Is the revolution doomed?

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Inferno - 26 Dec 2004 11:29 GMT

Back in the 90's Nintendo released the '64. It is common sense knowledge
Playstation beat them because, apart from the technically superior specs,
the great line-up of games from first-, second- and third parties.
With the Gamecube Nintendo once again tried to fight back the competition,
but alas, the Gamecube suffers from, once again, a lack of software.
So what they're basically trying with the Revolution is making a system on
which no game could be ported without sever changes and basically only
exclusive games can be released for?
What the hell is Nintendo doing?

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Miles Bader - 26 Dec 2004 12:13 GMT

> So what they're basically trying with the Revolution is making a system on
> which no game could be ported without sever changes

How do you know?

-Miles

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Inferno - 29 Dec 2004 12:47 GMT

>> So what they're basically trying with the Revolution is making a system
>> on
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> -Miles

There are rumours that the Revo's controller is going to use gyro
functionalities without a A, B button or D-pad.
Furthermore in a interview with one of the big boys of Nintendo they said
they wanted to seperate themselves from the current competition. They plan
on making a completely different console, other than the Xbox or the PS2.

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Miles Bader - 29 Dec 2004 14:52 GMT

> There are rumours that the Revo's controller is going to use gyro
> functionalities without a A, B button or D-pad.
> Furthermore in a interview with one of the big boys of Nintendo they said
> they wanted to seperate themselves from the current competition. They plan
> on making a completely different console, other than the Xbox or the PS2.

So you have ... guesses based on rumour and speculation.

Nintendo's not completely stupid, they can see such issues themselves.

-Miles

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Inferno - 31 Dec 2004 16:09 GMT

>> There are rumours that the Revo's controller is going to use gyro
>> functionalities without a A, B button or D-pad.
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> -Miles

So, did they realise this with the '64? Did they see this when the cube was
released? As far as I know, Nintendo has lost the console war with their
current marketing. Let's hope they won't continue this with the revolution.

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- 31 Dec 2004 19:19 GMT

>>> There are rumours that the Revo's controller is going to use gyro
>>> functionalities without a A, B button or D-pad.
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> their current marketing. Let's hope they won't continue this with the
> revolution.

Lost the console war? They made a huge profit, are in the black, and are in
the process of releasing a new console.

Losing???

Hey, I'd take that kinda losing anyday as an investor.

T-Rex

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