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Topic	Question for Video Game experts: How did Nintendo fall behind?
SinisterSlay 04/21/17 9:01:48 AM #18:	OneTimeBen posted... SinisterSlay posted... Real answer? Power gap. The rule in game development is to build for the weakest machine that's popular. The trouble was that graphics was all the rage, and big rpgs. The n64 carts were a premium if you wanted 128mb. Most were 32 and 64mb. For like $30 a cart. Meanwhile sony used regular discs, 700mb for about 10 cents each. That's a lot more game, graphics, for a lot cheaper. 30 bucks to produce a cartridge seems a bit much. No doubt it was more expensive then a disk but that can't be correct. It's not at all easy to look up. I'm trying though. I only remember they were crazy expensive. --- He who stumbles around in darkness with a stick is blind. But he who... sticks out in darkness... is... fluorescent! - Brother Silence <cite>SinisterSlay posted [p:877618796] in Question f... [t:75262265]...</cite> <quote><cite>OneTimeBen posted...</cite> <quote><cite>SinisterSlay posted...</cite> <quote>Real answer? Power gap. The rule in game development is to build for the weakest machine that's popular. The trouble was that graphics was all the rage, and big rpgs. The n64 carts were a premium if you wanted 128mb. Most were 32 and 64mb. For like $30 a cart. Meanwhile sony used regular discs, 700mb for about 10 cents each. That's a lot more game, graphics, for a lot cheaper.</quote>30 bucks to produce a cartridge seems a bit much. No doubt it was more expensive then a disk but that can't be correct.</quote> It's not at all easy to look up. I'm trying though. I only remember they were crazy expensive. --- He who stumbles around in darkness with a stick is blind. But he who... sticks out in darkness... is... fluorescent! - Brother Silence</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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