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« Reply #15 on: August 17, 2006, 08:58:16 AM »
There\'s always the GameBoy line, too.
 
But the PS2 backward compatibility thing was huge, regardless of it\'s place in history.
 
And it\'s definitely interesting in looking at Wii with the VC. There will be full GCN compatibility along with select downloads from N64, SNES, NES, Genesis and TG16. And I\'m hoping over time we see Game Boy and Game Gear represented as well. It could be a very powerful selling point.
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« Reply #16 on: August 17, 2006, 09:02:11 AM »
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There\'s always the GameBoy line, too.

Yeah, but Gameboy was more of handheld systems...
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« Reply #17 on: August 17, 2006, 09:13:33 AM »
Genesis was compatible with Master System games if you bought the Power Base Converter...



Game Gear was compatible with SMS as well, if you bought the Master Gear Converter...

http://www.mcvans.com/catalog/master_gear_converter_2072628.htm

SNES had a device that allowed you to play Game Boy games on your TV but I forgot what the name is...
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« Reply #18 on: August 17, 2006, 09:20:04 AM »
okay, but they are "add-on" and history have shown that add-on usually don\'t have success.  Built in is more preferable.
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« Reply #19 on: August 17, 2006, 09:35:10 AM »
Still, the point is Atari 7800 came out about 20 years before PS2...
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« Reply #20 on: August 17, 2006, 10:19:17 AM »
It was Super Game Boy, for the record. GCN also has Game Boy Player.  Add-ons, yes.
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« Reply #21 on: August 17, 2006, 02:02:21 PM »
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Still, the point is Atari 7800 came out about 20 years before PS2...
like i said, i take that back that ps2 isn\'t the first console backward compatible to previous console, but I think it\'s safe to say ps2 is the first successful console that\'s backward compatible since Atari 7800 didn\'t catch on during the 8 bits era...

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It was Super Game Boy, for the record. GCN also has Game Boy Player.  Add-ons, yes.
I remember owning the Super Gameboy for SNES back then.  Heh, how time flies.
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« Reply #22 on: August 18, 2006, 05:27:28 PM »
This can\'t be true. If so then it will fail.
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« Reply #23 on: August 23, 2006, 03:15:44 PM »
A 360+HD-DVD drive will more than likely come in at the same price as either PS3 model- the drive being $199.  

Premium + HD-DVD = $599
Core + HD-DVD = $499

Also, there have been very strong rumors about the core dropping in price for the holidays.
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« Reply #24 on: August 23, 2006, 07:04:40 PM »
It would seem logical, I would be willing to bet MS would be amenable to selling at a substancial loss if it meants beating the PS3 pricewise, and helping them take the format war.

The latest rumors swirling are that they will try to actually sell it lower than $200 so that they BEAT the PS3 in price, since formats aside, the 360 won\'t have some of the media playback features of the PS3.  We\'ll have to see, most HD players in stores are about 500, but then most of the processing in the 360 can be done in the console, saving some cost on hardware.
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« Reply #25 on: August 24, 2006, 03:46:02 AM »
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500 what?
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« Reply #26 on: August 24, 2006, 05:15:03 AM »
It sure as hell ain\'t pesos.
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« Reply #27 on: August 24, 2006, 07:08:37 AM »
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« Reply #28 on: August 24, 2006, 09:52:14 AM »
wow, HD-DVD is tanking.  good thing i dont pay attention
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« Reply #29 on: August 24, 2006, 09:56:20 AM »
I\'ve equally not supported either format.
 
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