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Revolution Least Expensive Next-Gen Console
exdeath writes "Today, one of Nintendo's most public faces said the Revolution
will stand out from its competition for a reason besides its innovative controller: price.
Speaking to CNN/Money correspondent Chris Morris Reggie Fils-Aime, executive vice president of sales and marketing,
predicted that the Revolution would be cheaper than both the Xbox 360
and the PlayStation 3. How low will Nintendo go? It's hard to tell.
Microsoft is selling two Xbox 360 SKUs--the no-frills $299 core Xbox
and the $399 standard model with hard drive and wireless remote. In his interview with Morris, Fils-Aime also reiterated that the
Revolution will not support high-definition televisions. 'What we'll
offer in terms of gameplay and approachability will more than make up
for the lack of HD,' he said. Both Microsoft and Sony are making much
of the 360 and PS3's HD capabilities. Fils-Aime also implied that the DS will see redesigns, just as the Game Boy Advance has."
Having started playing FPS's at 1920x1200 and 1600x1200 on my 6800, I don't think it would be possible for me to go back to NTSC resolution for modern games. This is a big black mark against this console.
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So, up to now we know that the hardware won't be up to par, and the controller will be a bit odd... Nintenfans' defense is that it's all about the games, yo! Well... where are the games? Isn't this machine supposed to be out next summer? And they don't have any games in good enough shape to demo yet? Have they at the very least released a list of publishers and games that are planned for the console? I'm just not sure what there is to get excited about.
With the DS Nintendo have officially stopped playing Sony/Microsoft's game. They can clearly see that games are being put in a box now with nothing but graphics improving, so they picked up there ball and started a new game. Sony and Microsoft can stay with the graphics grind where as Nintendo will start making some intresting games and change the scene.
With their latest silent, black and white movies Nintendo have officially stopped playing Sony/Microsoft's game. They can clearly see that movies are being put in a box now with nothing but the sound and visuals improving so they picked up their ball and continued playing the same old game. Sony and Microsoft can stay with the Technicolor/Dolby Stereo grind whereas Nintendo will start making some really interesting slient, black & white movies and change the scene.
Just thought that would make an interesting analogy.
I'll take the silent film that's actually good over a big-screen, flashy, noisy movie with no substance.
I'm sure you will. But would enough people agree to keep Nintendo afloat? A quick look at the movie box office figures would suggest not.
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Wow. A Sony fanboi bashing a Resident Evil game?
:D
THE END IS NIGH!
By the way, mod the parent 50% troll, 50% inflammatory : Obviously he hasn't played RE4, he has misquoted his parent, and ends with an absurd equation : it's homebrew OR GTA, NOT homebrew AND GTA.
How long can you play GTA on your PSP, by the way? Thirty minutes?
(yes, yes, I know, it's really a solid two hours.)
Try playing Kirby Canvas Curse (should have been subtitled : "warning, this is the digital equivalent of CRACK COCAINE") on anything else.
Or maybe Warioware (see above).
Or Yoshi Touch'n'Go (everybody clamors for lumines, which is YET ANOTHER FUCKING BLOCKS-FALLING-DOWN puzzle game, and disregards Yoshi as a "platformer with only one level", which makes me a sad panda.)
Oh, sorry, you can't.
I think it's a safe bet that it's not a good idea(business-wise) to to bring a feature-light product to market while your competitors are driving technology forward. I think it's also a safe bet to assume that both Microsoft and Sony will have very playable and fun games that load quickly. Not all of their titles will be the of the uber high res, shockingly immersive variety. The only thing that Nintendo is doing is ensuring they cannot compete in that area. While their competitors can easily compete(and win) at their game. The only thing that can save this companies console business is marketing. And good luck competing with Microsoft at that... They've been selling inferior operating systems for years on nothing but marketing.
... what did you expect, something profound?
+1, my good man, I wish I had modding powa for you.
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I just don't get it.
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It's all about trends. The GC didn't sell as much as the N64, which didn't sell as much as the SNES, which didn't sell as much as the NES. You see the downward trend.
Microsoft, on the other hand, is considered to have done "pretty well", considering that they're new to the market, and competed directly against the entrenched Sony juggernaut. The general expectation is that Microsoft will do better with the Xbox 360. You see the upward trend.
Sure, Nintendo made a profit this generation and Microsoft didn't. But the Xbox 360 looks to be cheaper to manufacture than the Xbox (upward trend), and Nintendo might scare away people with their innovative new controller (downward trend).
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Why bother with High Definition if the console isn't going to center around the TV? Nintendo has never said that the TV will be the axis of which the console revolves around (like previous consoles). Have they ever shown the Revolution playing on a TV? Did you see a TV in the TGS controller video?
Start trying to think like Nintendo. It is not named codenamed Revolution just because of the controller. Here are some quotes:
"I think maybe if I could do anything, I would make it so you don't have to sit in front of a TV and play. If you could have a machine that you just plugged in and played inside a virtual world that - would be just great." Source: Miyamoto in Game Informer p. 50 issue 109.
"We plan on taking advantage of a number of new features in the Revolution, including the controller," Retro Studio's Metroid Prime 3 interview. http://cube.ign.com/articles/638/638879p1.html
"Obviously there's so much that we haven't said about Revolution,..." Post TGS comment by Beth Llewelyn http://cube.ign.com/articles/659/659020p1.html
"Sitting in front of your monitor with a controller, there's really nowhere to go from that paradigm, all you can do is make it prettier and faster,". -Miyamoto
"I could give you our technical specs, as I'd know you'd like that, but I won't for a simple reason: they really don't matter. The time when horsepower alone made all the difference is over. -Iwata
"We invented the current way a console is played - in front of a television and holding a controller - but maybe that image will change."-Iwata