The Revolution is Coming Mid-2006? 69
GameIndustry.biz is reporting that the Nintendo Revolution is slated to arrive in Mid-2006. The information comes from a key supplier. From the article: "This is the first solid evidence that the Revolution platform is still on track for a mid-2006 launch. The console is expected to debut at a pre-E3 conference next Tuesday, but it's still not known just how much will be on display - with sources close to Nintendo suggesting that only a pre-recorded video of "next-gen footage" may be shown."
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You may be smelling delay, but wait until the delay actually comes before complaining. Then I'll probably chime in, heh.
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Yeah, they only sold 30 million N64s sold a few million copies of Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time. I can't believe they still have billions in the bank.
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Mario 64
Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Mario Kart 64
Mario Party
I'd buy the system just to play one of those games. To me, it was not a whopping failure.
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No they didn't. I don't know what your expectations were, but they were awfully high even with Nintendo's hype.
"I really hope the big N doesnt do this again."
The GameCube launched on time.
"Whenever I hear that stuff wont be playable I cant help but smell delay."
It's too early, man. If it's going to launch in 06 (which has NOT been announced), then being playable this E3 isn't the dec
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I see a problem (Score:5, Funny)
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Yes. Remember, Slashdot is where old jokes go to die.
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Rumors (Score:1)
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2) recent reports have pointed at an "earlier" release date for the PS3 as well; is this to say that XBox 360 is actually forcing the hands of Sony and Nintendo? years ago, nobody would've ever predicted that, but perhaps people are finally beginning to fear MS's momentum in the console industry. now THAT is the point of this article. very interesting and exciting to see MS keeping everyone on their toes.
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Bottom line, I think that the Japanese video game contenders got the wind knocked out of them by focusing
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Try reading my post before flying off the handle. How does a split of resources leading to a slowdown of production hurt your head? I mean really, is it so impossible to believe that one team split between developing for two consoles might be a bit slower out of the g
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early.
If the next Xbox isn't backwards compatible, it may be dead in the water shortly after PS3 and the Revolution launch. I bought a PS2 mainly for the ability to play all those FF games that came out on for the PS1. I'll be getting a Revolution mainly to play all those Gamecube games that I haven't played yet. I'd thin
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Nintendo just realizes the truth (Score:1, Insightful)
Let's face it, being that Half-Life 2 was beautiful on pretty average hardware (that is on medium setting
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Uh, thanks for the reminder, I keep forgetting that the last quarter is the 4-month long one. Now which quarter is the short 2-month long one, again?
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I may not like the X-Box mysel
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WOW (Score:2)
According to the site, the console will boast four 2.5Ghz IBM G5 Custom cores, with 128KB of level 1 cache and a 512KB shared level 2 cache, while the graphics will be powered by a dual core ATI RN520 chipset, with 16MB of on-board eDRAM for the frame buffer.
10 GHZ? IIRC, that beats out XBOX 360.
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Dev kits are already out there. Last I'd heard, "Revolution" was going to be released either just before Christmas, or in mid-spring.
Nintendo's next home system won't be out for quite a while, probably not until early 2007. I hope UT2k7 is a launch title for it... what with the PPU and all... I've probably said too much...
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