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Panasonic 'Q' First Look

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-lust-after dept.

austinij writes "National Console Support has purchased and taken apart the Panasonic 'Q', a Nintendo Gamecube/DVD player device in one. Pictures and brief descriptions are included. Lets hope for a review soon! " That just looks so nifty. I've heard of DVD players including PS1 support in the not so distant future too. Apparently its fairly inexpensive to do it now.

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  1. Consoles & DVD's? by FortKnox · · Score: 3, Redundant

    DVD manufacturers make money selling DVD players.

    Console manufacturers loose money selling consoles (but make money on royalties on the games).

    Why would DVD manufacturers be interested in attaching something that would really cut profits? Unless the companies name is "Sony" I'm assuming they aren't getting a cut of the game royalties...

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  2. You can get a DVD player with PS1 support... by darylp · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's called a PS2.

  3. Anti-Piracy??? by Quasar1999 · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Wasn't the whole reason Nintendo made their gamecube small, so that it wouldn't accept standard 80mm disks to prevent piracy (since the smaller disks, especially writeable, are harder to come by)???

    I don't see Nintendo being happy about this...

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