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| shadowzero:
I haven't seen anyone talking about the generation of children yet (and forgive me if you did). Think about the twenty somethings now and what they grew up with. I feel it will primarily be that age range of children that will determine how persistent the 7th gen consoles will be for collectors. Its hard to say what will be hot retro in five to ten years but I can stress that at this moment is when Xbox360, PS3, DS, and possibly PSP will be cheapest. Once they're out of the bargain bins at the brick and mortar stores they go silent for a while, and then only non traditional stores will have the stock. Thats the way its always been. I intentionally left the Wii out of this list because, while I do see a half doz listed on LetGo at any given time, the systems keep their valve due to the ease of soft modding. |
| hoshichiri:
--- Quote from: bikingjahuty on October 04, 2018, 02:59:57 pm ---As someone who has collected PS3 for several years now, I can tell you that the PS3 has an amazingly rich library of unique, interesting games, way more than the 360, that's for sure. I'm not saying that out of spite, just simply because I also have collected for the 360 as well and there are far more interesting, unique, hidden gem, and quarky games for it than the 360. On top of that there are a lot more exclusives for the PS3. I think the PS3 will enjoy a much more vibrant collecting scene than the 360 in a few years because of this and some of the reasons I mentioned in my original post. [/font][/size] --- End quote --- I look forward to learning about some of these games then! That's not saracasm- there does seem to be a shift in focus on what games get attention once a system starts to roll into the 'retro' time of its existence, that just didn't get coverage during the heyday of the machine due to being slightly underwhelming graphically, or an odd genre for the time, or just poorly advertised. These often end up being some of my favorite titles, so I'm always excited when a system is old enough to start getting 'hidden gem' type content out there. |
| burningdoom:
--- Quote from: tcxs on October 04, 2018, 04:52:10 pm ---System wise, the backwards compatibility will be the saving grace. PS3 being able to play PS1 and PS2 is huge and the crazy GameCube feature on the Wii is very nice. --- End quote --- That's a good point. I don't even use my Wii to play Wii games, it's for GameCube games. I play Wii games on the Wii U. Because the Wii component cables are damn cheaper than the GameCube ones. And Wii on Wii U is using HDMI. |
| sworddude:
--- Quote from: burningdoom on October 04, 2018, 05:50:28 pm --- --- Quote from: tcxs on October 04, 2018, 04:52:10 pm ---System wise, the backwards compatibility will be the saving grace. PS3 being able to play PS1 and PS2 is huge and the crazy GameCube feature on the Wii is very nice. --- End quote --- That's a good point. I don't even use my Wii to play Wii games, it's for GameCube games. I play Wii games on the Wii U. Because the Wii component cables are damn cheaper than the GameCube ones. And Wii on Wii U is using HDMI. --- End quote --- Gamecube component cables are usually used for the gameboy player for them gameboy gba and gba games not for gamecube games. There is however a slight difference in quality as far as component cables go as the gamecube cable gives a better picture than the wii one, but the difference is pretty minor. |
| bikingjahuty:
--- Quote from: 98dgreen on October 04, 2018, 04:23:27 pm --- --- Quote from: bikingjahuty on October 04, 2018, 02:46:09 pm --- --- Quote from: 98dgreen on October 04, 2018, 10:56:52 am ---Xbox and PS2 haven't peeked yet. --- End quote --- What are you basing this statement off of? --- End quote --- Increases in prices on common games. Increasing demand for 6th gen games locally. --- End quote --- this says otherwise: https://www.pricecharting.com/console/playstation-2 https://www.pricecharting.com/console/xbox |
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