8th April 2006, 7:36 PM
Nintendo speaks on Horsepower, Price & Bundle
April 8th, 2006
In the Game Informer Magazine May Issue interview with George Harrison a few interesting points were made. According for the source below the following is what is mentioned:
“On the topic of horsepower, Harrison said a souped-up GameCube would have most likely performed as poorly as the original. Hence why Nintendo chose a different route. He did assure, though, that Revolution will be a multiple of GameCube’s technical capacities.”
“As for price of the console, Harrison said, “our goal is to come in at a slightly more mass market price”, speaking in comparison to the Xbox 360.”
“Harrison said Nintendo is still deciding; one free-hand unit and nunchucku will be available, but a second controller is being considered.”
1.) rumored price of 150-200 in comparison to 360 core's 300 for core.
2.) two controllers sounds more to me like a revcon, nunchuck, and shell.
3.) i'm starting to think that originally, the rev was going to be a souped up GC, but was modified beyond that goal probably from second parties complaining (the entire reason the nunchuck was added was after Retro complained about not having an anologe stick). This could also be pretty recent too, the comment of 'lower price point than 360' could mean a 250 price point, or even 300 (comparing the rev's price to the premium package). My vote is still on the 200 line.
Revolution to launch with 20 titles?
Posted Apr 8th 2006 12:34PM by Ludwig Kietzmann
Filed under: Rumors, Virtual Console
Gamefront.de is reporting that Nintendo's Senior Vice President of Marketing and Elaborate Pie Charts, George Harrison, has stated (via an upcoming issue of Game Informer) that the Revolution will launch later this year with 20 games, a third of which will be Nintendo first-party titles. While that doesn't seem like an unlikely number, there are several reasons to be cautious about this somewhat vacuous information.
Nintendo, much like Microsoft, has made a distinction in the past between launch day and launch window, a sneaky marketing move which often renders gamers unsure as to whether or not a game will be available on the day of the console launch or within the first few weeks of the new machine hitting stores. The difference between getting 20 games on launch day and getting 20 within the launch window (however long that is) is a fairly large one.
The other point of interest revolves around the Virtual Console. If one considers a selection of Nintendo classics to be launch games (and why shouldn't you when the Xbox 360 launched with a bunch of current-gen ports?), surely the launch tally would be much, much higher than 20. A likely explanation is that Harrison was only referring to brand new Revolution titles (excluding Twilight Princess, of course), in which case 20 is more than enough to make us forget the Gamecube's meager launch selection.
And no, Luigi's Mansion 2: Even More Sucking has not been confirmed as a Revolution launch title.
20 titles, 7 of them Nintendo first party titles, the others second and third party, with a mini-launch of Virtual Console games, updated or just available for d/l as well probably bringing the total to around 40 games at launch.
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April 8th, 2006
In the Game Informer Magazine May Issue interview with George Harrison a few interesting points were made. According for the source below the following is what is mentioned:
“On the topic of horsepower, Harrison said a souped-up GameCube would have most likely performed as poorly as the original. Hence why Nintendo chose a different route. He did assure, though, that Revolution will be a multiple of GameCube’s technical capacities.”
“As for price of the console, Harrison said, “our goal is to come in at a slightly more mass market price”, speaking in comparison to the Xbox 360.”
“Harrison said Nintendo is still deciding; one free-hand unit and nunchucku will be available, but a second controller is being considered.”
1.) rumored price of 150-200 in comparison to 360 core's 300 for core.
2.) two controllers sounds more to me like a revcon, nunchuck, and shell.
3.) i'm starting to think that originally, the rev was going to be a souped up GC, but was modified beyond that goal probably from second parties complaining (the entire reason the nunchuck was added was after Retro complained about not having an anologe stick). This could also be pretty recent too, the comment of 'lower price point than 360' could mean a 250 price point, or even 300 (comparing the rev's price to the premium package). My vote is still on the 200 line.
Revolution to launch with 20 titles?
Posted Apr 8th 2006 12:34PM by Ludwig Kietzmann
Filed under: Rumors, Virtual Console
Gamefront.de is reporting that Nintendo's Senior Vice President of Marketing and Elaborate Pie Charts, George Harrison, has stated (via an upcoming issue of Game Informer) that the Revolution will launch later this year with 20 games, a third of which will be Nintendo first-party titles. While that doesn't seem like an unlikely number, there are several reasons to be cautious about this somewhat vacuous information.
Nintendo, much like Microsoft, has made a distinction in the past between launch day and launch window, a sneaky marketing move which often renders gamers unsure as to whether or not a game will be available on the day of the console launch or within the first few weeks of the new machine hitting stores. The difference between getting 20 games on launch day and getting 20 within the launch window (however long that is) is a fairly large one.
The other point of interest revolves around the Virtual Console. If one considers a selection of Nintendo classics to be launch games (and why shouldn't you when the Xbox 360 launched with a bunch of current-gen ports?), surely the launch tally would be much, much higher than 20. A likely explanation is that Harrison was only referring to brand new Revolution titles (excluding Twilight Princess, of course), in which case 20 is more than enough to make us forget the Gamecube's meager launch selection.
And no, Luigi's Mansion 2: Even More Sucking has not been confirmed as a Revolution launch title.
20 titles, 7 of them Nintendo first party titles, the others second and third party, with a mini-launch of Virtual Console games, updated or just available for d/l as well probably bringing the total to around 40 games at launch.
FUCK