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metaIslug posted...

I would hate to buy this only to find out it's not hackable.

Then again, Nintendo has been known to use ROM dumps for the Virtual Console.

Doesn't sound like there would be alot of encryption or protection going on

The very existence of these consoles is mindboggling to me regardless. If you asked me are they gonna make easily hackable mini-consoles? i would say no way. I still don't get how Nintendo profits out of these. i mean surely they profit, but aren't they dooming the VC?

from nintendo's perspective, they would only be losing future SNES VC sales. Even assuming a modest $40 profit for nintendo on each classic sold, we can assume this is more money than the vast majority of people would put into the VC for SNES titles.

Even if someone were to hack the entire SNES library into their classic console, nintendo would have made more money off that than what they likely would have put into the VC for snes games anyway. Same for the NES classic.

That's not even taking into account all the people who want the SNES classic who would almost never buy titles off the VC much less own a console that would allow them to do so. Even as gamers, we all probably know quite a few people who bought the NES classic who haven't had a modern console in years or who were very casual gamers.

Further, there are those who will double dip and buy a few titles again simply because the switch is portable. Lets not pretend many of us haven't bought super mario world more than once in the past.

No, ultimately nintendo would see a vast profit in selling these classic consoles despite the minor loss in VC sales they'll see as a result. They gain far more than they lose.