PlayStation classic: the rant

Sony is copying Nintendo and releasing a PS Classic.

Yeah...
Wild Arms, Tekken 3, R4, Jumping Flash, and Final Fantasy VII seem to be included based on the trailer... 15 more games too...

For $100 no AC Adapter included... it uses USB, so... there may be a workaround.

I have a couple of issues. First is the games:
PS1 memory cards were a lot less than A Floppy disk... for the younger readers, a floppy disk was a physical version of the save button in some programs that could hold a whopping 1.44 Mb... Dark Ages... I know. My computer at the time was 5 Gb...
The PS1 memory cards saves data in "blocks" with a maximum of 15. A game like FFVII consumed 1 nlock per save. Gran Turismo... you needed a Memory card SOLELY for Gran Turismo.
OK so:
FfVII needs 1 block
R4 needs 1 block
Tekken 3 needs 1 block
Wild Arms needs 1 block
Jumping flash needs 1-3 blocks

We'd run out of blocks before games.
Unless each ROM gets an unique Memory card to save.

The second issue is that like the Nintendos, that is what you get and that's it... imagine if it could play actual ps1 discs and allowed for an SD cars to function as a Memory card for all your games. Right now FFVIII is out of the picture due to its pesky DRM.  Sometimes it acted up on LEGIT PS1s without modding (super rare, but since psxc is an emulator, well...)

IF I WAS IN CHARGE these are the games I'd release it with:
Battle Arena Toshinden
Twisted Metal 2
Jet Moto 2
Parappa the Rapper
Gex
Tomb Raider 2
Tekken 3
Ridge Racer 2
Jumping Flash
Castlevania: Synphony of the Night
Suikoden
Wild Arms
Metal Gear Solid
Megaman Legends
Crash Bandicoot 2
Final Fantasy VII
Gran Turismo
Soul Edge
Dino Crisis
Darkstalkers 3
Xenogears