Nintendo "Revolution" (next gen console) news

[Acanthus]

Source: PR news wire (etrade)

08:01 ET Broadcom partners with Ninetendo for next generation gaming system (BRCM) 27.81 :Co announces a strategic partnership to provide wireless technology for Nintendo's next generation gaming systems. Nintendo's next generation console (codenamed "Revolution") will feature an advanced wireless platform that integrates multiple technologies.

 

[Ryuson99]

I don't think Nintendo is playing this time around. They going to go all out in order to have the best.

 

[mflacy]

This really isn't new info. They already made their wirelss intentions known.

 

[dugweb]

Sounds cool... I imagine the other consoles have stuff up thier sleeves as well.

Personally i think that the market has room for all 3 of em'

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: mflacy
This really isn't new info. They already made their wirelss intentions known.

I did a search and found nothing on it, other than it will be "advanced wireless technology".

Im assuming that would be wireless internet connectivity? If it were wireless controllers that would certainly not be a "paradigm shift" as they have been predicting the Revolution will be.

 

[lancestorm]

Originally posted by: JudistPriest
Personally i think that the market has room for all 3 of em'

But history suggests only 2.

 

[BillyBatson]

nintendo does have the name and somewhat of a cult following but they don't seem to be in touch with their customers, not the US customers anyway, their games ar emade for 4 year olds! and these days i see a lot of 4 yar olds wanting to play ps2 and xbox games
i say down with nintendo, gimicks such as wireless to play mario: potty training, isn't going to cut it

 

[Juno]

:camera:'s?

 

[Shlong]

Releasing "mid-2006."

"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."

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=8658

 

[Sqube]

BillyBatson, please do not propagate this misconception. While there might not be as many "adult" games for the Gamecube as for the XBox and PS2, that's more due to the difficulties caused by their proprietary disc format (IMO). You'll note that in side-by-side reviews, a Gamecube version tends to look a bit worse than the other systems. Constraints from the disc and lack of knowledge in terms of getting every bit of performance out of it are the primary reason that most companies don't code for the Cube.

See: Resident Evil 4, Metroid series, Legend of Zelda series games released for the Cube.

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

Wireless ok... but what I really want to hear is good support for online multiplayer gaming.

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: Shlong
Releasing "mid-2006."

"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."

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=8658

Nice!

I also read in Game Informer that Nintendo will try extensively to put the Wi Fi to use, and that the Revolution will support backwards compatibility (finally).


What would be better, the 3-cored Xbox 3.2ghz or the 4-cored Nintendo 2.5ghz?

 

[Rebasxer]

Apprently Revolution is supposed to have a system like Xbox Live, but much better and totally free. This system looks to be the best one this time around. Xbox 360 sucks.

 

[nakedfrog]

I'd like to see proper screens on the controllers, a step up from the VMU type. That way in multiplayer games the status info could be on the controller itself instead of cluttering up the screen.

Originally posted by: BillyBatson
nintendo does have the name and somewhat of a cult following but they don't seem to be in touch with their customers, not the US customers anyway, their games ar emade for 4 year olds! and these days i see a lot of 4 yar olds wanting to play ps2 and xbox games
i say down with nintendo, gimicks such as wireless to play mario: potty training, isn't going to cut it

That must be why there where a topless cheat code for BMX XXX on Gamecube :roll:

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: Ryuson99
I don't think Nintendo is playing this time around. They going to go all out in order to have the best.

They kinda sorta did that with the N64, but it was still not a big success. IMO they'd have to set the bar a lot higher than the competition to be successful in this round of consoles. In particular, the multimedia versatility of the XBox 360 is something the others will now have to match, and it ain't gonna be easy.

 

[CPA]

What I find interesting is now that XBox is deeply in the mix, all the big 3 are not holding off on delivery the newest technology. That's only good news for us.

 

[Sqube]

Originally posted by: DonVito

Originally posted by: Ryuson99
I don't think Nintendo is playing this time around. They going to go all out in order to have the best.

They kinda sorta did that with the N64, but it was still not a big success. IMO they'd have to set the bar a lot higher than the competition to be successful in this round of consoles. In particular, the multimedia versatility of the XBox 360 is something the others will now have to match, and it ain't gonna be easy.

They half-assed with the N64 in that they stuck with the cartridge format which was really starting to show its age by that point.

And I question the necessity of matching Microsoft's fetish for multimedia work; keep in mind that they have a natural edge in this because of the dominance of Microsoft software in the marketplace; it's not too tough for them to be able to link hardware together when it's running software that can easily inter-communicate.

Another question I have is whether people even want this inter-connectivity. I know that my computer is discrete from any console that I have, and I have zero interest in having my computer and console communicate at will and without any input from me.

