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Pretty much confirmed news:
The Revolution will also be a wireless router for the home, connect broadband to it and it will allow nearby consoles to link and go online. Such as a DS for example.
Rumours:
Revolution will be VERY cheap, will be only a little more powerful than a Gamecube and vastly inferior to X-box 360 and PS3. There will be multiple controllers, touch screen, gyro and camera are all being touted.
If the latter is true then I told you Nintendo are gunning for a different market.
The Revolution will also be a wireless router for the home, connect broadband to it and it will allow nearby consoles to link and go online. Such as a DS for example.
Rumours:
Revolution will be VERY cheap, will be only a little more powerful than a Gamecube and vastly inferior to X-box 360 and PS3. There will be multiple controllers, touch screen, gyro and camera are all being touted.
If the latter is true then I told you Nintendo are gunning for a different market.
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Dringo wrote:
> Yes they could be crap if you think about it at a base level. But you
> need to remember that Nintendo aren't gonna be stupid here.
Hmmm.
> It can be linked to your head for all I know, your feet, your arms,
> your hands? In fact it could be all of them depending if you're
> walking, fighting, shooting errr... headbutting... and that movement
> is picked up in the game, throw in a basic controller and you have a
> far more immersive game. Imagine that, a device which can be used as
> a gun, a tool to detect speed of walking, a fishing rod, a steering
> wheel etc... That's an immersive game and a gyro controller COULD be
> that.
Like I said, 90% of gamers don't want something stuck on their heads, and they don't want to move about at all. They want to sit in a chair and play a good game.
I'd say that doing more stuff outside of the game would remove that immersion you keep going on about. As it is now, everything's so easy to control, you can forget the controller is even there and be focussed entirely on the game.
> But then it might not.
Indeed
> Then maybe it is a touch screen. Bad Idea you say, you say you
> couldn't become accustom to the controls.
>
> Well then what if this "touch screen" was also a game
> screen? A.K.A the DS? Is the idea better now? Maybe. Maybe not.
No, because you'd have to keep looking between the screens all the time, and miss whatever's happening on the other one. It works on the DS because the screens are directly under eachother, so you never miss anything.
> Yes they could be crap if you think about it at a base level. But you
> need to remember that Nintendo aren't gonna be stupid here.
Hmmm.
> It can be linked to your head for all I know, your feet, your arms,
> your hands? In fact it could be all of them depending if you're
> walking, fighting, shooting errr... headbutting... and that movement
> is picked up in the game, throw in a basic controller and you have a
> far more immersive game. Imagine that, a device which can be used as
> a gun, a tool to detect speed of walking, a fishing rod, a steering
> wheel etc... That's an immersive game and a gyro controller COULD be
> that.
Like I said, 90% of gamers don't want something stuck on their heads, and they don't want to move about at all. They want to sit in a chair and play a good game.
I'd say that doing more stuff outside of the game would remove that immersion you keep going on about. As it is now, everything's so easy to control, you can forget the controller is even there and be focussed entirely on the game.
> But then it might not.
Indeed
> Then maybe it is a touch screen. Bad Idea you say, you say you
> couldn't become accustom to the controls.
>
> Well then what if this "touch screen" was also a game
> screen? A.K.A the DS? Is the idea better now? Maybe. Maybe not.
No, because you'd have to keep looking between the screens all the time, and miss whatever's happening on the other one. It works on the DS because the screens are directly under eachother, so you never miss anything.
Hmm, trying to appeal to a totally different market, Nintendo have had a good record with that. Every gimmicky hardware they've released (virtual Boy springs to mind the most) have been a lovely failure for them; it shows that any audience are reluctant for change; people have a better time adapting to better and better graphics they see on screen, but far less so with unfamiliar gimmicky things they haven't used before.
Still, I'm sure they'll carve their unique part of a niche. Shame it'll be smaller than before.
Still, I'm sure they'll carve their unique part of a niche. Shame it'll be smaller than before.
The touch-screen on the DS only really works well when you're actually looking at it. when you're concentrating on the top screen, it's a bit crap, really
What I don't want is another console that is just more powerful than the previous one otherwise gaming is not going anywhere we'll have 3 practically identical consoles with upgraded hardware with "l33t graphix" and the same old games coming out yes I mean FIFA 2010 EA..
We don't need anything too different but something to make it stand out other than it's technical capabilities.
We don't need anything too different but something to make it stand out other than it's technical capabilities.
Apparently it'll be like using the analogue stick for the first time or playing gaming for the first time. Hard to start off with but when you get used to it, it becomes great.
I'm not going to comment on the controller until E3 it might be normal it might be different but I'm sure Nintendo knows what it's doing and won't make too different or complicated to use compared to the other new consoles' controller's.
Yes they could be crap if you think about it at a base level. But you need to remember that Nintendo aren't gonna be stupid here.
Gyro controller is a controller that works when moved.
It can be linked to your head for all I know, your feet, your arms, your hands? In fact it could be all of them depending if you're walking, fighting, shooting errr... headbutting... and that movement is picked up in the game, throw in a basic controller and you have a far more immersive game. Imagine that, a device which can be used as a gun, a tool to detect speed of walking, a fishing rod, a steering wheel etc... That's an immersive game and a gyro controller COULD be that.
But then it might not.
Then maybe it is a touch screen. Bad Idea you say, you say you couldn't become accustom to the controls.
Well then what if this "touch screen" was also a game screen? A.K.A the DS? Is the idea better now? Maybe. Maybe not.
We have to wait and see. The ideas can be more complex than you are all making out.
Gyro controller is a controller that works when moved.
It can be linked to your head for all I know, your feet, your arms, your hands? In fact it could be all of them depending if you're walking, fighting, shooting errr... headbutting... and that movement is picked up in the game, throw in a basic controller and you have a far more immersive game. Imagine that, a device which can be used as a gun, a tool to detect speed of walking, a fishing rod, a steering wheel etc... That's an immersive game and a gyro controller COULD be that.
But then it might not.
Then maybe it is a touch screen. Bad Idea you say, you say you couldn't become accustom to the controls.
Well then what if this "touch screen" was also a game screen? A.K.A the DS? Is the idea better now? Maybe. Maybe not.
We have to wait and see. The ideas can be more complex than you are all making out.
Everyone appreciates your optimism, Dringo, but sometimes you just have to admit that some ideas are just crap.
Hedfix wrote:
> Better graphics change nothing?
>
> I like snipeing across massive Halo 2 levels without some crazy fog
> getting in the way.
Pedants, you are all pedants.
> Better graphics change nothing?
>
> I like snipeing across massive Halo 2 levels without some crazy fog
> getting in the way.
Pedants, you are all pedants.
Dringo wrote:
> Erm... better graphics change nothing.
You are unbelievably stupid sometimes. Just read my dammed posts. How many times have I said that graphics aren't the issue? How many times? About 5 I'll wager. I'm not going to make my point again. If you haven't got it by now then there's no hope.
> Erm... better graphics change nothing.
You are unbelievably stupid sometimes. Just read my dammed posts. How many times have I said that graphics aren't the issue? How many times? About 5 I'll wager. I'm not going to make my point again. If you haven't got it by now then there's no hope.
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