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Nintendo Spokesman Talks Next-Gen and MS

Posted by Zonk on from the big-three-don't-get-along-very-well dept.

Thanks to GamesIndustry.biz for an article outlining comments made by Nintendo VP of sales and marketing Reggie Fils-Aime. His comments confirm that Nintendo's next console will release around the same time as the PS3, and bashed MS for rushing to the next console generation. "Our focus is this: we will bring Revolution to the marketplace roughly at the same time as the competition," Fils-Aime told US website IGN. "We are driving our timetables based on what we believe Sony will do."

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  1. Re:This has always been Nintendo's Pattern of Atta by AltaMannen · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "SNES was unquestionably stronger than Genesis."

    Genesis had an 8 MHz 68000, SNES a 3 or 1.5 MHz 65c816 (d6502 with added instructions).

    Genesis had higher resolution (SNES had a 512 pixel wide mode but it wasn't useful).

    Genesis had more sprite sizes (up to 32x32 but only 80 compared to SNES 128 and some problems with too many sprites on a single line).

    Genesis didn't do bankswitching.

    In my experience, Genesis was far less of an obstacle to program on than SNES, so in my opinion there is no doubt that Genesis was superior to SNES but I also think the SNES games were generally superior to Genesis games.

  2. Reggie being a jackass by TechniMyoko · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That's news? I thought we all knew this by now

  3. Re:Ouch. by Jayjr · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    wow, 30 years old and you cant lift/carry a ps2 or xbox to your car? or are you still riding you bike with training wheels?