To be fair, not many multi-platform games (outside of sports) are worth a damn anyway. Probably at least 95% of the games I enjoyed this gen were console exclusives.

So not getting PS3 or 360 ports due to being underpowered won't be missing much for me, since the few games I want to play on those consoles would likely be exclusives anyway.

The numbers don't mean shit. This is just like Apple vs. Microsoft. The architectures of the two systems are radically different (less so now than in the past but still) and it is a total apples to oranges comparison. XBox needs to have a high amount of RAM for ports of tools and games for PC. The Rev is a completely different architecture from the Xbox and from the PS3.

I don't know a thing about making the games themselves, but I do understand the numbers are irrellevant. Total apples to oranges comparison.

No is going to debate that it will require more effort to deliver port games to the Revolution if it significantly weaker, but thats plays to my original point, Nintendo has been indicating this will be the case for over a year; it should not be disappointing to gamers unless they have continued to ignore what Nintendo has been saying this entire time.

I'm just amazed at some of niaveness (not you) on many of the forums where people were still expecting the Revolution to come out of no where with an arsenal of hardware power.

My other point is simply that because the 360 and PS3 demand their game to offer high resolution output, those systems must have more ram. The inverse is true for the Revolution.

Yep, Nintendo has stuck to the less powerful mantra since last E3, maybe a bit earlier. I'm not surprised by the specs, but I did expect a bit more ram (128-256 ballpark)

I'm just hoping that the low amount of ram isn't a bottleneck that becomes a deciding factor in games being ported, because I'd like to see ports that take advantage of the Revolution's controller. Depending on how it was implemented, it could make me purchase a game for the Rev instead of buying it for the 360 or PS3.

I would agree with you if it was a single player game. However with the killer service Xbox Live provides it would take a damn good deal to get me to buy a multi-console title on a system without the killer online service. Even single player games (like Oblivion) i enjoy seeing what everyone else is doing, chatting, etc.

I am about wetting myself at the thought of the cool things they could do with the Revolution controller though.

Xbox Live is great and there will most likely be good reasons to buy a multi console for any of the 3, but I have pretty high hopes for the Revolution controller.

Although if there isn't good controller implementation in multi console games, I'll be going with the 360 or PS3 version for high def.

Who could have guessed this?

If this is not a joke, it sounds pretty cool:
http://thehylia.com/exclusive_interview.shtml

F nintendo for turning TP into a Rev catered title vs a Gamecube sendoff it tricked people into beleiving it would be. I wont be purchasing TP just for this reason, along with putting my GC up for fire sale. Nintendo truely is gone if all they have are old games emulated and a gamecube game updated as their big causes to go to a rev.

Uh... what? Why would you assume that all Nintendo has are old games emulated and a gamecube game updated for Revolution selling points? As far as I know, nobody has shown an actual game that's being developed for the system, just tech demos. I don't know about everyone else, but I'm getting a Revolution for unique gameplay, not for the virtual console or the Zelda extras. To me, those are just bonuses. Like with the Xbox360, I'm sure most people didn't buy the system mainly for Xbox Live Arcade, but its sure as hell fun regardless. As far as Zelda goes, I'm sure the game will be a great game with or without using a Revolution controller.

I still don't understand this line of thinking. If the game was released today it would play the exact same now as it would in Nov. on Gamecube. Nintendo has stressed the fact that it is a GAMECUBE game repeatedly. Nobody tricked anyone. The Rev. bit is just a bonus to those that jump on board the next generation. You could buy in Nov. and have the same amount of fun on your Gamecube as you would today. Nothing has changed.

It'd be a shame to miss a possibly great game for such a petty reason.

Yeah I'm calling BS on that Hylia interview.

Total agreement.

He's just too talkative and precise. I feel like he should have a bibliography for all his sources of who said what and when. Just a little too perfect for me to buy it without outside confirmation.

Yeah, no way the features are that extensive, and I'm not sure I'd even want to play with that set up as I don't care much for the first person perspective.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=15764

Iwata pledges to keep Revolution software prices down

Rob Fahey 16:20 30/03/2006

Nintendo president "can't imagine" first party games going over $50

Software prices for Nintendo's Revolution console will buck the trend of next-generation titles being priced more expensively than their current-gen counterparts, with Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata expecting to keep prices below $50.

Although Nintendo can only directly control the prices of its first-party titles, it's those games which are likely to set the pricing benchmark for the system - and Iwata told CNN/Money in a new interview that he "cannot imagine any first party title could be priced for more than $50."

That's well below the $60 price points being mooted by many publishers for next-generation software, which has already been seen on some Xbox 360 titles - a pricing strategy of which Iwata is openly critical.

"In the US, we're going to see the next generation cost an awful lot," he told CNN. "I really don't think that there's going to be a lot of acceptance by current customers of the $60 price tag. They may allow that for a limited number of premium titles, but not all."

While Nintendo's resistance to price inflation is unlikely to endear it to the publishers currently pushing for the industry's baseline software price to rise, Iwata's stance is at least partially justified by the company's commitment to keeping development costs down - with the Revolution being cited as by far the cheapest next-gen system to create titles for, thanks to mature hardware and development tools enabled by a specification only a few times more powerful than existing platforms.


Chris

Aren't the first-party titles on Xbox 360 also at a $50 price point?

Yeah, the first party games are $50 on the 360...so this is non-news since it doesn't apply to third parties.

I swear Kameo and Perfect Dark Zero were $60 when they came out. Hmm..

360 games are up to £44.99 in the UK.. I remember the SNES days when Nintendo (initally) charged a whopping £70 for Donkey Kong Country Though that did go down to £60

Nope, they released at $50, but the PDZ limited edition was $60. Maybe you saw that.

YES!!!!!!

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Couldn't have anything to do with April 1st-----could it??

Nah, it's real!!!!

Always hoped they would make this game.

Indeed folks, its the real deal. I look forward to my lady finally picking up a game with me.

More info on Painting with Bob Ross...

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It's legit, folks.