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Nintendo Revolution Under Wraps Past E3
The next-generation Nintendo console, codenamed Revolution, may not be shown at this year's E3. Eurogamer reports that the Japanese console maker is going to keep the console under wraps to keep the features of the new system out of the limelight a little while longer. From the article: "Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata is worried about rivals nicking all his best ideas at this early stage. That's how revolutionary the new console is, apparently... and also the exact same line Nintendo used to avoid showing Mario 128 at a previous E3."
Look, the X-Box 360 and Playstation 3 are already designed and getting ready to debut at E3. It's not like they can radically change the design in time for their ship dates by stealing Nintendo's ideas at E3.
Nintendo is quickly losing steam with its developers. Who wants to develop future games for a console they know nothing about? While I appreciate Nintendo's position as well as their avoidance of pre-product hype these days, they need to get something out the door and let people know that yes, Nintendo is still around and planning something very big. And then show it to us! The old Nintendo was such a marvel because of its huge library of games. The Playstation and Playstation 2 enjoyed this same developer support. Nintendo needs to do as much as it can to appear as a viable platform and get some games on that thing. "Real artists ship."
Or they have nothing. Whichever.
No way in hell. The PSP is an overpriced piece of shit. The DS is bitchslapping the PSP.
I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?
A piece of technological equipment won't be shown at a technology show. This is news how?
The PSP is definitely an overpriced piece of shit, but the DS is a mediocre underperforming gimmick. Both sides did rather poorly in this battle, I think.
The Braying and Neighing of Barnyard Animals Follows.
You're 13 with a user number 45,000 lower than mine, and I registered in 1999? I'm thinking not...
When's the last time Rare made a game, period?
No one takes their sweet time quite like them.
You'll be able to count the number of Gamecube torrents on your fingers.
Or it could have more to do with the fact that you can count the entire number of worthwhile titles for the GameCube on those same digits.
"To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today." -Isaac Asimov
Quoting: "A fanboy is someone who blindly loves "their thing" and makes ridiculous attacks at the competition"
"I have owned every nintendo system since the NES (haven't picked up a DS yet though), and the video gaming experience from nintendo has never been matched for me by other systems (Genesis might have briefly come close). I grew up on Zelda, Mario and Metroid, and I have loved seeing how these genres and characters have evolved (I swear I have loved 100% of each of these game's evolutions over the last 20+ years - that track record simply can't be beat)."
I'd say that counts as unwavering devotion, AKA fanboyism.
In all seriousness, if you did get your fanboy costume from a kit, can I buy it mail order or ebay?
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
"You'll be able to count the number of Gamecube torrents on your fingers."
Well... you can also count the number of good GameCube titles on your fingers...
Wow, so instead of actually having an interesting life, I can buy a conversation piece off ebay for $15? Man, I gotta thank you, you've saved me a helluva lotta time doing cool stuff.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Fair enough. However, perhaps he should have picked up some writing skills to go with his comprehension skills.
I tell you as a 13 year old I learned more about the economics and marketing tricks of consumer electronics by waiting and waiting for my Super Famicom - uhm I mean SNES (North American release), Just watching all the consoles that never were (err the Play Station was, though Nintendo bailed) showed me how committed to product schedules Nintendo was.
First, that's one hell of a run-on sentence. Secondly, either of the following would have helped first-glance comprehension considerably:
- "I tell you, when I was 13 years old I learned more...."
- "Back when I was a thirteen year old I learned more...."
Hell, even a comma:
"I tell you, as a 13 year old I learned more...."
So yes, my bad for not reading the thing and letting it sink in before replying. Still doesn't mean he should go around writing like that....
Can you please list out of top 10 selling games that were for any nintendo platform. Now do the same for 10 years ago. Nintendo is dieing.
Have you ever been to a turkish prison?
That's BS. The DS IS the successor to the GBA and Nintendo knows it. By the time they discovered what they were going to be up against, and how shitty the DS actually is, they came up with some lame ass excuse (but...but..but it's not the NEXT Gameboy).
All I can say is BULL FUCKING SHIT. They were trying to save face, that's all.
perosnaly i have last my faith in nintendo, i mean after looking at the game boy advanced,SP, and the DS has anyone else noticed THAT THEY ARE THE SAME THING IN A DIFFERENT SHAPE?!? well i have, personaly i think the revolution is going to suck...I'll probably play it anyways at my boyfriends house sicne he seems to have faith in nintendo still...i think
Bullshit. The PSP was announced almost half a year before the DS was.
Gamecube outsold Xbox in worldwide totals
Uh... source? No, it didn't.
Oh, and more importantly, Nintendo MADE MONEY on the Gamecube.
More importantly for whom? Unless you're a stockholder, what difference does it make to you who's making money on system sales? Xbox game sales are well above Nintendo's -- that's why it's getting third party support and Nintendo, more and more, isn't.