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Man, if I didn't love Nintendo games I'd fucking forgo buying a Revolution.

QFT.

Nintendo wasn't kidding when they said they were going in a wildly divergent direction with the Revolution. Instead of keeping up with Sony and Microsoft on specs, they're focusing entirely on features.

It's just insane enough to work.

On the one hand, it's an Xbox.

On the other hand, cool new controller, downloadable Nintendo classics, and a price probably no higher than $150.

The Nintendo DS was a pretty insane idea to many of us in the beginning too. Now look at it. Nintendo am crazy geniuses.

 

[strikeselect]

Nintendo fans never fail to impress. If it's not a hoax ("OMFG the clock in the background says 3:33!"), it's a conspiracy, and if it's not that then it's obviously an April Fools Joke. On March 29, but I'm sure if you multiply that date with 3:33 and then divide by Iwata's birth stone's numerical value and scribble that into a pictochat window, it will draw a map to the house of illusions where Matt C will welcome the true Nintendo fans to the magical realm of Nintenhoax.

:lol :lol :lol

 

[GhostSeed]

"WE ARE NOT COMPETEING WITH SONY AND MICROSOFT, WE ARE GOING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION."

I realise that Nintendo wants to go in a different direction but it's going to be hard for consumers not to compare systems when there right next to each other at the store.

That being said, I'm still going to get the system reguardless of specs but I don't know if Joe Average is going to care about the Rev. if the graphics aren't on par with 360 or PS3.

 

[Tyrone Slothrop]

couldn't the gamecube do that easily though?

:-/

 

[Gahiggidy]

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<<< now using alternative avatar.

*sigh*

 

[siege]

If those are truely the specs for the Revolution, it better be damn cheap. $129.99 or bust.

 

[jamesinclair]

This thread is growing faster than I can read. :|

 

[citrus lump]

April fools jokes in March? This isn't a printed magazine. Maybe the information is wrong, that's all. It wouldn't be the first time for IGN would it?

I think we all need to take this like men. It's not wrong, or a fake. If it makes you feel better, go beat up Mario in SSB:M.

I prefer to stay here and waddle in Nintendos shit.

 

[richman555]

No mention of this on the IGN homepage yet... Also what I don't understand is that the gamecube was only slightly less powerfull then the xbox. I also remember reading a while back that the Rev would sport a 2.4 Ghz IBM (dual core) processor. Strange... doesn't add up. This is also a very strange way to announce official system specs as opposed to doing it at E3.

 

[Ganondorf>Link]

Nintendo GO






FUCK YOURSELVES.

 

[Archie]

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<<< now using alternative avatar.

*sigh*

Nintendo kills dreams.

 

[Buggy Loop]

So uhm, should i act suprised? isnt that what's been speculated since roughly 6 months now? A lot more powerful than both gamecube and xbox, im sure as hell aint gonna cry for the right price. Re4 x2, /cry cry /rolleyes

 

[MadOdorMachine]

Wasnt the budget allowed for ATI by Microsoft and Nintendo to make their GPU almost the same?

I thought I read awhile back the budget for both were almost exactly the same at around $500 million. I don't know if that's very accurate though. Can anyone confirm?

As far as the specs go, it's disappointing and less than I had hoped for, but I'm not at all suprised. If GC is about as powerful as Xbox though, Rev should be more powerful than Xbox. I can't believe they didn't add any graphical advancements like shaders in the GPU though. The ram is also just crummy. I could see the low CPU and GPU speed, but why skimp on ram and why not add any new features to the GPU?

On one hand, I wonder why Nintendo didn't make Revolution with better graphics and sell it for $300, but then you have comments by people like Matt-IGN who say Nintendo wants the console to be super cheap so it will be an impulse buy. If they are going for the impulse buy, it needs to sell for $99. Isn't GC selling at $99 and still generating a hardware profit? Most current gen new releases are now being sold for $39.99. If this is what Nintendo is going for, the price has to be right.

