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Nintendo Revolution Details Reaffirmed

Posted by Zonk on from the lantacular dept.

Nintendo President Iwata has reaffirmed details already released about the upcoming Revolution console. Gamsutra has details from his talk, where Iwata touches on the wireless capability of the Revolution, the designer friendly attitude of the console, and the secretive nature of the console's controllers. From the article: "For the next-generation console, we plan to introduce a friendly user interface so that, for example, a mother who's watching her child playing a game might say, 'Oh, I'd like to try that too.' However, user interfaces are devices that can be easily imitated by other companies, so I can't reveal any details right now." GamesIndustry.biz also has coverage on this topic.

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  1. Note to Nintendo: by NanoGator · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you want to make free on-line gaming work, game developers were need to make it so that a PC can host their games. I doubt many people will want to dedicate a Revolution system towards hosting games 24x7.

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    1. Re:Note to Nintendo: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Why would they do that when they could charge you monthly to connect to their game servers?

    2. Re:Note to Nintendo: by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Insightful

      "Why would they do that when they could charge you monthly to connect to their game servers?"

      *sigh*

      Do you realize that the whole reason that Nintendo isn't on-line right now is that they DON'T want to do business that way? (It's this exact reason that a lot of people are under the mistaken impression that Nintendo is anti-online.)

      a.) It's not all that profitable, especially considering the maintenance involved.

      b.) It's not all that popular. Only a small fraction of PS2 or XBOX users actually pay for the service.

      c.) Quality of service issues making charging for it that much more difficult.

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  2. Never a truer word has been said by shoptroll · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Taken from the poster:
    However, user interfaces are devices that can be easily imitated by other companies, so I can't reveal any details right now.

    That's probably the truest thing about Nintendo. Look at the SNES controller design, near perfect. Sony sees that and copies it for the PS. Why nintendo didn't continue using that idea is beyond me. It's definitely done a good amount for Sony.

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  3. Let me be the first to guess by Pendersempai · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Accelerometers in controllers -- steer your Mario Kart by tilting the controller.