Topic: First Revolution Picture!

[Mike_Tyson]

90 minutes till what, the page says the conference starts in three and a half hours

[Savior]

It doesnt have Memory Card slots right? thats interesting.  

[couchmonkey]

Yay, pictures that PROVE that it's ugly and boring.  I do like the blue strip, otherwise, it makes me sad.  I feel like I'm looking at...nothing.  I can't even come up with a comparison to describe how boring it is.  Comparisons to zip drives come close.  Meh.  As I said in the talkback thread, at least it won't offend anyone.  I'd rather have a boring system design that sells than an interesting one that scares casual gamers away from Nintendo's outstanding games.

As for graphics, I'll wait until I actually see some game footage to judge, but I do think Nintendo is being foolish to actually go with the "power isn't everything" stance.  There's no reason to say that.  Here's a clue, Nintendo: If it's really less powerful than the others, just shut up.  If it's not, call the others on their lies.

[Artimus]

I still don't see how it's anymore boring than anything else? No video game systems or electronic devices are any more 'interesting'. It's sleek and smooth. That's what a box should be.

The conference starts at 12PM EST. The Nintendo counter is off by 2 hours.

[Arbok]

Well, perhaps Nintendo does have the right idea... if the system is very inexpensive, I think I might be willing to take that hit in power myself. Have to see though.

[Dryden]

Man... high res = sexy.  That's a nice looking black box.

You know... reflecting on the tiny press snippet, the whole "download all past gen systems' game onto the Revolution" thing falls right into Nintendo's protection of their property.  Basically, they created an all-in-one emulator that plays on your TV - that sure beats out downloading SNES games onto a PC, legal or not.  Really - that's enough of a reason for me to pre-order one now.  In fact... that service alone could cut into Sony's lead considerably.  Even hardcore PS fans could justify buying a second system for the old-school games... then pick up a Zelda or a Mario along the way...

Here's hoping Rare / Square-Enix / Silicon Knights games are made available too.

[Caliban]

OMG! Freaking awesome! I love the design. At first I couldn't say much about the first Revolution photo that came out because it was so small, but now that I have seen those high-res photos...0__________0 (that's one big grin). And look at the size of that thing, when you see that hand holding it it just looks so much better than holding it with two hands i.e. ps3/xbox360. I also like that Nintendo might keep Revolution as the official name.

Edit: Oh so we will be able to download old games, and there are no memory card slots in sight...so does that mean it has a Hard-Drive?!

Edit: I'd wish that Nintendo logo on the side was in red instead of all shine-black.

[Lemon]

OMG! The Revolution can make discs hover in the air! It really is self-loading!!
It's a Revolution!

Personally I think this is the sleekest, most beautiful console I have ever seen.
and I'm taking that 2-3x quote from Perrin as stupid humbleness, exactly the same as when Nintendo stated the polygon performance at the gamecube launch.
I'll wait until I see some actual specs before I start to weep about it.

[Mike_Tyson]

Maybe the HDD is external or attachs to the unit itself somehow I don't see anywhere the unit would have a HDD bay, the size of the unit actually scares me to be honest, makes me wonder how they'll pack in lots of hardware to compete with Sony and MS, on a positive note the power pack might not be in the Revolution itself so that could shrink it.  

[Artimus]

I agree with Caliban: the one thing it needs it s the Nintendo logo to be coloured. Normally the use red, but blue might match better

I agree

It looks hideously dull. When I saw it my heart sank.

However, we have seen nothing of games, nor "revolutionary" features so I haven't lost hope yet

[Fro]

If it's using a laptop-size hard drive, it'll easily fit... those run about 4" by 3.5"

[Artimus]

And btw, can we all rejoice that Nintendo finally made a system that doesn't look plastic!

[thame^]

If you think it's boring, well, you could always fill that big empty black area with stickers!

Personally, I think this is the best looking console yet.  I'm relieved, actually, because when they started talking about how 'sleek' it was, it just reminded me of the DS and how they said it was sleek too.. which, in my opinion, it wasn't.  At all.