 

[BlueTsunami]

On March 29, but I'm sure if you multiply that date with 3:33 and then divide by Iwata's birth stone's numerical value and scribble that into a pictochat window, it will draw a map to the house of illusions where Matt C will welcome the true Nintendo fans to the magical realm of Nintenhoax.

:lol
:lol:lol:lol

 

[Pimpbaa]

If those are truely the specs for the Revolution, it better be damn cheap. $129.99 or bust.

If it's $199 or higher and the prices for the emulated games are true, then I will rename it the Nfan Assrape Machine.

 

[OG_Original Gamer]

So does this mean,

16 textures in a single pass
16 hardware lights
8 pixel pipelines
2 texel units
1.3 gigapixels per second

Just doubling everything up for the hell of it.

 

[citrus lump]

Re4 x2, /cry cry /rolleyes

Serious Sam:Second Encounter x2. :lol

 

[Marlowe]

This has already been said a bunch of times in this thread -- but to the people saying that these specs are "suspicious", what's suspicious about them? We've been told that Rev will be less powerful than 360 and PS3.

I guess what I'm asking is -- what specs would be "believable"? You can't have specs that get THAT close to PS3 or 360.

 

[thetrin]

Even if these are the real specs...why is everyone so hung up on graphics? Is GAF truly a lair of graphics whores? Oh wait, sorry, I forgot where I was for a second. This is GAF, of course you're all graphics whores.

 

[Gawaian]

OH SHIT!!

WTF was Nintendo thinking? Those specs are not even higher than the XBox specs. That's a GC1.5 indeed. And I know that all comes down to the games, but that's just ridiculous.

 

[Community Forum]

http://revolutionamcry.ytmnd.com/

 

[Oblivion]

This has already been said a bunch of times in this thread -- but to the people saying that these specs are "suspicious", what's suspicious about them? We've been told that Rev will be less powerful than 360 and PS3.

I guess what I'm asking is -- what specs would be "believable"? You can't have specs that get THAT close to PS3 or 360.

I was thinking:

-900Mhz-1.0 Ghz CPU
-333 Mhz GPU

At the very least.

 

[Beer Monkey]

If this means $149, I'm all for it. I'm not buying Rev for power, I'm buying it for cool unique games. I'll have a 360 and a PS3 for power. $149 would make Rev even more of a no-brainer, and should make some multi-console gamers out of even partisan fanboys.

$99 launch will never happen. Other aspects of this system than CPU/GPU will be more costly than a Gamecube, and you certainly need to leave margin for price cuts.

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

Even if these are the real specs...why is everyone so hung up on graphics? Is GAF truly a lair of graphics whores? Oh wait, sorry, I forgot where I was for a second. This is GAF, of course you're all graphics whores.

There's more to power than just graphics.

 

[Mermandala]

The GameCube Turdo embodies the Brown Ocean Strategy.

 

[Zombie James]

Wow, even given my low expectations for the Revolution specs, Nintendo shocks me by delivering something even lower than that. Let's hope it's an April Fool's joke, because if it isn't... oh boy.

 

[blazinglazers]

So essentially the Rev is an Xbox with a little more memory? While these specs seem crazy low, keep in mind that the original xbox was able to do many "next-gen" graphical effects in the later years of it's life that neither the PS2 or the Cube could touch [see unified lighting, shadows + normal mapping in Riddick, Doom 3, HL2 etc.] Hopefully the Rev will at least be able to pull off those shader / lighting effects, and coupled with it's SD output, it'll still be able to pump out some good visuals.

I really only care about the TG16 / Genesis emulation though to be honest, I hope this thing's dirt cheap.

 

[Trident]

The real April Fool's joke is that these specs are real.

Spoiler

April Fool's!

 

[thetrin]

There's more to power than just graphics.

I know that, but that's what everyone is capitalizing on. "next gen graphics" this and "next gen shaders" that. Get over graphics already.

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

I thought it was rumored earlier that the Revolution was going to have massive amounts of RAM to make up for the weak specs. Oh well.

 

[Zilch]

So is anyone planning on being a Nintendo-only gamer next-gen?

 

[thetrin]

So is anyone planning on being a Nintendo-only gamer next-gen?

has anyone done that at all in the last 2 generations?

