At no time with any of Nintendo's
publicly released consoles did they ever have CD playback, so why include it now? I can understand how one would wonder why Nintendo didn't opt for DVD video playback as the drives that earlier versions had included those specific DVD read commands, but I see no reason for having CD playback at all.
How about user convenience ? If your gaming console is connected to the TV in your living room all the time, it'd be nice if it also played movies and music, so you wouldn't need to buy additional equiptment, switch TV inputs etc. It's like mobile phones - when you're buying a new one, you're assuming it will at least have an alarm clock, a calendar, a calculator, some simple games, etc. etc.
The convenience nowadays with music is the ability to playback formats like MP3 and AAC on a lot of devices (the latter being supported with the Wii, and both supported on the 3DS). Is it less convenient to have your music in those formats than on CDs? I find it quite the opposite.
Ikki said:
Xuphor said:
QUOTE(pachura @ Mar 19 2011, 11:36 PM)
OK, developers are just starting to learn [3DS programming],but the NGP demos shown are clearly one generation ahead, hand-down better.
You mean this trailer?
http://www.g4tv.com/videos/51047/Games-For...on-NGP-Trailer/
None of those games scream "hand-down better" than the 3DS's graphics to me. Some of them (Killzone, the golf game) look better than the 3DS, but not a a huge amount, muchless "clearly one generation inhead"