Support NeoGAF

[stone128]

Says IGN

Oh, and they launched their Revolution site

Hardware info

"To be honest, it's not much more powerful than an Xbox. It's like a souped up Xbox," a major third party source revealed to us"

Still, the studios we spoke with are still very intrigued by Revolution and are not ruling out the possibility of additional graphic horsepower. No developer that chatted with us had, or was willing to share, details on the console's GPU, Hollywood. One studio said: "As soon as we find out what it can do then we'll know if Revolution will just be like an Xbox or something a little more."

...But it's such a nice controller that it opens up a lot of possibilities. It's very different and it's very precise.

 

[polg]

it has begun...

 

[mCACGj]

Does this mean there will be more news soon? Do they know something? Will there be even more speculation about speculation about nothing? YES!

 

[Error]

Says IGN

Oh, and they launched their Revolution site

so before Thanksgiving 2006 we can expect pictures and videos of games finally

 

[raYne]

Go Comedy Central Rev Thanxgiveaway weekend!

 

[GitarooMan]

Says IGN

Oh, and they launched their Revolution site

Interesting news, but how do they have enough content for a Rev site this early? Good time to launch IMO, could set it up as a big gift for Xmas in '06 (especially with better distribution than X360)

Also another article on the site mentions maybe only 128MB ram (with possible use of the flash ram). As stated in article, helps explain no hi-def..

See here

 

[Unresponsive Bee Victim]

Thank god this is finally up, now for some news on actual titles.

 

[Widfara]

when does zelda tp come out on revolution?

oh

 

[Error]

"To be honest, it's not much more powerful than an Xbox. It's like a souped up Xbox," a major third party source revealed to us

uh oh.

 

[Y2Kev]

http://revolution.ign.com/articles/673/673578p1.html

"To be honest, it's not much more powerful than an Xbox. It's like a souped up Xbox," a major third party source revealed to us. "But it's the controller that makes the difference and the controller is really nice."

IMPOSSIBLE. NINTENDO SPENT MONEY.

Acknowledges what we all know, though, and that's the the console will be quite awesome in ways other than its graphics.

 

[Link]

So is Revolution the final name then? I know IGN never had a "Dolphin" site.

 

[Reilly]

VIVA LA REVOLUTION

 

[mj1108]

Holy shit, IGN finally has a Rev channel? When did that happen?

 

[Kasra]

So it's an Xbox 360?










:lol

ZING!

 

[Ghengis Cohen]

I'm calling an eight page thread.
Bets?

 

[Widfara]

hey cool 2 topics

 

[Ironclad]

I think Revolution still stands as a prototype name. At least Nintendo hasn't anounced it to be official, AFAIK.

It's about damn time they launched the site though. Hopefully they have some news in stock for the site, as opposed to continued speculation.

 

[Reilly]

So it's an Xbox 360?










:lol

ZING!

best post by a junior member ever? (Other than that one explaining why Microsoft called it the '360')

 

[dorio]

best post by a junior member ever? (Other than that one explaining why Microsoft called it the '360')

I was going to say xbox 1.5. Damn.

 

[Diffense]

When Revolution was initially unveiled, a Nintendo executive said it would be "two-to-three times more powerful than GameCube." The company never commented on Revolution's horsepower again and we were later told that the initial statement was incorrect. However, according to development houses, that description accurately sums up Revolution's power.

I knew this was true.

 

[Y2Kev]

Oh, my bad. The other thread was edited after I read this news and posted it.

 

[ParkPace]

A "souped-up" 700mhz Celeron chip?

If the DS and the Revolution formed a superhero group they could call themselves The Underpowers.


(EDIT: I'm still getting one. I need to try that damn controller out.)

 

[Bob White]

I got banned for saying this a few months ago.

 

[Goreomedy]

Certainly enough time for Twilight Princess to be ported.

And if it is just a "souped up Xbox", what would you guys expect the price to be?

 

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Hardware info

well, i guess that just about confirms it :-/

gamecube turbo, indeed

 

[GitarooMan]

I'm calling an eight page thread.
Bets?

I'm in for 12. I'm not too surprised, I mean all indication were that grapical power was really not a priority. Hopefully will force Rev devs to focus on unique and compelling gameplay, hopefully...

Personally, if true, a little disappointing that we won't see "next-gen" type graphics for new Mario and Zelda games, but maybe the control will outweigh it.

 

[malek4980]

Nintendo's machine will simply not deliver the same graphic horsepower as its competitors.

On the next Arrested Development

GOB It will deliver more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*shoots out flames*

 

[raYne]

Power doesn't matter, HD doesn't matter, online doesn't matter... Gyros ftw!

 

[Musashi Wins!]

