I agree that you don't HAVE to have an HDTV, but should you, as a paying consumer, really have to suffer for it? That when you buy a game, you can't play it just because you don't have an HDTV?
Obviously, having an HDTV gives you better quality picture, just as surround sound gives you better quality sound, but surely, at the very least, you should be able to play the game on an SDTV without any problems?
That's like me playing a game and not...
I've never really lived in a B&W era, which is why I never commented on it, but my point still stands.
Some people have perfectly working SDTV, that they may have had for years - why should they replace that just to play a game?
Why, if the focus is on HD gaming, do the HD consoles come with SD cables instead of HD ones?
My point is that you shouldn't have to upgrade your TV just because you want to play the latest games. Some pe...
Perhaps some people can't afford (or don't see the need) to replace their existing TV.
Before people start saying that if you can afford an HD console, you should have an HDTV, remember that consoles have been around longer than HDTV's, and some people enjoy playing games enough to buy the latest console regardless of the TV that they own, and have done for many gaming generations.
I don't remember, in the entire 20 odd years of me gaming has ...
It's funny that the HD consoles only now come with SD cables in the box, isn't it? Yet, if we are all supposed to game on HDTV's now, why not cater for them out the box?
I agree. Too many games like this get bad reviews from reviewers because they just talk about what value the game has to THEM, and not what value the game has to the kids who will be playing it.
As much as I dislike the amount of shovelware on the Wii, I have to say that the Peppa Pig games on the Wii and DS have been fantastic. Not for me, of course, but for my 3 year old twin girls. They love those games (as well as the cartoons), and it has actually been very beneficial to them in terms of hand-eye co-ordination, colour recognition and more.
This is one of the good things about the Wii being accessible for all ages.
Nobody is saying that they are going to deactivate the 3DS. What is likely to happen is that they will release a firmware upgrade which will prevent modified 3DS consoles from booting up (just like they are capable of doing with the Wii - in fact there is a warning every time you update the Wii that states that consoles with modified software may lose functionality if updated). There is no remote 'kill switch' so to speak.
It is your right to do whatever you want wi...
So far there have benn no reports that the R4 card works on 3DS games. Remember that 3DS games are also region locked, which may also cause problems for the R4 card to work on those games (and the actual cart has a slightly different shape, which may also make a difference).
Apparently the R4 only works for original DS games, and not for the 3DS games itself. I suppose that is the price you have to pay for full backwards compatibility.
You own the hardware, but not the software powering it - you license the software from the company, and you agree to certain terms when doing so. In the UK, it is currently illegal to bypass the copyright protection on software, so by using Flash carts, you are technically breaking the law.
However, companies like Nintendo, Sony and MS are mainly interested in shutting down the people who are selling the devices, as they are profiting from illegal activity.
And what happens if they do what the PSP, PS3, 360 etc does and make new games require the latest firmware (and include that firmware on the cart/disc)?
They could use that to brick the console/handheld.
@limewax: While it is certainly legal to make a backup copy for a game that you own, it is illegal to modify the firmware on the console to circumvent copyright protection in the UK.
The reason for this is that, while as a consumer you legally own the hardware, you do not own the software that powers the hardware - you license it from the manufacturer.
It is usually the people selling these services that end up getting caught by Trading Standards, but the sam...
Edit: double post.
Piracy is not a victimless crime. It affects developers and it affects gamers who are then forced into paying higher prices as a result.
To actually brag that you have never paid for any DS or PSP is ridiculous and nothing to be proud of.
Nintendo didn't create casual gaming, nor were they the first to make it popular. What Nintendo did was release a system where as many people as possible can play the type of games they enjoy playing.
Nintendo don't release loads of titles each year because they take time to make sure that the game is right, whether it's a Mario game, Zelda, or a casual game like Wii Fit - all these games have a reasonalby high level of quality.
The problem is th...
Why shouldn't he talk bad about shovelware? Besides, what he said is that developers are going to find it harder to get their titles noticed, and therefore make money, if they keep pushing poor quality titles.
There will always be a place for hardcore gaming, social gaming and casual gaming - the problem is that developers try to cash in on each genre and it makes it harder for them to earn money when all the titles get lost in a sea of poor quality - it also makes the r...
It's my belief that Nintendo have always made a profit on their consoles, and have posted profits regularly going back more than 2 gens.
It's funny you say that really - considering that Nintendo piloted an online system for the NES back in the day - but mainly because Iwata said only recently that they would not consider adding 3G to their handhelds because they do not want their fans paying fees to use their service. I'm pretty sure that the same would apply to home consoles too - again considering that Nintendo made a huge deal about their online service being free (even if it is rather poor).
Outside the US I am presuming. Just like me.
I agree that HDTVs are affordable now, but there are still a lot of people who haven't taken the plunge, yet still want to enjoy current games.
As I've said, if Sony and MS really wanted a push to HD, then they should have included HD cables in the box, but they didn't because they had to cater for the SD crowd.
In a way, it is similar to what I have to do as a web designer - I design websites with the latest browsers in mind (as well as the lates...