait to replay Wrestlemania for NES. That one with Big Bossman, Warrior, Andre etc

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I wouldn't expect many, if any, liscenced games as a) the rights have probably lapsed for the original makers of the game and passed onto someone else, or b) Nintendo would have to pay royalty fees if it hadn't. Plus, LJN isn't even around anymore, so that probably takes that game out of the running outright.

As far as pricing, I really can't imagine it being too much. Packaging, marketing, shipping, and material costs are completely out the window, which is most of what the price of games goes towards.

Yep. I'm guessing it won't be more than $10 in Nintendo fun points or whatever, on average. You may see a sliding scale - a little more for N64 games, a little less for NES. You just won't get people to pay more than that if they're not recieving any kind of physical object. But if you price it like a long-term rental, you can do well. Not to mention, the psychological hit of grabbing a $5 game is so low you're likely to buy more and spend a higher amount on them than you would if they were more costly.