GameCube production to run and run
Revolution will not depose current Nintendo king.
It looks as though GameCube has little to fear come the Revolution, with Nintendo president Satoru Iwata discussing the console's production lifespan.
Speaking this morning, he confirmed that it was Nintendo’s plan to continue to offer current hardware for the foreseeable future and that any new additions to the home console offering from the company would not automatically supersede current technologies.
More as we get it.
Speaking this morning, he confirmed that it was Nintendo’s plan to continue to offer current hardware for the foreseeable future and that any new additions to the home console offering from the company would not automatically supersede current technologies.
More as we get it.
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spongererer 14 Jun 2004 12:27
1/4
Cool, now let's see some good games....:P
Joji 14 Jun 2004 14:57
2/4
I heard that the NR may run GC games aswell as it's own stuff. Don't know if it's true but would be a nice option. We've still got a good while before we see NR, so perhaps it's Nintendo's intention to sell GC as a budget console later. I'd expect you'd be able to get one for about 50 quid by then. It's already a steal anyway.
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ohms 14 Jun 2004 15:21
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Backward compatibility isn't an impossibility, but I read a Iwata quote last week that said the NR would not use disc based media, sounds unlikely tho, unless flash memory style storage plummets in price.
I'd like a new Nintendo console to be backward compatible with all their previous consoles.
Then I could put the SNES and N64 away. :)
I'd like a new Nintendo console to be backward compatible with all their previous consoles.
Then I could put the SNES and N64 away. :)
Mattyd242 15 Jun 2004 10:59
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We've heard all this 'it won't make us stop producing games / machines' talk before, from just about everyone. But, being realistic, third party developers will naturally migrate to the newer hardware. Even if GC games still trickle out (like PSOne games) they won't make much of an impact.
As for the NR - if it doesn't use disc-based media, perhaps it's going to go along the same lines as their Chinese console, where you have to go to the shop and pay to download a game onto your machine. I don't know if it would work in the west, but it's well known that Nintendo has an intense dislike of the used game market; such a system would put a stop to that, and (hopefully) piracy as well.
As for the NR - if it doesn't use disc-based media, perhaps it's going to go along the same lines as their Chinese console, where you have to go to the shop and pay to download a game onto your machine. I don't know if it would work in the west, but it's well known that Nintendo has an intense dislike of the used game market; such a system would put a stop to that, and (hopefully) piracy as well.