With last week’s news that Nintendo was purportedly planning on releasing a SNES Mini later this year, and given how fantastic the NES Mini was received by fans, we got to thinking: should Sony jump on the bandwagon and release a PSOne Mini?
In this week’s Now Loading, that’s the question the PlayStation LifeStyle crew answers. And yes, we all know that if Sony does indeed do it that it’s copying Nintendo, so please spare everyone the sermon or whatever since most of us won’t care if Sony copies Nintendo if that means we’ll get to play our fave classics in one convenient package.
So should Sony release a PSOne Mini? How many games should it include and at what price point? Also, should Sony include Trophies to rope in Trophy collectors? Let us know what you think in the comments and let’s get this discussion going!
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Now Loading...Should Sony Release a PSOne Mini
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Heath Hindman
Only if they want millions and millions of the dollars.
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Paulmichael Contreras
It'd feel like blatant copying, but as we can see there's a huge market for nostalgia. Not to mention, the games we remember taking quite a while to load would suddenly load extremely quickly owing to this hypothetical unit's flash storage. I'd say if Sony does this, they one-up Nintendo and at least provide wireless controllers.
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Stephen Bitto
Knee jerk reaction is yes but after some pondering I'm not sure how well the library would hold up. The first wave of 3D games was pretty rough around the edges.
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Zarmena Khan
I don't really understand the hype behind all these minis. 99% chances are I won't be playing those games again, anyway. It looks like something that'd be cool to have for a while and then you just get bored of it.
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Chandler Wood
Nostalgia factors in largely to the desire for them to do this, but there are a few reasons I think Sony won't. First they are doing a lot with remakes and remasters, as well as the PS2 classics series. Second is that as much as people say they want the ability to play these classics/backwards compatibility, in practice it seems to be utilized far less than demand indicates, making the investment in something like this divide time and resources from more current gaming endeavors.
The reason Nintendo can get away with it is that their success is hinged entirely on their classic franchises and the nostalgia of yore. I don't think Sony has that problem and would prefer they look forward rather than trying to hard to focus on and revive the past in it's unaltered state.Sony also has a platform where they could just release a PS1 collection on PS4 instead of doing a dedicated platform for it. -
Michael Briers
I'm with Zarmena in that I view the minis as novelty items, something I'd pick up on a whim only to retire it to the cupboard three weeks later. That's not to say Sony shouldn't explore the idea of a PSOne Mini. There's a huge catalogue begging to be cracked open, and assuming the company produces a competent product with decent controllers and storage, I could see the device becoming a huge hit at, say, PSX in December.
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Alex Co
I think Sony should. However, I do think that if Sony does indeed do this, that I'll get one, and most likely play it for a few minutes, and stow it somewhere and never to be seen again. Mind, that could change, but given how many new games are released every week, it's a tall order having to replay something that I finished years ago.
Having said that, I can see this thing selling like hotcakes. Sure, you'll get people saying "LOL Sony copied Nintendo fai11ll!" or whatever, but who cares, right?
I say give people what they want, and it seems they want these retro consoles, so Sony should cave in and do it.
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Mack Ashworth
It's not something that I would play with, but I can see it selling very well.
After seeing the success of the Nintendo Classic Mini, Sony has to be doing something similar.