I got banned for saying this a few months ago.

it's okay, now the hardcore will be able to like the Xbox. Since they'll soon be buying one.

edit: scratch that. new Xbox in thanksgiving 06.

 

[DECK'ARD]

So is Revolution the final name then? I know IGN never had a "Dolphin" site.

freestyle.ign.com

... is 'unreachable' rather than unknown.

 

[WordofGod]

So, the Revolution is about as powerful as a Geforce 4 card?

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2002 running on a Geforce 4 card

 

[olimario]

Can people stop being in denial now?

Didn't Iwata say there would be no noticable difference between the visuals of next gen systems?

 

[Chittagong]

 

[Raistlin]

It's very different and it's very precise.

That's all I needed to hear.

I'll buy it even if it's got PS2 graphics.

 

[Y2Kev]

I'm just curious as to where all the money Nintendo spent went, although I have always felt it was abundantly clear: interface.

Nevermind, continue saying I lack common sense.

 

[dorio]

I got banned for saying this a few months ago.

Well, you had no ign insider source.

 

[jmoe316]

Keep in mind though they said they didn't know exact details about the ATI chip. Sure it may be a souped up Xbox, but there may be some nice fancy-dancy tech work in the chip that will create beauty.


EDIT: I KNOW THIS IS OFF TOPIC, BUT THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO DEAL WITH THIS. WHY CAN'T I POST A NEW THREAD? I ALWAYS GET:

jmoe316, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

1. Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
2. If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

 

[imastalker co.]

fuck, this one is going to be nuts...

Nintendo really should clear this up already, because it's about to hit that point.

 

[Izzy]

"To be honest, it's not much more powerful than an Xbox. It's like a souped up Xbox," a major third party source revealed to us."

Xbox 1.1?

 

[ParkPace]

To be perfectly honest, assuming Nintendo and Co. do with their back catalog what Microsoft and Co. are doing with the Xbox Live Arcade (ie. add online multiplayer to old games), then I couldn't care less how good their newer games look. Other than a few Nintendo staples (Zelda, Smash Bros., Metroid Prime 3, etc.), I'm only going to be owning the damn thing for the older stuff anyways.

 

[fatty]

"To be honest, it's not much more powerful than an Xbox. It's like a souped up Xbox," a major third party source revealed to us"

Xbox 360?

I kid. I kid.

 

[littlewig]

lol, looks like IGN is up to their old tricks again with their Nintendo bashing.

Never gets old.

 

[Error]

Finally, quizzed about publishers' internal reaction to the device, a source responded: "People are interested, but they're still taking it all in at the moment. I'm sure [Nintendo is] going to get a fair amount of support. Probably a lot of people will initially look at existing franchises and whether or not they can kind of do customized versions for Revolution using most of the assets they've got. But whether they'll say, "Okay, let's do something completely original for it," that's the other question because it could be quite expensive to do that. Not as expensive as doing a PS3 or Xbox 360 game. But if you're a third party and you want to do cross platform, if you're doing a game on 360 you can do it on PS3 or PC using the same assets and that does make it a bit easier."

and this is the main problem with the Revolution are developers/publishers willing to take the risk and do something completely original for a console that nobody knows if it's going to succeds? at least with the DS, Nintendo didn't have to worry too much because the handheld market was theirs but with consoles it's completely different story.

 

[olimario]

fuck, this one is going to be nuts...

Nintendo really should clear this up already, because it's about to hit that point.

Did the METROID PRIME 3 IN GAME FOOTAGE YOU SAW BUT NOBODY ELSE DID look like it could be pulled off on an XBOX?

 

[zackattack]

I'll buy it if the download service is everything it's cracked up to be...and it has fun, original games. 480i 4 LIFE

 

[Mashing]

I'm just curious as to where all the money Nintendo spent went, although I have always felt it was abundantly clear: interface.

Nevermind, continue saying I lack common sense.

Well, I imagine interface technology going into the Revolution is not cheap. I'd agree with you that hte bulk of the money went toward that. But as the DS has shown us, you don't always need the best graphics to have great games. As has been mentioned countless times, the Revolution is going to make the perfect companion console.

 

[Y2Kev]

This isn't insider material, is it? Unless you meant IGN's "insider" source. I don't want to get in trouble. I didn't notice if it was.

 

[GitarooMan]

lol, looks like IGN is up to their old tricks again with their Nintendo bashing.

Never gets old.

How is it bashing? Do you know something different than what these sources are saying?

 

[DMczaf]

If the system is cheap ($99?), count me in. After paying $400 for 360, I deserve a break!

 

[Romaji]

To be honest, it's not much more powerful than an Xbox. It's like a souped up Xbox

360 graphics in such a small case. Impressive.