Maybe it's just me being overly paranoid, but from what I've read (and how I've interpreted it), a Media Center PC will be able to send music to your Xbox360 automatically. Since Microsoft is everyone's favorite target for malware, viruses and the like, how long will it be before the first Xbox virus comes out?

I'm not trying to make it seem like I've got an aluminum hat or anything; this seems like a valid point to me.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

More importantly for Nintendo's next gen console
- Secure some non-EA sports titles
- Get a real A-List racing game a la GT4, PGR, Forza
- Make a controller that someone who isn't a smurf can use

Gamecube had none of these, so my expectations for these being corrected with the revolution are low.

 

[RadioHead84]

I thnk nintendo will be fine. If it makes a strong performance and goes all out it will do just fine. Nintendo has a large following for gamers, and has a lot of good games for the gamecube. I dont care what people say not all the games are for four year olds and even the ones that are can be fun for adults.

Besides...Nintendo has a big part of the hand held market so it has that backing them too. I know the PSP is out but by far nintendo has that market

 

[Bar81]

The Revolution looks outstanding as Nintendo seems to have gotten it together. After seeing the PSTWO and how beautiful it is, I can't wait to see the Revolution aesthetically as it's supposed to be only 1-2 inches thick (note to Nintendo, only use black, white, or silver as colors this time) Ability to playback DVD movies, broadband support, and most importantly, GC backwards compatability.

 

[Siva]

Nintendo has always had the best first party titles and I don't think anything is going to change that. The so called kiddie games are the best things to play with a group of 10 or so kids at college with some beer on a wednesday when nothing else is going on. Nothing makes Mario Kart seem more grown up than a slew of curses and racial slurs everytime someone loses (my bad, I apologize to all the crackers out there).

what I'm saying is that nintendo consoles will always fill a niche, hopefully

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

Originally posted by: Mrvile

Originally posted by: Shlong
Releasing "mid-2006."

"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."

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=8658

Nice!

I also read in Game Informer that Nintendo will try extensively to put the Wi Fi to use, and that the Revolution will support backwards compatibility (finally).


What would be better, the 3-cored Xbox 3.2ghz or the 4-cored Nintendo 2.5ghz?

I think this is meaningless to the average Joe. What matters is what developers can get their games to look like, what the end user sees. And even that's just graphics, which sadly is the easiest thing to quickly show off about a game (as opposed to gameplay, longevity, etc).

Average Joe does like to brag about his 15 gazillion boobleflops of CPU power though (even if he has no idea what it means).

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle
More importantly for Nintendo's next gen console
- Secure some non-EA sports titles
- Get a real A-List racing game a la GT4, PGR, Forza
- Make a controller that someone who isn't a smurf can use

Gamecube had none of these, so my expectations for these being corrected with the revolution are low.

I bought a Madcatz Cubicon controller, and it worked great for me with my big hands. Of course, I understand what you're saying, the couple times I used the OEM controller it felt really dinky.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: RaynorWolfcastle
More importantly for Nintendo's next gen console
- Secure some non-EA sports titles
- Get a real A-List racing game a la GT4, PGR, Forza
- Make a controller that someone who isn't a smurf can use
Gamecube had none of these, so my expectations for these being corrected with the revolution are low.

I bought a Madcatz Cubicon controller, and it worked great for me with my big hands. Of course, I understand what you're saying, the couple times I used the OEM controller it felt really dinky.

I hate buying 3rd party controllers, more often than not they suck. Again, this is moot because Nintendo has been sucking it up in the two game genres that I purchase more. I really don't care whether or not the majority of their games are targeted towards kids or not, but I DO care when their library disregards some of the genres that I play.

 

[Sqube]

Originally posted by: Siva
Nintendo has always had the best first party titles and I don't think anything is going to change that. The so called kiddie games are the best things to play with a group of 10 or so kids at college with some beer on a wednesday when nothing else is going on. Nothing makes Mario Kart seem more grown up than a slew of curses and racial slurs everytime someone loses (my bad, I apologize to all the crackers out there).

what I'm saying is that nintendo consoles will always fill a niche, hopefully

QFE. None of the other companies have the first-party game creation abilities that Nintendo has.
None of the other companies has a set of ready made licenses guaranteed to sell a million copies as soon as they get around to releasing them.

Look at the Legend of Zelda series. Look at the Mario series. Look at the Metroid series. Damn near every time a game comes out from one of these, it's huge. How many people are drooling over screens of the new Zelda game? That's right.

Microsoft has a hit in Halo and Halo 2, but they're still newcomers to the game. Nintendo has been making people beg for every first party-release for decades. That's an immeasurable advantage over the other guys, whose best games seem to be coming from third party developers with no allegiance to any particular hardware.