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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.
> Agreed Dringo [Edit: agreement refers to long post before post below],
> but the low specs will lead to magazine columns along the lines of;
>
> "Nintendos system is the least powerful of the current
> gen...."
>
> At which point people will flick to the X-Box or PS3 section.
I think you'll get "PS3 unveils stunning looking GTA", "X-box360 stuns crowd with amazing new Halo game", "Nintendo show wireless online, gryo controller Mario Kart".
Going for the cheap non-powerful route might really hurt Nintendo.
Could be too little too late, this should have been the console they released instead of the Gamecube.
"Nintendos system is the least powerful of the current gen...."
At which point people will flick to the X-Box or PS3 section.
> I have a Gamecube, I have an N64, gameplay wise not much has changed
> since th days of the N64, if anything its worsened as Mario sunshine
> proved. Why then did I get the Gamecube? Simply because I wanted
> better sound, better graphics to stun me, as Im sure did most of the
> other people that shelled out on a Gamecube. Nintendo need to realise
> that techno freaks (ie me) as well as the general public are similar
> in that they crave cutting edge. Releasing a souped up Gamecube will
> just not impress.
But it isn't, it is a revolution... it is online... it has new control systems...
Christ Nintendo gamers are getting more and more shallow every day.
What the Nintendo fan wants, by the sounds of it, is a Blu-Ray/CD/DVD/Game machine hybrid. They want a few more adult developed Nintendo games and they want Nintendo to get ALL third parties on board.
This will mean that Nintendo have everything Microsoft and Sony have plus themselves, making them the best positioned competitor.
But of course your assuming that Microsoft and Sony are, well, stupid.
If Nintendo really went hell and leather and got all these games and all these advantages that the competitors have then you'll have a full scale war. Companies will be bought out by Microsoft and Sony to compete with Nintendo's exclusive software. A price war will begin.
A price war. Who can deal with a price war best? Nintendo will be demolished, especially if Microsoft or Sony cut software prices.
To beat the competiton Nintendo need to use the one thing they have their competitors do not. Some of the best gaming talent in the world. Nintendo have to develop new ideas, new games to side step the oppositon rather than suffer a disaster of going full on.
The Gamecube was a minor side step, a games only system with cheap games and hardware. It worked a little but then fell apart. This time Nintendo are trying to be REALLY different.
These rumours are just rumours, a specialist controller, wireless broadband from the box are almost confirmed but it is only according to "sources" about the low specs. We'll have to see.
>
> I'll have my Nintendo games rather than ones which just look a bit
> nicer thankyou.
>
> As long as the Revolution isn't so different and revolutionary that
> it'll hinder rather than improve my gaming experience (something
> stupid like I have to control Samus through my facial expressions via
> a camera, sticking my tongue out every time I want to shoot something)
> I'll be there on release day.
I have a Gamecube, I have an N64, gameplay wise not much has changed since th days of the N64, if anything its worsened as Mario sunshine proved. Why then did I get the Gamecube? Simply because I wanted better sound, better graphics to stun me, as Im sure did most of the other people that shelled out on a Gamecube. Nintendo need to realise that techno freaks (ie me) as well as the general public are similar in that they crave cutting edge. Releasing a souped up Gamecube will just not impress.
Oh, but this is different, because it won't have any games made for me on it.
> will be only a little more powerful
> than a Gamecube and vastly inferior to X-box 360 and PS3.
one word: Dreamcast.
> Sorry Nintendo.If the rumours of inferior hardware are true then there
> goes my Nintendo support. I will quite happily embrace the Ultra
> powerful Microsoft backed machine.
And you call yourself a Nintendo fan :-)
I know what you mean but I do not think Nintendo mind if many of their current fanbase seek a second console because of their change in direction. The concept behind Revolution is to be different and appeal to a totally new audience. To do this whilst competing directly with Sony and Microsoft is a hard task. So expect the system to depart from the traditions of next gen consoles.
Then again maybe not, it could just be a rumour after all.
Also, if it's only slightly more powerful than gamexube and the only revolution is the controllers, why on earth is it necessary at all?
Also, Nintendo and a company caled Broadcom (I think) today signed a deal for the Revolution. Broadcom supply "integrated wireless solutions", which is nice.
In other news, the Xbox 360 will come in two flavours: the standard vanilla basic machine, and one with a HD, backwards compatability and a WebTV srteaming service, for an extra $100. Looks like it could be the way to go fo r next gen gaming, then.