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05/09/2008, 01:00
Jeff Mitchell (name rings a bell) had an interview with Techradar about the GP2X Wiz:
Some might suggest that the GP2X:Wiz will once again be a console very popular with those who use emulators or pirate games, and won't actually be interested in a dedicated software base. How would you respond to such a statement?
The Wiz will be enormously popular for emulation and homebrew fans, and I expect people will buy a title or two of commercialware if it is priced well, and is priced to the quality. Prices have been climbing in gaming arenas, but as we can see with Apple's iTunes app store, keeping prices modest can really boost the numbers. Now, remember there are multiple sides to economics - on the one, you want to make people smile, and enjoy your title, and keeping prices low does that, and gets the title out to more hands for more smiles. But accountants will be quick to point out that if you half the price and sell 2.5 the quantity, you're still ahead - so karma, and profits. The trick is finding the balance.
So I do believe there is a market, but I don't expect it's a huge one.
I've never seen statistics for sales for the previous GPH machines, but from the forums we do see people buying the games; and if no-one bought any, Play Asia and so on wouldn't have kept stocking them, right?
Do you think the work you and other developers are doing on the games front will help to give the new GP2X any kind of foothold in the modern handheld market, next to the success of the DS and the PSP?
No; just like SanDisk selling mp3 players doesn't dent the iPod market - but it keeps SanDisk going. It helps legitimize the device to those who think emulation is bad and that its 'just for emulation', or 'just another Chinese mp4 device.' And it helps pay a few bills here or there for a few people, hopefully. But mostly it's a lot of fun.
This is how Quake mod teams suddenly end up being game developers themselves; ten years of bottom feeding and finally getting their break.
GPH was a nobody with the GP32, and they're getting more known with their increased Linux support on the GP2X series; they're still a nobody, but they're less a nobody. Slashdot posts about them now, but that's a long way from pretending Sony will take notice. Though, I don't know how big a name they are in Korea. Perhaps I am woefully unaware!http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming...2935?artc_pg=1 (http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/gp2x-interview-with-games-developer-jeff-mitchell-462935?artc_pg=1)
Jeff Mitchell is DCEmu Coder Skeezix :)
Más información... (http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=146726&goto=newpost)
Some might suggest that the GP2X:Wiz will once again be a console very popular with those who use emulators or pirate games, and won't actually be interested in a dedicated software base. How would you respond to such a statement?
The Wiz will be enormously popular for emulation and homebrew fans, and I expect people will buy a title or two of commercialware if it is priced well, and is priced to the quality. Prices have been climbing in gaming arenas, but as we can see with Apple's iTunes app store, keeping prices modest can really boost the numbers. Now, remember there are multiple sides to economics - on the one, you want to make people smile, and enjoy your title, and keeping prices low does that, and gets the title out to more hands for more smiles. But accountants will be quick to point out that if you half the price and sell 2.5 the quantity, you're still ahead - so karma, and profits. The trick is finding the balance.
So I do believe there is a market, but I don't expect it's a huge one.
I've never seen statistics for sales for the previous GPH machines, but from the forums we do see people buying the games; and if no-one bought any, Play Asia and so on wouldn't have kept stocking them, right?
Do you think the work you and other developers are doing on the games front will help to give the new GP2X any kind of foothold in the modern handheld market, next to the success of the DS and the PSP?
No; just like SanDisk selling mp3 players doesn't dent the iPod market - but it keeps SanDisk going. It helps legitimize the device to those who think emulation is bad and that its 'just for emulation', or 'just another Chinese mp4 device.' And it helps pay a few bills here or there for a few people, hopefully. But mostly it's a lot of fun.
This is how Quake mod teams suddenly end up being game developers themselves; ten years of bottom feeding and finally getting their break.
GPH was a nobody with the GP32, and they're getting more known with their increased Linux support on the GP2X series; they're still a nobody, but they're less a nobody. Slashdot posts about them now, but that's a long way from pretending Sony will take notice. Though, I don't know how big a name they are in Korea. Perhaps I am woefully unaware!http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming...2935?artc_pg=1 (http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/gp2x-interview-with-games-developer-jeff-mitchell-462935?artc_pg=1)
Jeff Mitchell is DCEmu Coder Skeezix :)
Más información... (http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=146726&goto=newpost)