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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
"Actually, Perrin gave the perfect example of a non-answer and nobody anywhere's any the wiser about anything for it."
True and she is the master of that but why give a non-answer? Fans are anxious about the Rev so if they're planning on showing something substantial it would be in their best interest to let us know everything's cool and we have nothing to worry about. The non-answer to me suggest two possibilities. They either haven't decided what to do yet and don't want to promise anything or they aren't planning on showing much and a non-answer is a little better than "you're right, we're so going to disappoint you."
It's kind of funny, but I reached the exact opposite conclusion. If the news is bad, they want to get it out there and done with now. Otherwise, it will cast a pall over everything else they're showing. Therefore, I have three guesses about what is going on: it's still in the air (as you suggested), they're going to show something and reveal some more specs, or they'll go playable demos. I find the second to be most likely, given Nintendo's penchant for secrecy. The last is also possible for the following reason: even if the revolutionary feature is the controller, backward compatibility with the GameCube means that Rev games can be made that, at least for the length of a demo, are playable with GameCube controllers. Now, there's still the open question of if the Rev achieves that playability by also being backward compatible with the GC controllers. If true, then I can see a lot of ports requiring the GC controllers, which is a pain, so let's just hope it's not.
That said, realistically this is about what I expect: a few more tech specs, a Spaceworld 2000 style demo video that may or may not include some non-revolutionary feature revealing game-play, a final name, and a picture of the console itself - even if the controllers are kept under wraps. More than that would be gravy. Less would be insulting. Even if Nintendo is paranoid about keeping the new feature(s) under wraps, as Reggie said, "Graphics are the price of entry." So Nintendo needs to at least prove that their system will be able to go toe-to-toe in that department (demo vid and specs), and it can do so without revealing what's so revolutionary about it. The bare all that includes game-play demos will likely happen at TGS.
I'd be willing to go further and say that less would be very damaging for Nintendo.
BlackGriffen
Edit to add: If you want lessons on how a secretive company that likes to wow people is run, look no further than Apple computer. Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO, never delivers bad news in his "Steve-note" presentations. The bad news always comes out in advance to prevent people's expectations from becoming too high. That way, Apple's stock price doesn't fall when Apple fails to live up to the hype. If Nintendo has any brains, they should run things the same way. It's tough to judge, however, because Nintendo only has to do this stuff once per generation (~5 years) whilst Apple has to do it far more often, making it easier to put together a pattern of behavior.
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