Guys, this is a really cheap deal, I mean, it is a G6 product. G6 has always costed double of competitors, and it also had less memory. Now you get 1GB ONBOARD memory, and the quality of a G6 product! Why can't you guys understand that the R4 + 1gb memory card is not the same as the G6? They are on a different level.
Also, the price for flash carts has dropped incredibly. I remember paying like $150 for a low end GBA flash cart. Stop with the bashing just because the price is $10 more. The G6DS will have far more capabilities than the R4, I still have hope that they'll make download play right.Â
They're not on a different level, they're the same aside from removable or built-in storage which is personal preference. And the price difference is not $10 but $20. Seeing as these devices are cheap now it's a big price difference (~30%).
Download play does not work properly. If it works it would justify the price difference but reality is that it currently doesn't. This is how G6 it's price point has always been justified in the past; it was actually a better product.
My thoughts, exactly. Maybe some consider these small advantages worth the $20 difference, and I'd probably agree, if perfect download play was on the list of advantages that is. Speed really isn't an issue; I think I can wait the few extra seconds of loading time if it means I can get a removable memory method with nearly the same compatibility for $20 less.
Saying the price is great "for what it is" isn't really saying much in this case, since built-in memory is more of a neutral feature than a pro or con (I personally prefer built-in as long as it has enough space) and there's no real popular opinion as to which is better. After that, it's all about software differences like the cheat function. So "what it is" basically becomes only a slight difference between the much cheaper removable-memory solutions.