 

[Trident]

So is anyone planning on being a Nintendo-only gamer next-gen?

I probably will. I don't have $400 to spend on a gaming device before I even buy any games or extra controllers.

 

[Gawaian]

So is anyone planning on being a Nintendo-only gamer next-gen?

NO, I'm waiting for SEGA to release their next gen console....... Oh, wait........

 

[citrus lump]

So is anyone planning on being a Nintendo-only gamer next-gen?

My plan remains the same: Revolution at launch, PS3/360 a year or so before Revolution 2. It's way cheaper, I won't miss anything, and I'll still get my new Nintendo systems at launch.

 

[MrDaravon]

has anyone done that at all in the last 2 generations?

Probably not so much, but with the Rev's virtual console, if they have a large selection of downloadable games...

 

[Gahiggidy]

So is anyone planning on being a Nintendo-only gamer next-gen?

Fugg you all! Nintendo only f4 lyfe!


*takes a swig of rubbing alcohol*

 

[Ghengis Cohen]

I know that, but that's what everyone is capitalizing on. "next gen graphics" this and "next gen shaders" that. Get over graphics already.

And move on to next gen physics? Oh wait. Revolution won't be doing that either.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

So is anyone planning on being a Nintendo-only gamer next-gen?

Depends on the software support, if its going to be like the gamecube in terms of droughts I might just stick with my ds until its successor comes out. This is more or less me becoming less interested in console gaming, the only reason I was even considering getting a revolution because I think that conductor game they were suggesting in their trailer looked kind of cool, and maybe metroid prime would finally have a fluid and intuitive control scheme.

 

[GitarooMan]

Even if these are the real specs...why is everyone so hung up on graphics? Is GAF truly a lair of graphics whores? Oh wait, sorry, I forgot where I was for a second. This is GAF, of course you're all graphics whores.

I don't get it though, it's only now that Nintendo has declared that graphics are not important that it's ok for next-gen systems to have only marginal improvements. If the PS2/Xbox/GC were only marginal improvements they would have sucked. I don't see how it's being a graphics whore to expect current gen PC-level technology.

 

[thetrin]

And move on to next gen physics? Oh wait. Revolution won't be doing that either.

Excellent job on totally missing my point.

 

[Seth C]

If it's $199 or higher and the prices for the emulated games are true, then I will rename it the Nfan Assrape Machine.

What are the rumored prices of those emulated games for those of us who missed it?

 

[thetrin]

If the PS2/Xbox/GC were only marginal improvements they would have sucked.

They would've? You're talking to someone who thinks Mother 3 is beautiful.

 

[Beer Monkey]

So many people, for months, have likened Rev to the 'DS' of console gaming.

DS = "underpowered", cheap, and has unique control.

Now we have confirmation that the "underpowered" part is right. We already know that the unique control part is right. So why the doom and gloom?

 

[Archie]

So why the doom and gloom?

People *LOVE* to overreact.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

I don't get it though, it's only now that Nintendo has declared that graphics are not important that it's ok for next-gen systems to have only marginal improvements. If the PS2/Xbox/GC were only marginal improvements they would have sucked. I don't see how it's being a graphics whore to expect current gen PC-level technology.

I honestly think ps2 was a marginal improvement over dreamcast, and xbox and gamecube were marginal improvements over ps2

 

[PhoenixDark]

Pour out a lil liquor for Revolution

 

[Kabuki Quantum Lover]

If those specs are correct, then we should be expecting a low launch MSRP. I know Ninty is not playing the same game as the others, but man...

Here's to hoping the Hollywood has some tricks up its sleeve. *adds one dollar to the PS3 fund*

 

[yoopoo]

What speed does 729MHz powerpc chip equates to in x86 terms?

 

[Lord Helmet]

This thread has made my day. Thanks everyone.

Let's see.... 1.5 + 1.5 = 3.
Mar 29 + 3 = Apr 1st.


If it's not a joke... oh well... I'm still getting it for the Nintendo games. Past generation all over again. *shrugs*