Chris Morris has another piece up in his weekly Game Over column at CNN Money, and this time around he got a chance to talk to Nintendo's VP of Sales and Marketing, Reggie Fils-Aime. The chat doesn't give us anything earth-shattering, but it does manage to tie up some loose ends on some of the Revolution question marks still out there.
In line with all of the reports and speculation, Reggie confirms that the Revolution will be the most inexpensive console in the next-gen. "Value has been a key card for us this generation and we'll continue to play it. Do I expect us to be at a lower price point than our competition? Yes I do," said Reggie. With the launch of the system still far away, he does say that no definite price has been set, but at least we know 100% that the Revolution will be the most wallet-friendly.
The other confirmation about the Revolution is one that will disappoint some of Nintendo's fanbase. It appears that Nintendo has finally decided that Revolution will not support high-definition output for games in any way. For a time Nintendo has gone on record saying that they were still considering the issue, but Reggie has said himself, HD is out. "What we'll offer in terms of gameplay and approachability will more than make up for the lack of HD," said Reggie.
As for the DS, it was said that Nintendo is considering a redesign of the system, and has since it launched last year. That doesn't mean you shouldn't stay on the fence for it, since no time frame for a possible design change release was mentioned. Speaking of the fence, you shouldn't stay on it any longer if you're looking for a DS price drop; all of the Nintendo systems don't have one coming anytime soon.
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"What we'll offer in terms of gameplay and approachability will more than make up for the lack of HD," said Reggie.
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For a time Nintendo has gone on record saying that they were still considering the issue, but Reggie has said himself, HD is out. "What we'll offer in terms of gameplay and approachability will more than make up for the lack of HD," said Reggie.
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Originally posted by: Steven
The No-HD confirmation is a bummer, but in the end Nintendo really doesn't need it. All outputting Revolution games in HD would do is make HD comparisons to the 360 and PS3 look poorly on Nintendo.
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Originally posted by: ruby_onix
We still barely know anything about the Rev, but it's already making far too many sacrifices, IMO.
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Nintendo is not competing with the graphics of the 360 or PS3.
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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
I think this will be a lot more fun if I simply read HD as "High Dollar" every time I see it.
As long as you don't add an emoticon for that...
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This is also from a company that couldn't market chocolate to fat people.
XBOX360 has a horrible launch lineup, its best games being delayed.
QuoteSince the vast majority of 360 owners will be playing on non-HD TVs, they better look pretty damn good at a lower resolution.
And if they are specifically made with HD in mind, how are the ports going to look in a lower resolution?
QuoteIt may make the HD comparisons bad, but now they will compare non-HD Rev games to HD PS3 and 360 games which will make the Rev games look worse.
Steven says: The No-HD confirmation is a bummer, but in the end Nintendo really doesn't need it. All outputting Revolution games in HD would do is make HD comparisons to the 360 and PS3 look poorly on Nintendo.
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Originally posted by: Stu L Tissimus
Also, rendering at smaller resolutions takes a *significant* load off of the GPU. So, basically, restricting Revolution to smaller resolutions (lol teh rhymes) will actually give it potentially better framerates, if not better texture quality and shaders.