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New PS3 and Revolution Info at GDC
GameDailyBiz has a talk with Jamil Molena, the Director of the Game Developer's conference, about the upcoming event. Some interesting stuff about what to expect out of the event, as well as some happy news about the Sony and Nintendo keynotes. From the article: "BIZ: What can you tell us about Phil Harrison's keynote? Will we finally get some new information on the PlayStation 3? JM: The answer is yes. In general, platform providers have a unique opportunity at the GDC to share knowledge with and inspire the people who will make or break their consoles, namely the game developers themselves. With that in mind, this GDC keynote, along with the Nintendo keynote by Satoru Iwata, have both been in development for several months, and contain significant editorial value and developer takeaway."
While I'd like more information on the Revolution, right now I'm just waiting to find out when the DS Lite will be available in the US.
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What else is Mr. GDC supposed to say? "You will learn absoluteley nothing by attending. In fact, you'll walk out dumber!"
Besides, it was obvious. E3, GDC, and obviously the Japanese conferences and trade shows always bring at least a few new details to light around product launch time, even if it's just new software announcements.
BTW, this Slashdot story is an announcement about an announcement about possible future announcements (which everyone was expecting anyway). I love it.
Basically, what he was saying is that it's likely that both Sony and Nintendo will reveal information on the PS3 and NR at their two keynote speeches, but that he personally knew zip nada zilch about what they were going to say.
Or if they would even talk about the PS3 or the NR.
Basically, it's spin signifying "Here's a time when maybe, just maybe, they are likely to say something, and I want you to send tons of reporters just in case."
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I wonder how long it will take for Nintendo to announce the ability to play the classic games downloaded by the Revo to also be able to be played on the DS.... that would be a great announcement. I would cry for joy...
like the xbox360 only 8 months later and 100 dollars cheaper / 200 dollars more expensive
You misspelled "speculation."
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Why would anyone want to buy a Playstation 3, with all its boring Blu-Ray movies like Metal Gear Solid 4 and Grand Theft Auto 4
when instead they could get an Xbox 360 and play great games like XBox Live Marketplace and Windows Media Center Extender
The PS3's price is probably the most critical factor as to if it succeeds. Hardly anyone will buy a $700 console. I'm wondering just how much of a loss Sony is willing to take. Of course, Nintendo's Revolution will probably be $200 and still make them a profit. I like a powerful system, but I'm not rich, so the Revolution w ill probably be the first next-gen system I buy.
Dreamcast was a 3rd gen system (or rather 4th gen. NES/SMS I'd consider 1st, SNES/Genesis/TG16 2nd, PSX/Saturn/N64 3rd); it might have been the weakest of the lot, but it's performance was clearly in the same category (I've got both, as well as GC and Xbox, and hold no loyalty to a particular system). It's only major limitation were the 1gb disks, which made developers limit game content a bit more than one would like. Still, there were a number of great titles for the system (Sould Calibur, Grandia 2, Skies of Arcadia), and in the same respect Nintendo has did good with it's 1.5gb Gamecube discs.
I'd say that the main reason Dreamcast failed was illegal copying. For better or for worse, you could/can literally download an image of a Dreamcast game, burn it to a regular CDR, and pop it right in and play. In the age of broadband, a lot of people were downloading those games. No protection is fool proof, but if you at least make the user crack out a soldering iron you mitigate the risk a lot.
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In general, platform providers have a unique opportunity at the GDC to share knowledge with and inspire the people who will make or break their consoles, namely the game developers themselves.
If these developers are interested in either of these consoles, then they already have dev kits and official support from the "platform provider". These consoles are coming out this year; it's not as though someone is going to be in one of those presentations and suddenly decide to make a launch title.
The only significant thing about these keynotes is that the information in them won't be under an NDA. The rest is PR BS.
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Personally I think the Revolution is gonna get sooo much more media attention than the PS3.
Think about it, the only thing people really wants to know about the PS3 is the price and release date at this point, nothing else.
The Revolution on the other hand is another whole matter: Price, release date, launch-games, when/what/price of older NES/SNES/GC/N64 games, what other features theres gonna be including the 'mystery-feature'.
On top of that, most are looking forward to how the new controller is gonna revolutionise gaming as we see it; Mario and Zelda is entering whole new era's IMO. And every other game that has a potent developer for that matter..
Nintendo really nailed their console this time - But oh boy, they needed it for once.
I'd like to add my little bit of speculation to this, since that seems like what we are doing. First the revolution is hardly Next Generation, but this should not be taken as a bad thing. The revolution is side stepping the whole generation and trying to go for something new. Sadly this puts them in the same position as the Sega CD was a few years back. It will be a cute novelty item, but not something used by the average consumer and will evetually lead to the down fall of nintendo in the home console market. The best part about that is that they will learn from their mistakes and return to focusing on quality handheld gaming and actually produce a power replacement in the GameBoy line, possibly even having a more powerfull machine than their competition for the first time since the release of the original gameboy.
Microsoft of the other hand will still churn our Xbox after Xbox dispite the horrible sales they will see in this and future generation.
Someone will eventually come in a usurp Sony dominance in the console market, but I can't see who that will be yet, since none of the current makers seem to have the momentum to do so.
Oh, and people should stop fooling themselves into beleiving that the market can't support a $700+ game console. That is not high compared to the relative cost of previous consoles.
FOR THE ELEVENTY BILLIONTH TIME, THE PS3 WILL NOT, NOT, NOT, NEVER COST $700 OR $900 OR $1000 MSRP.
That article about the ps3 costing $935 (or whatever) to build is flawed in so many ways. Sony owns the specs to Blu-Ray, and won't have to pay royalties. The price checks were done a year and a half before the anticipated US launch date. The price was for ONE machine, not HALF A MILLION machines; ever heard of economics of scale? Sony OWNS THEIR OWN FAB PLANTS, and will manufacture their own motherboards and ram, at a minimum, and they may manufacture the Cell processor (and simply pay royalties and consulting fees to IBM in exchange for BPOs). These parts are all "next generation", and will come down in price rapidly. Sony can sell it for whatever they want, even if MSRP is less than build cost, as it will be made up in long-run manufacturing costs and licenses for software titles.
Ugh.
Shut Up. The PS3 will at absolute most cost $499. And it will probably be more like $449 or $399. Write it down.
Sony is NOT stupid. For one, they can take a HUGE hit on each console sold if they need to in order to get it into people's hands. For two, they probably won't have to sell it below price if they do their own fabbing - certainly not for very long. I can't believe when everyone's saying "No one will buy it if it's $700", and then thinking sony doesn't know that. Jesus.
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Seriously, they are not going to say they are not revealing anything important about the most hyped and eagerly awaited consoles coming, however historically the GDC hasnt revealed info about new consoles, You have to realize the GDC is aimed at developers NOT general public and developers already now target release dates under NDA's so that info has absolutely no use to them.
You want to know more about those consoles? wait for the E3.
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