Nintendo Revolution May Support External Hard Drive Storage, Games Under $50

Vikingod · Mar 30, 2006, 02:50 PM

With new game consoles there is always a concern with the pricing of the systems and games themselves and with the announcement of Nintendo porting older NES, SNES, and Nintendo 64 games for their to distribute electronically have raised some new questions, specifically about where/how the games will be stored if they exceed the gaming console's onboard flash memory size.

In an interview of Nintendo's president, Satoru Iwata tells CNN/Money that the new console will be more affordable than the other next-gen consoles such as the XBOX 360 and Sony's PS3 and games Nintendo develops will follow the same plan. Though 3rd party developers may ask for more money per copy of game, Nintendo will not charge above the standard $50 price point for games developed in-house in order to gain customer loyalty.
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Mar 30, 2006, 02:50 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Nintendo Revolution May Support External Hard Drive Storage, Games Under $50 With new game consoles there is always a concern with the pricing of the systems and games themselves and with the announcement of Nintendo porting older NES, SNES, and Nintendo 64 games for their to distribute electronically have raised some new questions, specifically about where/how the games will be stored if they exceed the gaming console's onboard flash memory size. In an interview of Nintendo's president, Satoru Iwata tells CNN/Money that the new console will be more affordable than the other next-gen consoles such as the XBOX 360 and Sony's PS3 and games Nintendo develops will follow the same plan. Though 3rd party developers may ask for more money per copy of game, Nintendo will not charge above the standard $50 price point for games developed in-house in order to gain customer loyalty. __________ Read More / Source: GamesIndustry