Quote Originally Posted by goob47 View Post
I guess the only nice thing about this is that since more people are bound to buy these things, the price of original consoles will most likely go down. As a collector, I have no desire whatsoever to own one. Be it the nostalgia of having to hook up each individual console before I could play the game, or just the different kinds of lights that would show when you powered it on, the convenience factor doesn't outweigh the awesomeness factor.
I understand this logic, however..

As a collector, who would like to have a lot of his systems hooked up, I can see the appeal of this. Assuming of course that is has 100% compatibility. (A rather large assumption I must admit) Being able to take 3 consoles out of the living room, and replace them with one, AND being able to hook them up to the main house HDTV - That could be awesome. This is a product that I'll look at, and wait for reviews from people after it's released. As it stands now, I generally turn toward my living room HTPC and emulation for most of my classic gaming, and kind of going back to some form of "original" hardware with controllers and cartridges could be kind of fun.

Not that I'll be buying this at launch. I think anyone who blindly buys any clone, regardless of claims made by the manufacturer, without first waiting for reviews from early adopters regarding it's compatibility issues is simply wasting money. After all the horrible clones released, we should all know better. There has never been a clone with 100% compatibility and accuracy, and until there is - I see little point in purchasing one.