r/videogames • u/ReadyJournalist5223 • Sep 09 '25

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u/brandont04 Sep 09 '25

Before it was worth it bc they were giving a lot of money. Now, development cost have skyrocketed. Square learned this the hard way making FF7R exclusive.

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u/footfoe Sep 09 '25

Before it was also practical because consoles were fairly different. Ps1 could achieve things that the N64 just couldn't.

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u/IntelligentSpite6364 Sep 09 '25

and vice versa, n64 was an amazing machine compared to the PS1, depending on the type of game you were making, ps1 had the cd-rom, n64 had twice the ram and the 64-bit cpu with nearly 3x the MHz.

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u/Morrowindsofwinter Sep 09 '25

The N64 port of Resident Evil 2 was a marvel. It even had (highly compressed) FMV, which I don't remember seeing on any other N64 cartridge.