@Ralizah That's an interesting take. I bet the industry never imagined moving to digital might make people buy less because there's no physical object to collect!
For me I'm moving somewhat digital because A) For the first time I actually can now that real internet exists here, B) The milk crates and cardboard boxes mentioned above really are overflowing too much.... C) Modern gen games don't benefit from physical copies too much: They're still unplayable without the patches, still get installed to the HDD, and more and more require being always online, so the physical copies die the same day the digital ones do, there's no long term preservation anymore, and D) Sales, and E) on PS/XB sharing games with two systems in the house means buying one copy (on sale) give me a copy for both machines like PS gaming in the mid-90's while physical needs 2. HOWEVER, I'm focusing on XB for digital as I really trust that platform to keep those investments in digital games valuable for some time given all the BC work they've emphasized, more like Steam (but not AS reliable), while I'm sticking with exclusives on PS (of which there are many) and trying to digitize those (I didn't have TOO many physical PS4 games compared to WiiU/3DS/Switch.) I think Detroit is my last "physical only" PS4 game (I even double dipped on P5 despite having the still sealed Take Your Heart edition.)
Switch on the other hand....so much is in physical, collectors editions, etc. The memory situation of SD cards vs carts and the lack of deep sales on digital means I'll likely stick nearly all physical for Switch except online games I may want to jump in at any time (Mario Tennis Aces, Smash 4.5, MK8D, PokkenDX, ARMS, Splatoon 2 is the extent of digital for me on Switch.) Plus the little carts are much easier to store and access than discs. I treat discs like they're uranium fuel rods.
On Switch "physical" still mostly seems to mean physical in the old sense (except 2k games, and not sure about Wolfenstein if it NEEDS the patch or if it's like Doom and most of the game is playable without it.)
"Fonzie - Watermelon's CEO" Well, there's your problem.
I've never heard of this until now, but that commercial....that alone deserved to be kickstarted! It's like stepping into a time machine. I need cereal made with foam rubber dubbed "marshmallows" suddenly.
@Ralizah Ok, yeah, that one's pretty bad. The print ad above wasn't half that awful. But I wouldn't say it wouldn't air today....certainly not with such poor production values....and a lot of the video cuts were very 80's. But plenty of equally awful/weird advertisements run today. They're not better, just costlier!
@ThanosReXXX Yeah, I think as an "Atari Classic Mini" it will be just fine. I just mean if they're trying to push it as an actual console either PS4 style or even Ouya style...I don't think a crowd funded console is going to cut the mustard on that one.
@ThanosReXXX That would be awesome if you could play with original controllers. Truthfully I was sold on woodgrain veneer alone. Even though I think the machine itself is to be a colossal disaster......I'll buy anything with woodgrain veneer
@NerdNoiseRadio I can't imagine they'd crowdfund the hardware for an actual $300+ console. And looking at the pictures, this just dosn't have the body space for the cooling solution required by such a system. At absolute BEST it's basically a Switch without the handheld mode with a Tegra X1 inside. At worst, it's just an Ouya/classic mini.
I'm sorry, did Atari just say they are CROWDFUNDING their hardware platform?? That's a new low for them. And considering this is Atari we're talking about, I did not believe a new low was possible.
The box itself looks beautiful. I still have my old 2600 controllers....they were fun, though I doubt this will support them. I wonder if it plays E.T.?
I wonder if we'll ever see games like these now that EA has the license and can basically just publish Star Wars skinned Battlefield Online and an MMO forever and ever and ever without creative games. Star Wars was the one franchise immune to the curse of licensed movie games.
I never actually played the game, which surprises me now that I think about, it, but I certainly remember the toys. I'm not sure why they were so fun, but somehow they were.
Who else remembers the fast-talker (that seemed to be EVERYWHERE back then) that did the US commercials?
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Re: Feature: What Makes A Person Sell Their Entire Retro Games Collection?
@Ralizah That's an interesting take. I bet the industry never imagined moving to digital might make people buy less because there's no physical object to collect!
For me I'm moving somewhat digital because A) For the first time I actually can now that real internet exists here, B) The milk crates and cardboard boxes mentioned above really are overflowing too much.... C) Modern gen games don't benefit from physical copies too much: They're still unplayable without the patches, still get installed to the HDD, and more and more require being always online, so the physical copies die the same day the digital ones do, there's no long term preservation anymore, and D) Sales, and E) on PS/XB sharing games with two systems in the house means buying one copy (on sale) give me a copy for both machines like PS gaming in the mid-90's while physical needs 2. HOWEVER, I'm focusing on XB for digital as I really trust that platform to keep those investments in digital games valuable for some time given all the BC work they've emphasized, more like Steam (but not AS reliable), while I'm sticking with exclusives on PS (of which there are many) and trying to digitize those (I didn't have TOO many physical PS4 games compared to WiiU/3DS/Switch.) I think Detroit is my last "physical only" PS4 game (I even double dipped on P5 despite having the still sealed Take Your Heart edition.)
