Author Topic: Nintendo Pres comes clean about the Revolution (Read 2206 times)

« **on:** September 30, 2005, 12:53:39 PM »

Straight copynpaste:

IGN has posted an article where Nintendo\'s President Satoru Iwata has more or less confirmed that the Nintendo Revolution will not compare well against the PS3 or Xbox 360 in terms of specs. He did add though that the difference between the Nintendo Revolution and the other two consoles won\'t be huge on a 480i TV. Iwata also commented that even if most people buy one of the other consoles that he believes they will also buy the Nintendo Revolution.

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ehhh, not sure if he should have said all this, but it\'s a nice breath of fresh air compared to the other two hype machines.

« **Reply #1 on:** September 30, 2005, 01:01:24 PM »

they better keep praying to thier pokemon god a little longer

« **Reply #2 on:** September 30, 2005, 01:05:13 PM »

They will do ok only if the revolution is extremely cheap.Cheaper it will be but how much cheaper?If it\'s not much cheaper would the consumer find the price tagged with the console\'s offerings atractive enought to buy and a Revolution in addition to X360/PS3\'s offerings??

Living-In-Clip · « **Reply #3 on:** September 30, 2005, 01:27:07 PM »

$200 with a pack-in game. That\'s the key to a succesful launch and not just any pack-in game, a Mario game.

Blade · « **Reply #4 on:** September 30, 2005, 05:28:53 PM »

The graphics will be good enough.

I mean, if games look at least as good as RE4 (and I\'m certain that a lot of them somehow won\'t) I think the gameplay innovations and Nintendo\'s tried-and-true franchises will hold up their end of the bargain.

BTW, I know that.. chances are.. that Revolution games will blow everything GCN out of the water. I have to think conservatively, though. Some Dreamcast games looked N64/PSX-like..

« **Reply #5 on:** September 30, 2005, 07:04:41 PM »

The same with the PS2 as well.But I believe the thing was DC was reaching to a point where it was hard to get much improvement in graphics, due to technical limitations.

So developers that managed to harness PS2\'s true capabilities presented a next gen feel that was beyond just good textures, higher poly counts and resolution like MGS2 for example.

I think something similar is going to happen again.360 and PS3\'s processing capabilities emphasize a lot on physics and AI too.We all saw the deals both MS and Sony made for SDKs like Ageia\'s and it seems that only high end and specific architecture can simulate them.

But the different gameplay experience is supposed to balance the sacrifice in graphics.

Living-In-Clip · « **Reply #6 on:** September 30, 2005, 07:13:52 PM »

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Originally posted by Blade
The graphics will be good enough.

I mean, if games look at least as good as RE4 (and I\'m certain that a lot of them somehow won\'t) I think the gameplay innovations and Nintendo\'s tried-and-true franchises will hold up their end of the bargain.

BTW, I know that.. chances are.. that Revolution games will blow everything GCN out of the water. I have to think conservatively, though. Some Dreamcast games looked N64/PSX-like..

I for one don\'t think a motion controller is truly "original". It\'s been done before in a couple different ways and for the most part, it sucked. And even if it\'s good, people for the most part don\'t like change. This thing is a marketing nightmare. Couple that in with games that won\'t look as good as other platforms and it only gets worse.

« **Reply #7 on:** September 30, 2005, 10:42:34 PM »

LIC, you can have sex with me if Revolution flops. The reaction so far has been extremely positive. The average consumer doesn\'t even know about sub surface scattering or the importance of GPU pipelining, much less care about it. What they\'ll notice are normal people instantly turning into retards when they hold that remote. They\'ll think "I WANT TO BE RETARDED TOO!"

I think Revolution will be my first console this gen too. I\'ll wait for the PS3 to get cheaper before getting it, but as soon as there\'s an excuse to flail my arms like a moron, I\'ll get it. ^_^

« **Reply #8 on:** October 01, 2005, 06:59:31 AM »

I like Nintendo\'s approach. Rather than continue half-assed to eliminate the competition, they want to let them do their thing and have the Revolution in everyone\'s living room anyway.

I love Nintendo so much. ooshshy booo boo

-Dan

Titan · « **Reply #9 on:** October 01, 2005, 07:16:09 AM »

Any idea on the price yet? I can imagine it will be the cheapest out of the 3.

« **Reply #10 on:** October 01, 2005, 07:32:58 AM »

I\'d bet on it. That\'s been Nintendo\'s m.o. for years.

-Dan

« **Reply #11 on:** October 01, 2005, 07:52:18 PM »

I\'ve been hearing this mo acronym on TV forever, but I just realised I don\'t actually know what it means. What does it mean? Morbid Orifice... no that\'s someone\'s arsehole..... mmmmmmmm.

« **Reply #12 on:** October 01, 2005, 08:08:42 PM »

I learned it once. It\'s Latin. Stands for modus operandi which means like, mode of operation, or essentially a gameplan in this case.

-Dan

Living-In-Clip · « **Reply #13 on:** October 01, 2005, 09:03:04 PM »

I would guess $200, $250 at the most.

« **Reply #14 on:** October 01, 2005, 09:27:10 PM »

Eik is a smartie

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