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Cutting Through The Next-Gen BS
ConfusedFX wrote to mention a great feature at GameDaily that is trying to cut through marketing BS and get to the truth behind the upcoming next-gen systems. From a piece on the Revolution's street-date: "Now Nintendo is saying that a near final version of the Revolution will be on display and working at E3 2006. If the company expects to release in the US before Thanksgiving then it has to have a working model at E3, but exactly what does that mean for attendees of the annual expo? We expect to see Zelda: Twilight Princess running on Revolution with the new features discussed a couple weeks ago, and maybe Smash Brothers and a Mario title with a couple of little mini-games like we saw at the Tokyo Game Show. We may also see a handful of classic Nintendo titles to promote the Revolution download service Nintendo has vaguely discussed in the past. If we can play Smash, Mario and some Nintendo classics on the show floor we'll be happy Nintendo. Don't let us down!"
They've intentionally built up a lot of hype with the Revolution, especially with the controller. They've got us right where they want us, they won't be letting us down.
So, how is Zelda, Mario or Smash bros. going to really utilize the new controller?
I'd prefer to see some inovative title that demonstrates exactly why anybody would actually want the new controller.
As of yet I have seen no type of game which could not have been made without the new controller... hoping Nintendo will deliver on this.
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...and wait until you've actually tried all three systems. That's the only way to know for sure which ones are any good.
As far as I've heard, it's still going to be on Gamecube, but since the Revolution is backwards compatible, it will probably take advantage of the Revolution controller as well. Kinda like how the Gameboy Zelda's came out for the previous Gameboy, but if you put them in the newer gameboy, they had extra shit, like one had a extra dungeon? I'm thinking it's a simular concept, where it's made for the previous system, but designed to still be cool when put in the new system.
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Clearly we should take the speculation of this gamer rag over the comments from industry executives he quotes.
Wait, why should we do that? I think this guy is full of shit.
It's very unlikely that an $1800 Blu-Ray player would stand up to a $500 (estimate) PS3
It's very unlikely that the kind of people who would by a $1800 video player would find a gaming console an acceptable substitute. And talk about speculative BS... $500 estimate for the PS3? Yeah, right. At the very least it's pure speculation.
The Cell chip manufacturing ramp up has not yet begun
Says who?
If the company expects to release in the US before Thanksgiving then it has to have a working model at E3
Nintendo could show a slideshow at E3 if they wanted. They've done it before.
It would greatly benefit Nintendo to release before the PlayStation 3 in the US, but we really don't see that happening unless Sony has some sort of manufacturing mishap with the Cell chip.
Wait, first you say that it's unlikely we'll be seeing a signifigant number of PS3s this year because Sony hasn't started manufactuing yet, and now you're saying it's unlikely Nintendo will beat the PS3 to market? I don't know which one of those statements is wrong, but they certainly can't both be right at the same time.
Does this guy have an editor?
However, while we do expect Nintendo to ship more Revolution consoles within the launch window than the number of Xbox 360 consoles Microsoft was able to ship, we don't expect Nintendo's console to outperform the Xbox 360 launch.
Ok, here's the last straw. The VirtualBoy outsold the 360 at launch. It's not hard to have a better launch than a console that only ships 500,000 units. If Microsoft had produced enough 360s, then Nintendo would have had some competition in the "best launch" category, but the only way the Revolution isn't having a better launch than the 360 is if Nintendo throws in the towel and exists the marketplace after only making 400,000 consoles. Fat chance. It's not that hard to compete with the launch of a console you couldn't buy at launch.