Revolution: "It's like a souped up Xbox"

[lazyfatbum]

"Readers are advised to make two notes before continuing with this article. The first is that developers are still working with incomplete Revolution hardware. Most studios are, in fact, developing on "GameCube-based kits," according to major software houses we spoke to, which have asked to remain anonymous. The second is that developers are still without final specifications for Revolution's ATI-developed graphics chip, codenamed Hollywood."

Nintendo also stated that the Metroid Prime 3 demo is from the build that was designed for GC and that it was pushed to Revolution.

Another interesting aspect is that the XBox is not even a quarter more powerful than GC as far as power it can output (# of polys, effects, etc). In fact the only thing XBox does that GC doesn't is output 720p for HD televisions (GC outputs at 480p). Anyone who's actually studied the systems will tell you that the XBox and GC, a side from one having a hard drive and online networks with an odd sound card, are almost the same system in terms of horsepower.

The fact that the 'source' wants to remain anyonomous and with the above facts, we can conclude that this is a stab at trying to create content for an IGN channel that barely has enough factual documentation to create one whole article and is desperate for that content.