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The Real Revolution Comes May 9, 2006

Posted by Zonk on from the hopefully-there-will-be-some-games dept.

Pichu0102 writes "Gamespot reports that a bevy of details will be released about the Nintendo Revolution at 2006's E3 event." From the article: "So when will be the Revolution's coming-out party? Unsurprisingly, it will be at next year's E3. Specifically, the console will be unveiled at Nintendo's pre-E3 press event, which is slated for 9:30 a.m. Pacific time on May 9, 2006. The venue will be the Kodak Theatre--home of the Academy Awards--in Hollywood, California."

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  1. But that means it'll be awhile... by Filiks · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Seems like Nintendo and Sony are both further behind than they cared to acknowledge a few months ago when there was speculation about an April or May launch. If the Revolution won't come until at least summer, perhaps Sony will go for a September or October release like the Dreamcast and PS2 had.

  2. Re:Announcements: by Headcase88 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    NES games for 99 cents, I wish.

    Nintendo overvalues their old games like crazy. NES classics on the GBA, what were those, like $20? I'm expecting Nintendo to charge $5 for NES game, $10 for a SNES game, and $15 for an N64 game best-case scenario.

    What they should do (and probably will) is bundle about $50 of download money with the Revo. That way, people will be like "$300, but I can buy up to $50 worth of old games, so it's only really $250". Even though in reality the "$50" won't stretch nearly as far as you'll want it to.

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