ian wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 5:05 amI looked at all the mods people do to make a Dreamcast good... Why not go out and buy a PS5, XSX, SWITCH and a couple of games for the same price as all the Dreamcast mods?
"all the Dreamcast mods" don't cost nearly as much as any of those unless you're a youtuber trying to make a shocking clickbait thumbnail ("all the NES modz for $3 gazillion WHOA CLICK") or you're using ebay (=huge markup for this hobby).
I have no interest in XSX or PS5 and couldn't even name a single exclusive title for either one
Love my Switch though and my PC
ian wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 5:05 am
And people seriously go out and pay $300 for a GameCube component cable when you can get a Wii with component cable for $50? And it does it better?
The Wii doesn't do it better though, the GameCube has better video output. Also, plenty of people use the GameCube to play real GBA hardware on a CRT with the low latency GameBoy Player homebrew frontend GBI, which the Wii doesn't have
ian wrote: ↑Wed Jul 14, 2021 5:05 amBut modding a 64 for HDMI is particularly stupid, they still look like ass, and it's still the second worst aging Nintendo console after the Virtual boy.
The HDMI mod can override the N64's internal blur filter, making it look a lot clearer on some titles, not to mention it implements its own filters that can enhance the image. It also does full upscaling/processing of the HDMI signal as much as as any full-featured scaler does, and does dual simultaneous video output for streamers.
I have all of the above mods on my consoles, except I purchase the kits at retail price and install them myself. So my expense is like $150 or so, not $900.
When new mod kits come out I also buy multiples of kits and lots of broken junk consoles before they sell high, fix em up and mod them, and make a profit while keeping one for myself.
I'm not doing scalping though, not only do the mod creators track that, but anything that's possible to scalp you really can't get more than 1 anyway and I've gotta have one for myself
But for like the XStation, I bought 10 PSXs with broken drives and 10 XStation boards and made a decent profit
I would never argue that everyone should own these kits, but those of us who use these kits have our reasons. For everyone else, emulation is free and like 90% as good as the real thing