Revolution Worldwide Launch Possible 77
hammersuit writes "GameDaily Biz reports that a Nintendo Revolution simultaneous global launch is still in the cards. From the article: 'Bloomberg.com suggested that Nintendo would avoid a global launch. However, a Nintendo representative today said that those comments were misinterpreted. 'The comments have been taken out of context,' said the Nintendo spokesperson. 'What he's actually saying is that we're not holding a worldwide launch just because everyone else is doing one too. It's just another re-iteration of the fact that we're not looking at what Sony or Microsoft are doing.'"
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I don't know how much you actually mean that. But Nintendo is one of the few publishers that actually makes a point about doing a good localisation, and publishes many games that wouldn't necessarily seem "economical" to other publishers. I can't recall any Nintendo game that had a bad localisation.
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Seriously, what planet are you living on? Pretty much any Nintendo game I've heard of has had a European release.
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On the other hand, I really appreciate that all Nintendo games come with a 60 HZ mode no "PAL-Bars". That's worth the wait.
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It's y'all's own fault, for buying more Sega Master Systems than Nintendo Entertainment Systems 20 years ago.
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I would assume though that with reduced costs from localization that its a double-positive.
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http://www.rewiredmind.com/fullcontactgaming/welc
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I call bullshit. I'm sure that Nintendo is watching Sony and Microsoft extremely closely. To do anything else would be stupid.
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Nintendo will bring out a compelling system, that while it may not garner the same sales as the other 2 (or it might, you never know), it will make a profit because they wouldn't sell it at a loss, just to gain market share.
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Because, well... ever see the Southpark episode where everyone dresses up like Chewbacca for halloween?
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Thank god Im 34 and finally old enough for Nintendo to want me...
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OMGWTFBBQ!!!111!
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Does it matter? (Score:2, Insightful)
Ves
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Is there such a thing as a "Christmas Holiday launch" in Japan? I would imagine that since Japan has no Christian heritage, that the holidays would not be a big deal.
Anybody from Japan want to comment?
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Is there anything wikipeida can't do?
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It should be noted this is the first time a slot loading dri
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Hence the question. Most Slot loaders don't accept mini-CDs.
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We saw this same mistake with the dreamcast, sure they had their gigabyte disks, but their system was able to read standard CDs. In the end, people just burned their games
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Great, but when is Xbox 360 going to launch? (Score:4, Insightful)
-Eric
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At any rate, it won't be an issue: Nintendo isn't using some new whiz-bang chip or whatever that needs to be developed and manufactured from scratch, instead relying mostly on off-the-shelf parts.
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Re:Sure, Sony and MS are doing it first, but... (Score:2)
Also, what kind of slashdot is it where Monty Python references get modded down? No kinda slashdot I want to know about.
14 week launch window (Score:3, Interesting)
The last categorical statement was a period of 14 weeks [revolutionreport.com] across the world which seems great and seems manageable.
But then they did completely deny a revamp of the DS just months before coming out with the DS Lite so if they were doing a simultaneous global launch I'm sure they wouldn't care if they'd actually said they weren't going to do one.
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Don't remember the gamma problems of GBA launch titles?
"Nintendo has always had the console launch first in Japan and then in the States"
The DS was released in North America first.
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From Wikipedia [wikipedia.org]: "but that's primarily people being picky."
No, it was a design flaw in either the dev kits or the units sold.
"And that's why the sp had a backlite screen."
Except for the new ones that advertise brighter screens, the SP was frontlit.
"or having dead pixels in the screen?"
The DS has had its share of dead pixel units. The difference is with Nintendo customer service, which will replace a DS if any pixel is dead anywhere on either screen.
And the first line of the original Game Boy also had its share of pixel problems; on some early units vertical lines along the sides of the screen did not light up. But, again, Nintendo's policy was to replace rather than dither.
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Okay, I here you about the kiddie stuff, and some excellent features on 360. And the emulation. But here's thing - you're the minority.
Things like cute characters make the game more approachable to everyone, not the small demographic that you are a part of. I appreciate that I can get my girl friend to play a round of mario kart with me. She's not going to enjoy GRAW, and not many other people besides a very small minority of the population do either.
Most people dont have time to invest
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Wow, what a tragedy, Nintendo doesn't do everything the way you, the gaming market expert, want them to. They will surely fail!
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