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April 3, 2006
According to IGN Nintendo's next gen console will be powered by IBM's "Broadway" CPU at 729MHz and include 88MB of RAM. Graphics will be powered by "Hollywood" GPU developed by ATI which runs at 243 Mhz. "The 'Hollywood' is a large-scale integrated chip that includes the GPU, DSP, I/O bridge and 3MBs of texture memory," a studio source told IGN. Compare these specs with the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 and the Revolution is way underpowered.
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April 2, 2006
In a recent interview, Nintendo’s President Satoru Iwata indicated that the Nintendo Revolution console may miss out on simultaneous worldwide release like its rivals the PS3 and Xbox 360. Nintendo is still yet to announce an official release date for the console.
Nintendo has reportedly been experiencing difficulty manufacturing enough of the revamped DS Lite consoles to meet demand
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February 23, 2006
Following up on an Engadget interview with, Nintendo of America's Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing Reggie Fils-Aime IGN questioned developers about the Nintendo Revolution kits... power, price and functionality.
The developers stated that the console's SDK costs just $2000. By comparison, the PlayStation 2 SDK was priced about $20,000 per kit at the console's launch.
Developers preparing playable Revolution software for E3 2006 will soon be receiving new SDKs which should provide 90-95% of the final system's achievable performance. According to IGN's development sources, final developments kits are expected to be made widely available around June of this year.
A number of software houses admitted that studios familiar with GameCube achitecture would find little difficulty in getting their Revolution projects up and running with due speed
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February 20, 2006
In an interview, Engadget, Reggie Fils-Aime, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Nintendo says a new Nintendo DS will be available next year!
Engadget Interviews Reggie Fils-Aime, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Nintendo
Where is Nintendo right now with the development of the Revolution?
We have been sharing the controller mechanics with developers across the world. We have shipped over a thousand controller dev kits to developers so that they can begin getting experience with the controller mechanics. The response to the controller has been fantastic. Developers are truly embracing the innovation. They’re embracing the approach and quite frankly, they’re embracing our vision; our vision of creating games that are as sophisticated as the core gamer wants it to be but could also be as straightforward and as accessible as brand new gamers. And that vision, that strategy is what Nintendo is all about. We want to create a system with Revolution that appeals to all types of gamers versus going down a path that, frankly, is a bit exclusionary.
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February 16, 2006
Nintendo Revolution upclose + other Nintendo Goodies in the latest issue of Nintendo Magazine
via gonintendo
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January 19, 2006
CNET News.com recently caught up with Reggie Fils-Aime, executive vice president of sales and marketing for Nintendo America, and asked him about the company's plans going forward.
Shorthand Goodies
True Xbox 360 Experience will cost you $700 - Nintendo plans to target poor folk.
"For American consumers to get into the Xbox 360 franchise, with games and extra contollers, they had to spend more than $700, not including an HD TV, which is really the only way to positively experience 360. We resolve at Nintendo to remain within reach for the vast majority of our consumers.
The next-generation console from Nintendo, code-named Revolution, will cost less than $300. ... Fils-Aime adds
Sony's PSP has more buzz the Nintendo DS?
The DS is outselling PSP across the world. The DS is also generating huge buzz in the blogosphere. The fact is, we have a number of not only worldwide but even U.S.-centric million-unit selling games, and Sony doesn't.
We have games that are successfully expanding the audience for gaming for DS, and that's not true for Sony. The buzz for the DS is huge and growing, and the most anticipated handheld titles are on our platform, not on Sony's.
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In an interview featured in yesterday's edition of Japanese newspaper Sankei Shinbun, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata stated, "We can't disclose the Revolution's release period yet, but we have no plans to miss out on the year-end sales battle. As for North America, we need to release it by Thanksgiving, or otherwise we won't receive support from the retail industry. So the Revolution will be released prior to that period."
Iwata reiterated that the console will be reasonably priced. "The amount of money that people are willing to spend on videogames is getting less every year," he said. "Even if it's a superb machine, it's not going to sell if it's 50,000 yen ($434). We plan to make [the Revolution] an affordable price."
Iwata also told the Sankei Shinbun that a working model close to the final form factor of the Revolution will be shown at E3 in May via GameSpot
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January 15, 2006
Revolution Report has unearthed a new patent application filed by Nintendo that appears to reveal more details regarding the Virtual Console function of the company's next-generation console, code-named the Nintendo Revolution.
Synopsis of the major details of the application include
* Nintendo planning on bundling classic titles with newer titles on one medium
* Potential Game Boy and DS emulation
* Possible Revolution / PC connectivity
* Old games can be updated with new looks
* Possibility for other content providers to deliver games through Nintendo's service.
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