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Revolution May Launch Last

Posted by Zonk on from the last-one-into-the-pool dept.

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has publicly stated that the Revolution may be the last next-gen console to market. From the article: "Until today, Nintendo has said only that the Revolution will be released in 2006 in North America, without specifying any date. Iwata's comments indicate that the console could appear after the launch of Sony's PlayStation 3, which is currently slated for a spring 2006 launch in the US. Microsoft's Xbox 360 will arrive on store shelves during the 2005 holiday season worldwide."

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  1. Re:Huh. by Hott+of+the+World · · Score: 5, Informative

    +4 insightful for perpetrating that false statement.

    HDTV is not going to be required in the US.
    HDTV is most certainly not going to be required anywhere else.

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  2. Re:This could be good ...or bad. by bleaknik · · Score: 5, Informative

    But can it do it well? Believe it or not, I too have modded my X-Box, and I have noticed obvious flaws with emulation. The Big-Ass Emulator Disc is slow and sometimes quirky. The Project 64 X Disc only plays a handful of games well enough to be playable. Let's not forget the fact that interface amongst emulators is far from standardized, and support (of all types) is very limited.

    As a techie, it was no difficulty to mod my X-Box, but as a gamer I want my games to work well. /shrug.

    Maybe I'm wrong, but the X-Box just doesn't cut it for an emulation machine.

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  3. Re:It's called inflation by NanoGator · · Score: 3, Informative

    The NES Launched at either $199 or $249 depending on if you got the one with the Light Zapper etc or not. SNES launched at $199. As I recall, it came with Super Mario World. Also, the DreamCast came out at $199. The Sega Genesis came in at a little under $200.

    I can't imagine why somebody would pay $400 for a whoop-de-fuck Playstation with go-faster stripes. I'll happily back down on that comment if the PS3 actually launches with new games. I mean new in the sense that they're not just higher-res sequels of old games. (Note: At least the original Playstation managed this. I don't mean because it was the first of the line, but it really was a different gaming experience.)

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