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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.

You mean in terms of the competition and what they’re doing?

Exactly. They have gone down a path that is very expensive for consumers, very expensive for developers to create content against, and they're providing a level of horsepower technology that not many consumers want. We in providing to consumers and to developers an approach that is certainly high-tech and certainly powerful enough to create the most sophisticated games, but also has an approach that is open for developers to create whatever type of content they want


http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/the-engadget-interview-reggie-fils-aime-executive-vice-preside/
 
Funny, but this bit's kinda true.

"To be perfectly clear, the Microsoft and Sony strategies are based on overall corporate objectives versus what’s right for the consumer. That’s a reality. Microsoft is essentially trying to get you to put a PC in your living room because they are fundamentally a PC software company. Sony is trying to get you to put an entertainment hub that has Blu-ray technology because that’s important to their movie business and the rest of their entire electronics business.

We are a gaming company. We are gamers at heart. We love creating great, innovative content and superbly designed hardware, that’s what we do. And with that passion comes a laser like focus to do things that are right for the consumer and right for the business. That’s the fundamental difference in our strategy versus our competition."
 
I would still rather have microsoft runing the show then overpriced, couldnt give a toss about europe sony :D

Thats why i think it was a shame when SEGA went down they like nintendo we all about games

I think its got to the stage now where this will be nintendos last shot in the home console market lets hope its a good sending off :)

I for one will be supporting the REV all the way
 
The Rev is gonna rock! Can't wait TBH. Also can't wait to see if the laser-news is true or not. Been hearing about that for some time, and there's a patent been uncovered today about Sega's new light-gun model. Oooooo, I need a drink, all exciting stuff.
 
Baine, I wouldn't say this will be Nintendo's last shot in the home console market, unlike Sega they are financially secure (IIRC Sega were losing money/not breaking Even, Nintendo are making money with large cash reserves).

If anything I'd say that Sony have more riding on this generation as they are not making the sort of profits nintendo are (about 1-2% overall compared to 5-10%), and are risking a lot of money that could seriously hurt them if they fail.



It's good to hear that dev kits are shipping and games companies are getting hands on experience with them, if Nintendo can entice the third party developers to put half the innovation/effort into using the new controller that they have been putting into the DS it could work out extremely well.
I would much rather have a game with "inferior" graphics, but better gameplay than the other way round.
 
yup :p

Nintendo's profit range seems to be about 8% of turnover (something like 300 million on turnover of 4.9 billion), which is a lot better than many companies who might well have a higher turnover but be living on a much smaller profit margin.
 
I think it's far more likely to see Microsoft or Sony drop out of the console market than Nintendo any time soon. Both of the first two, despite being very rich companies, are losing money on hardware, pressing a more expensive next generation machine on the public, and are gambling big on being the "winner" of the battle, and controlling the major market share (much like Sega and Ninty did back in the NES/Master System/SNES/Megadrive days). The trouble with that kind of fight is that unless you accept that you aren't going to be top dog any more (as Nintendo have done), you're going to just throw more and more money into a hole until you eventually can't sustain it any more, and will have to drop out.
 
Aye the rev wont be nintendos last console win, lose or draw unlike the big 2 they dont burn money in the hope of making money, I dont think they ever sell there consoles at a loss even.

Plus the DS has owned the PSP almost everywhere (especially in Japan) and nintendo only last month announced $479 million profits from 2005 so they are hardly doing crap!

and yes im a nintendo fanboy who would buy any **** they brought out just to keep them in business as they represent the last proper console maker to me. As it happens nintendos consoles are never **** so its all good :D
 
Windle said:
Funny, but this bit's kinda true.

"To be perfectly clear, the Microsoft and Sony strategies are based on overall corporate objectives versus what’s right for the consumer. That’s a reality. Microsoft is essentially trying to get you to put a PC in your living room because they are fundamentally a PC software company. Sony is trying to get you to put an entertainment hub that has Blu-ray technology because that’s important to their movie business and the rest of their entire electronics business.

We are a gaming company. We are gamers at heart. We love creating great, innovative content and superbly designed hardware, that’s what we do. And with that passion comes a laser like focus to do things that are right for the consumer and right for the business. That’s the fundamental difference in our strategy versus our competition."
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Thats the statement I made in 2005 in a post on here, where-by Nintendo stand the best chance of making a profit from the next-gen war because they are the only ones focusing 100% on games and experiences.
 
The virtual boy sucked, but given how many consoles nintendo have released it's not suprising they made a mistake somewhere, and they learned from it :)
 
ok ok I should have known that would get brought up :p

To be fair though that wasnt released over here (least I dont think it was?) so i'll rephrase it.

As it happens nintendos consoles in europe are never **** so its all good ;)
 
Psycho Ned said:
and yes im a nintendo fanboy who would buy any **** they brought out just to keep them in business
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It's funny really. I can **** them off occasionally, or bemoan some of their choices, or whatever, but at the end of theday, I know I'm really no better than you either, and will happily continue to buy their products, with no real reasoning or justification behind it. I'm a blatent Nintendo fanboy too. :D
 
Werewolf said:
The virtual boy sucked, but given how many consoles nintendo have released it's not suprising they made a mistake somewhere, and they learned from it :)
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Yeah, I love Nintendo, it's their games you have the most confidence in for them being of a high standard.
 
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