However, I'm seriously worried about the innards of this thing.  If it's going to be this vastly inferior to the PS3 and Xbox 360, it's doomed from the start.  That is, unless Nintendo's figured out how to make pigs fly.  I'll buy it, you'll buy it, but the general public simply won't go for the weakest console.  Even if it is the sexiest ;-)

[couchmonkey]

Size does not equal power.  Ever heard of Professor Frink? "I predict that within 100 years, computers will be twice as powerful, ten thousand times larger, and so expensive that only the five richest kings of Europe will own them."

To me, the design is not bad, but it is boring.  Previous Nintendo consoles gave me the feeling that they wanted to be played with.  Perhaps it was the whole "toyish" aspect of them.  If I see a GameCube sitting around with power off, I feel like I should go turn it on and start playing.  When I see a PS2 with power on, I feel like it's wasting electricity like my VCR or PC.  That's not to knock on the games, either, there are a ton of games I'd love to play on the PS2.  It just doesn't look like fun, and neither does this.  The blue light is the only hint that there might be something fun to play with here.

Anyway, it doesn't matter in the big picture.  This will go over much better than GameCube with the general public, which means it was a smart design choice, I just don't like it personally.

[Caliban]

Artimus> Yes we can! *Leaps in rejoice*

I don't think I can hold it much more of this excitment and I have to go soon to university just to do a 2 hour exam, I think I will do it in an hour LOL.  

[Karny]

It could have a sd card slot in the back?

Oh and w00t for the Revolution!

[OptimusPrime]

Anyone considering that the Revolution will beat the crap out of the X360 and the PS3 when comes down to efficientcy (sorry for any bad spelling). That's what Nintendo aims at first, making a as afficient as possible console. That's why the GC was such a powermachine, because it was so bloody efficient in what it does.
Remeber, superior technique beats superior power anytime.

[Spak-Spang]

I like the new system look.  A couple of things.  It will fit perfect anywhere flat.  But I also like the stand that it has that raises it to a slight angle.  It adds some flash to the vertical position.

Overall the system looks sexy, and most importantly it looks like Nintendo has learned its lessons from last generation.

I also do not put too much stock in the 2 to 3 times more powerful.  Nintendo doesn't just power by the normal technical view we do.  I think Nintendo judges it by what the new system can do compared the the Gamecube.

So 2 to 3 times more powerful games wise is quite different than 2 to 3 times tech wise.

I wonder how Nintendo will prevent piracy with downloading game content.  The only thing I can think of is either having a virtual harddrive, or the games have code that expire and require you to re-download.  I don't see Nintendo allowing us to have free games either.  Perhaps Nintendo will use the old game downloads to fund online access for multiplayer games and such.  

Hopefully, Nintendo will be smart enough to go back and recode some of the games to include online play.  Like Goldeneye for instance.  

[mantidor]

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Originally posted by: thame^ That is, unless Nintendo's figured out how to make pigs fly.  I'll buy it, you'll buy it, but the general public simply won't go for the weakest console.  Even if it is the sexiest ;-)

Then how the hell the ps2 sold much more than xbox and GC combined!!??

[Savior]

If you can DL games... it has to have a built in HD... big one too...

the mac mini has a HD so i dont see the problem

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hen how the hell the ps2 sold much more than xbox and GC combined!!??

Once Rockstar has Revolutin dev kits then we will talk

[blackfootsteps]

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Originally posted by: Spak-Spang

Hopefully, Nintendo will be smart enough to go back and recode some of the games to include online play.  Like Goldeneye for instance.

That's wishful thinking there!

I agree with your other points about pay-for-games type plans. It's definately a great sweetener along with the fact that online play will be free (has this been 100% confirmed for Rev?).

[Mike_Tyson]

GTA has already been announced as a PS3 launch title, available on the day the PS3 launchs, chances are its exclusive, MGS is already exclusive and an exclusive FF title is on the way.

[Pale]

Power was never an issue before MS came into things...  They say things and consumers just bend over in anticipation.  Look at the N64 / PSX days...  other than FMV capacity, the N6 blew the PSX out of the water....

That is why MS is bad for the industry, because for some reason everything they say is taken as gospel by everyone... media, consumers, gods, etc.

[nitsu niflheim]

Well, it going to have to have some kind of mass storage right?  I mean games like Super Mario Sunshine are not small and unless memory cards are going to be very large in storage size, then...