Nintendo Revolution Controller

[drothgery]

(Of course, none of this is set in stone, as the hardware [not even called Revolution anymore] is still very very early in the design stages.)

Nonsense, It's September 2005. If they want to have something ready to launch in 2006 (let alone summer of 2006), they're in the "there's still time to change things, but not much" stage (which is to say quite late in the design stage), unless they want to build an Xbox 1-like console of nearly off-the-shelf parts. That doesn't mean that there are prototypes or dev kits outside of Nintendo's hardware design facility, but putting together a console and then ramping up mass production takes time.

 

[mojo1701]

As to the picture: that's just something IGN photoshopped up to try to show what the shell might look like. At first I missed the paragraph after the picture too

Oh, was it a mock-up? A friend sent me the picture, and I thought it looked good...

Though, I think they'll have to fool around with the buttons to make it more snes-like, as the SNES-B button is where the A should be, and Y where the B is, and X where the Y is, and A where the X is... or something like that.

 

[John Crichton]

Then prepare to be shocked! Nintendo has already said in interviews that they are not interested in supporting HD, and that 480p is the best they will support.

(Of course, none of this is set in stone, as the hardware [not even called Revolution anymore] is still very very early in the design stages.)

I actually recall that. I should have put a slash instead of an & in there. Basically, I'd be shocked if it at least didn't have the output that the Cube does. No shockeration here.

 

[Arnwyn]

Nonsense, It's September 2005. If they want to have something ready to launch in 2006 (let alone summer of 2006), they're in the "there's still time to change things, but not much" stage (which is to say quite late in the design stage), unless they want to build an Xbox 1-like console of nearly off-the-shelf parts. That doesn't mean that there are prototypes or dev kits outside of Nintendo's hardware design facility, but putting together a console and then ramping up mass production takes time.

That's assuming that they release in summer of '06, of course (has Nintendo actually confirmed a date, finally? I don't think they have). I'm expecting long delays (and, truthfully, I don't expect much to change past what they've already announced - thus a significantly "lower-powered" system compared to the others, no HD support, etc).

I entirely agree with the rest of your statement, though.

Basically, I'd be shocked if it at least didn't have the output that the Cube does.

Yeah, same with me. Doesn't 480p require a component cable?

 

[drothgery]

Yeah, same with me. Doesn't 480p require a component cable?

A component cable isn't necessarily an HD component cable; I've got my Xbox hooked up to my standard-def TV via component cables (the PS2 is via S-video, and the Cube by RCA).

 

[Arnwyn]

A component cable isn't necessarily an HD component cable; I've got my Xbox hooked up to my standard-def TV via component cables (the PS2 is via S-video, and the Cube by RCA).

I'm not sure what you mean - I didn't realize there's a difference. (My Xbox, PS2, and Cube are all hooked up to my HDTV using component cables, and all provide at least 480p [when supported], with the Xbox and PS2 also going to 720p or 1080i, repectively.)

Nintendo mentioned that they will support 480p, but not HD - and I assumed that it would thus require a component cable to do so (and thus I was agreeing with John Crichton that I too would be shocked if the new Nintendo system didn't have at least the same output that the Cube has). Am I wrong?

 

[Ranger REG]

Then prepare to be shocked! Nintendo has already said in interviews that they are not interested in supporting HD, and that 480p is the best they will support.

(Of course, none of this is set in stone, as the hardware [not even called Revolution anymore] is still very very early in the design stages.)

Maybe it's a good thing. Not every household have TV capable of high-definition. Yet.

Then again, any household whose income can afford consoles and games should easily be able to afford $800+ HD-ready TV.

 

[drothgery]

Then again, any household whose income can afford consoles and games should easily be able to afford $800+ HD-ready TV.

BestBuy.com shows 26" widescreen CRT HDTVs (admittedly from obscure brands) for as little as $380. Given prices like that, I think this is probably the last year larger standard-def TVs are readily available.

 

[Ranger REG]

BestBuy.com shows 26" widescreen CRT HDTVs (admittedly from obscure brands) for as little as $380. Given prices like that, I think this is probably the last year larger standard-def TVs are readily available.

So flat-panel all the way starting 2006? Let me know when I can get a 27-inch flat panel for $400 (hopefully standard 4:3 aspect ratio).

 

[drothgery]

So flat-panel all the way starting 2006? Let me know when I can get a 27-inch flat panel for $400 (hopefully standard 4:3 aspect ratio).

Actually, I was forecasting the death of the 4:3 aspect ratio in televisions, not making any kind of prediction on what display tech will be used in the 16:9 TVs that replace them. LCDs are probably the way to bet long-term, as they've gone from more expensive that similarly-sized plasmas to much cheaper in less than two years, but the sub-$800 TV market is probably going to be almost all CRT for a while yet. I'm not sure if computer monitors will go mostly widescreen, but notebooks certainly will, and I love my widescreen LCD for my desktop, so there's a good chance of that too.