Nintendo Revolution Controller

[G-PhresH]

Originally Posted by Deeman

I'm guessing the pointer won't be scan-line based, otherwise you'll exclude people with LCD and Plasma TV's, which won't sit too well

apparently it will come with sensors that go on yoru tv (or near it) that will sense where your pointing on the TV
so it will work on ANY tv

-Gaz

[sefu88]

Edit: In Fact I always imagined that the future of gaming would take on a more involved or interactive approach. I'd be quite saddened if the future of gaming just stuck with tradional control pads.

I would like to see that aswell but what happens is they build to what the target market wants (their majority market). What the target market for SONY and Xbox want is convergence (all in one system movies, internet, games etc). Its like the mobile industry converging with digital imagery and MP3 products. This is the latest trend "people want somthing that can do everything"..

MS and especially SONY have a very open licence, where as Nintendo are very selective. Thus SONY and MS have appealed to a larger audience..

[N.E.R.D_BOI]

Originally Posted by sefu88

I would like to see that aswell but what happens is they build to what the target market wants (their majority market). What the target market for SONY and Xbox want is convergence (all in one system movies, internet, games etc). Its like the mobile industry converging with digital imagery and MP3 products. This is the latest trend "people want somthing that can do everything"..

MS and especially SONY have a very open licence, where as Nintendo are very selective. Thus SONY and MS have appealed to a larger audience..

If you want to see that happen then why not support the company that wants to see it happen instead of criticising them? This is about gaming not marketing strategies.

Forget about marketing and sales, your a gamer and at the end of the day the only thing you should care about is how good the product is, not how many sales it made (unless your a fanboy that wants to boast about the company's figures). Let them handle their business while you be the judge of the end product. Seriously I could use the same argument to say that Mc D's burger is better than the awesome burger made at my local take-out store

[sefu88]

Originally Posted by N.E.R.D_BOI

If you want to see that happen then why not support the company that wants to see it happen instead of criticising them? This is about gaming not marketing strategies.

Forget about marketing and sales, your a gamer and at the end of the day the only thing you should care about is how good the product is, not how many sales it made (unless your a fanboy that wants to boast about the company's figures). Let them handle their business while you be the judge of the end product. Seriously I could use the same argument to say that Mc D's burger is better than the awesome burger made at my local take-out store

Dude just showing you the direction the companies are going in. I’m not criticising Nintendo yes I wish the greater game machine will prevail SOULY on game quality but that is not what happens. You obviously have no business knowledge whatsoever and can’t deliver points countering my statements so I understand your frustration.

I am interested to see what Nintendo will pull out as they are on thin ice and they do have a very innovative team that thinks outside the box as you can see from there current specs. As the saying goes pressure makes diamonds and that might be the case for Nintendo.

You might not care about Nintendo's market share but you should. Because if they can’t reattain what they have you might see them pull out of the market for good. So go out and buy 10,000 Game Cubes and you’ll help them stay in business..

[sefu88]

Originally Posted by Snufkin

This is the problem.

Sony and Microsoft, like sefu88, are more concerned about market share, hardware specs and sales than they are about the games.

Remember when game consoles were game consoles ?
When it was Sega vs Nintendo, people bought the console based on games alone, the specs weren't really relevant. Now people spend so much time wetting their pants over the specs and virtual boobs than decent games.

Yeah very true it used to just about games, but in such a competitive industry has forced companies to offer more "value" in the console. They might be a stage where consoles get crammed with so much stuff that people get fustrated and want somthing more vanilla. Then games consoles may revert back to just being game consoles and not missile launchers/coffee makers.

[N.E.R.D_BOI]

Originally Posted by sefu88

Dude just showing you the direction the companies are going in. I’m not criticising Nintendo yes I wish the greater game machine will prevail SOULY on game quality but that is not what happens.

Not Criticising? This comment of yours about the new controller seems to differ:

LoL nintendo have been smoking to many rocks. They have really put themselves in the poos. Lets say goodbye to a company that was once great but misread the market for the last 10 years.

Or were you just making random off topic comments about Nintendo?

Originally Posted by sefu88

...
You might not care about Nintendo's market share but you should. Because if they can’t reattain what they have you might see them pull out of the market for good. So go out and buy 10,000 Game Cubes and you’ll help them stay in business..

LOL I don't have any ties with Nintendo, why should I? Like I said before, I'm not a fanboy. I couldn't care less if it was Sony or MS who brought this new innovation out. If the unfortunate happens then yes it will be disappointing for the gaming industry but its the nature of the business when you have Giants such a MS or Sony who take over.

...You obviously have no business knowledge whatsoever and can’t deliver points countering my statements so I understand your frustration.

LOL! Of course Not! I'm the consumer, most of us couldn't care less about that side of things. It's up to 'business Gurus' such as yourself to deal with that. The only frustration i have is you continuing to argue the downfalls of Nintendo's marketing/business side of things. The topic is about the controller and what people think of it but instead you've turned it into a topic why you think Nintendo will not succeed.

Apart from your first comment about Nintendo smokin rocks, you already said you are interested to see gaming go in this direction. Let's leave it to that shall we? Anything business mambo jumbo is completely irrelevant to our thoughts about the controller!

[G-PhresH]

Originally Posted by sefu88

You might not care about Nintendo's market share but you should. Because if they can’t reattain what they have you might see them pull out of the market for good. So go out and buy 10,000 Game Cubes and you’ll help them stay in business..

i can see where your coming from, but nintendo might decide to make fewer units and become a niche company and expand if the console becomes popular

but all this is speculation, so we should all stop PRESUMING!!!!

so can we please put this to rest and wait to see what happens

-Gaz

[sefu88]

Originally Posted by G-PhresH

i can see where your coming from, but nintendo might decide to make fewer units and become a niche company and expand if the console becomes popular

but all this is speculation, so we should all stop PRESUMING!!!!

so can we please put this to rest and wait to see what happens

-Gaz

As i said before a niche cant survive in console world as costs of development are uber high and getting ROI is impossible.

[Deeman]

Originally Posted by sefu88

As i said before a niche cant survive in console world as costs of development and getting ROI is impossible.

*Points to Apple*

[sefu88]

Originally Posted by N.E.R.D_BOI

LOL! Of course Not! I'm the consumer, most of us couldn't care less about that side of things. It's up to 'business Gurus' such as yourself to deal with that. The only frustration i have is you continuing to argue the downfalls of Nintendo's marketing/business side of things. The topic is about the controller and what people think of it but instead you've turned it into a topic why you think Nintendo will not succeed.

true I did a bit of a sidestep :P. Yeah I will retain my opinion (Nintendo smoking rocks one) but i guess we wont know till we use it for ourselves or I get over the weirdness overtime, like the new Subaru WRX.

[Grit]

Originally Posted by sefu88

So go out and buy 10,000 Game Cubes and you’ll help them stay in business..

I may have bought a DS last week - it's incredible! I love it. It's the first Nintendo product I've owned since the original GameBoy, and If the Revoution is half as cool as the DS, I'm sure it will sell well.

If you're looking for an affordable portable gaming device, I reccomend the DS. It really is a cool piece of kit.

-Grit.

[marttim_00]

MMMMM cant wait for this baby to come out, take a look at this

http://videogames.3yen.com/wp-conten...ion-teaser.mov

[Wizardx8]

16MB Quicktime movie, and hot linking doesn't work.

Will check it out tonight.

[dahurldog]

sweet well that settles that, im getting one

[PsychoSmiley]

Video is nice, its quite pointless really, but its good ol' Nintendo marketing. Shows some nice possible applications of it. I'm definately getting one thats for sure!