Zeta wrote:
A) But any new user will have all access cut off from old games.
B) You'll need two systems to have the functionality of ONE system.
Sony can go fuck themselves.
You can already download a small selection of older PSP and PSONE games
directly to PSP. I'd imagine that Sony would simply increase the titles available. I also expect companies like Sega to bring their 16-bit & 8-bit titles to the console, as it's easy money - the emulators have already been written by the home brew community.
Omitting discs is positive development. It will make more financially viable for specialist and niche games to be developed, as studios wont have to worry about the pressures of competing at retail or even finding a publisher.
The only draw back is that traditionally epic games (for example RPGs in the vein of Zelda and Shenmue) would probably be released in an episodic format. But even this has its advantages, as studios can use the feedback from the earlier instalments to improve later levels. A further benefit is that deadlines and time constraints will be less likely to comprise their visions.
There will probably be a massive number of low-price gimmicky games, but there will always be demand for proper titles (as the iphone store demonstrates for software utilities).