Switch on the other hand....so much is in physical, collectors editions, etc. The memory situation of SD cards vs carts and the lack of deep sales on digital means I'll likely stick nearly all physical for Switch except online games I may want to jump in at any time (Mario Tennis Aces, Smash 4.5, MK8D, PokkenDX, ARMS, Splatoon 2 is the extent of digital for me on Switch.) Plus the little carts are much easier to store and access than discs. I treat discs like they're uranium fuel rods.
On Switch "physical" still mostly seems to mean physical in the old sense (except 2k games, and not sure about Wolfenstein if it NEEDS the patch or if it's like Doom and most of the game is playable without it.)
Re: Feature: What Makes A Person Sell Their Entire Retro Games Collection?
@Anti-Matter You and @JaxonH have the most organized video game shrines I've ever seen!
I have random piles filling milk crates and cardboard boxes, most falling over each other
Re: Exclusive: The Artist Behind Troubled Sega Mega Drive Fighter Paprium Speaks Out
"Fonzie - Watermelon's CEO"
Well, there's your problem.
I've never heard of this until now, but that commercial....that alone deserved to be kickstarted! It's like stepping into a time machine. I need cereal made with foam rubber dubbed "marshmallows" suddenly.
Re: Hardware Classics: Unpacking The 32X, Sega's Most Catastrophic Console Failure
@Ralizah Ok, yeah, that one's pretty bad. The print ad above wasn't half that awful. But I wouldn't say it wouldn't air today....certainly not with such poor production values....and a lot of the video cuts were very 80's. But plenty of equally awful/weird advertisements run today. They're not better, just costlier!
Re: Hardware Classics: Unpacking The 32X, Sega's Most Catastrophic Console Failure
I love that French ad up top. I like to call it "Fifty Shades of Fail."
I actually owned a 32x for about two weeks.....and realized there were no games for it. I bought it cheap. At Toys R' Us.
Like a fail within a fail within a fail....
@Ralizah And new advertisements are less weird? At least those were creative. Well, ok, that French one is just weird....
Re: Atari's New Console Seems To Be Part NES Classic Mini, Part Ouya
@Lone_Beagle Corporate Kickstarter: The go-to investment source for when your stock options are valued worse than junk rating!
Re: Atari's New Console Seems To Be Part NES Classic Mini, Part Ouya
@ThanosReXXX Yeah, I think as an "Atari Classic Mini" it will be just fine. I just mean if they're trying to push it as an actual console either PS4 style or even Ouya style...I don't think a crowd funded console is going to cut the mustard on that one.
Re: Atari's New Console Seems To Be Part NES Classic Mini, Part Ouya
@ThanosReXXX That would be awesome if you could play with original controllers. Truthfully I was sold on woodgrain veneer alone. Even though I think the machine itself is to be a colossal disaster......I'll buy anything with woodgrain veneer
@NerdNoiseRadio I can't imagine they'd crowdfund the hardware for an actual $300+ console. And looking at the pictures, this just dosn't have the body space for the cooling solution required by such a system. At absolute BEST it's basically a Switch without the handheld mode with a Tegra X1 inside. At worst, it's just an Ouya/classic mini.
Re: Atari's New Console Seems To Be Part NES Classic Mini, Part Ouya
I'm sorry, did Atari just say they are CROWDFUNDING their hardware platform?? That's a new low for them. And considering this is Atari we're talking about, I did not believe a new low was possible.
The box itself looks beautiful. I still have my old 2600 controllers....they were fun, though I doubt this will support them. I wonder if it plays E.T.?
Re: Feature: The Making Of Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
I wonder if we'll ever see games like these now that EA has the license and can basically just publish Star Wars skinned Battlefield Online and an MMO forever and ever and ever without creative games. Star Wars was the one franchise immune to the curse of licensed movie games.
Re: Feature: The Making Of Micro Machines, The Best Racer On The NES
I never actually played the game, which surprises me now that I think about, it, but I certainly remember the toys. I'm not sure why they were so fun, but somehow they were.
Who else remembers the fast-talker (that seemed to be EVERYWHERE back then) that did the US commercials?