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Miyamoto Hints At Second Revolution Secret

Posted by Zonk on from the more-than-meets-the-eye dept.

Gamespot reports that despite new information on the Revolution, there is still much we don't know about the console. Shigeru Miyamoto hinted at the DIEC that there was yet more to reveal about the Revolution controller. From the article: "At the Digital Interactive Entertainment Conference held in Kyoto, Japan, Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo's chief game designer and creator of the Mario and Legend of Zelda franchises, gave the keynote speech. He talked about the history of controllers for Nintendo's various consoles, from the pre-NES systems to current consoles like the GameCube. He ended his lecture with words toward the future, specifically the Revolution, stating that there's more to its controller than what's already known. 'The [Revolution's] controller still has another secret,' stated Miyamoto. 'But it's something that we'll reveal next year.'"

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  1. What's with Iwatani's Comments? by buffer-overflowed · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Iwatani explained that more and more people are starting to have a PC in their own room; as a result, he believes that in the future, games will be played on PCs rather than living room TVs. Iwatani speculated that PCs may soon come with a universal gaming chip in their motherboard. The chip would have all the functions needed to play games. Users would simply download games, and they wouldn't have to worry about compatibility problems, since all hardware functions would be embedded in the chip.

    Umm... Ok...

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  2. Re:gabbo Gabbo GABBO! by RoyalBoyle · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You are absolutely incorrect when you say that the DS is dominating the market. Every time I go on Slashdot, I see the same thing being said. The DS is killing PSP in sales, etc etc. Yet no one ever actually quotes any numbers. Let me do it for you...from DSrevolution.com (current as of June 19): DS - 1,003,578 (2,499,174 overall sales) PSP - 957,308 (1,439,560 overall sales) Pretty close don't you think? This is before the PSP had even launched in Japan and with the DS having a half of a year head start in the United States and Canada.