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Next Nintendo Console In Spring 2005?

Posted by simoniker on from the no-time-like-the-present dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to an IGN story claiming that the Gamecube's successor will launch as early as Spring 2005. This date, sourced from anonymous development houses, seems earlier than expected, and IGN mentions that "..asked if they had received any official documentation for the machine, all software houses contacted said no." But equally, any console getting a head start on the next generation will have a significant advantage, and as IGN suggest, "Nintendo has repeatedly stated that it would not be the last hardware manufacturer out of the gates with its next console."

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  1. First one out? by glenkim · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This strategy didn't necessarily work for Sega with the Dreamcast. It came out first, and had the edge over the PS2 in certain aspects, yet it still lost.

  2. Re:Difficult times for them... by GR1NCH · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I agree with this too... I really wanted to buy a PS2 when I was console shopping but the old technology (in comparison to GCN and XBOX) was a major turn-off, especially since GCN and XBOX can be aquired for much cheaper than the PS2. I think a new overpriced PS2 is NOT going to boost sales for Sony, and they really do need to push out the next gen if GCN and XBOX2 are just around the corner.

  3. I just hope by Masami+Eiri · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I just hope that now that Nintendo's gone disc, they'll follow Sony's example and make this new one backwards compadible.

    That, IMO, is one of the main reasons that PS2 won out over the Dreamcast.