Poll: If Nintendo started making SNES's again, would you buy one?
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I still have my SNES. Works, a little dirty looking due strictly to age/dust, sometimes takes a while to get it to work at first. But once it's been used a little bit there are no problems.
Plus I use emulator which has speed-button and instant save/load.
Plus I use emulator which has speed-button and instant save/load.
Rather than a SNES, I wouldn't mind having a Famicom again. My family had one, but I was too young to remember much of my gaming on it and my brother hogged it a lot. Just seeing that cream and maroon coloured brick again would be nice.
I've got a working machine (and if I didn't, there's knockoffs available now) and a good collection of games, so I don't know how likely I'd buy them today. However, if I didn't have them, I probably would seek them out. I wouldn't judge anyone who is satisfied with their emulators though. Buying retro games is a pointless gesture as none of the talent that made those games will see any of your money. Giving money to publishers just simply because they own the rights to the IP doesn't sit well with me. You have to work to earn something in a creative industry, and working is exactly what publishers aren't doing to rake in cash like that.
Everyone got a PC these days. SNES emulators don't require a gaming computer. Emulators do rock.aguspal said:
OT: It would depend on the games really, I believe I have a working SNES (I'll have to test it to be sure), but I would be interested in increasing the game library. What would be even better is if they would just release more games on virtual console. One of those things I love with the Wii is that I can get old Turbografx games, NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, Sega mega Drive, Commodore 64 and such. The digital stores that we get from Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft GoG and Steam got (almost) unlimited capabilities when it comes to providing games (in theory at least). There's no need to release the SNES all over again, they just need to give us the games.
I've never thought of buying retro games as a good will gesture to the developers, it's more that (and I know this is highly illogical when there are things like emulators) I just think there's a unique quality to playing the actual cartridges on the actual console that you just don't get with emulations, virtual console or illegal-style.Signa said:
Oh I fully agree. I was saying I don't think less of anyone looking to use an emulator should SNES games become fully purchasable again. Generally speaking, emulating a game would be piracy, especially after it becomes available again. I don't think it's any more right to give people money for those games than it is wrong to emulate them. Pricing would be a huge factor though too. If the games go for a price that compensates the publishers for the material, resources, shipping, and manpower to make SNES cartridges available again, then paying for that service isn't wrong. But if they tried selling it at collector or new game prices, or try to gouge the customer just because they can, then I take issue with that. Nintendo's Wii shop is actually a pretty good example of this. $5 for a NES game, and $8 for a SNES is a ripoff for a digital download.rob_simple said:
Well OP, it depends. Are these new SNES games that are being produced or just re-releases? I already have a functioning SNES and pretty much every good game that ever came out for it so I wouldn't buy any re-released titles.
If new games were being made for it I might consider. I liked the feel of SNES games, and the controller as well.
If new games were being made for it I might consider. I liked the feel of SNES games, and the controller as well.
But aren't those illegal? Basically you're saying why buy games legally when we could just pirate them instead? Besides, I'd rather have an actual SNES cartridge over a file on my computer. Plus playing an SNES game on a PC instead of on a TV with an actual SNES controller is just LAME.aguspal said:
Nah, I'd just want Nintendo to expand the Wii Virtual Console enough to include every past game thats ever come out on any of their systems. The Wii classic controller is basically an SNES controller with analog sticks anyway so the SNES experience is still there.
Yeah I totally agree with that, that's why I really resent companies like Sony charging ten odd quid for Final Fantasy VII on the PSN. Why should I have to pay such a high sum for a game I already own just because they decided to remove backwards compatibility.Signa said:
In my OP I suggested that the console would retail for about £20 with each cartridge costing about a £5; I think that would cover production costs and give a little slice of profit to make the endeavour worthwhile, and I would definitely pay that to get the chance to properly play a game like Secret of Mana.
Well, originally, I was just suggesting a re-issue of the console and game library (obviously not every game ever made; maybe Nintendo could hold polls online to see what games were in highest demand) to give people who never got the chance an opportunity to play these games the way they were originally intended to be played. As you say, emulators (even legal ones like Virtual Console) don't have the same feeling that playing on the real thing provides; which is the same reason I don't like that Thinkgeek SNES knock-off.OlasDAlmighty said:
Several people have suggested making new games, though, and I think that would be a brilliant idea; I'd love to see what some modern developers could come up with in the 16-bit arena.
I would, me mom and dad played MegaDrive before I was born and I enjoyed playing it when I was a kid, though I was a PlayStation kid.
Never owned a SNES but if Nintendo did start making them again I would definitely buy one.
Never owned a SNES but if Nintendo did start making them again I would definitely buy one.
You can download the games made by Nintendo for SNES from their virtual console shop for Wii and WiiU,and you can play most of the rest of the games on an emulator on your PC.
Problem solved.
Problem solved.
So when you said:King of Asgaard said:
You really meant...What exactly? I mean, you're saying that it's not about piracy, but the major reason I quoted you in the first place was that you explicitly said the above.King of Asgaard said:
Chalk that up to me posting the first thing I thought when I woke up; a poor choice of wording that I didn't re-read.Zachary Amaranth said:
My fault for not clarifying.
