Author Topic: IGN Promises Rev Specs: Evening 3/29/06 (Read 95107 times)

trip1eX · « **Reply #200 on:** April 02, 2006, 02:54:17 PM »

Those are the specs. Maybe the gpu and cpu will have an improved architecture and will push the Rev solidly into the 2-3x as powerful range, but that's about it.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #201 on:** April 02, 2006, 03:27:50 PM »

I will solidly not buy a Nintendo home console core package at launch with a price tag over US$200 (excluding games/accessories). Give me the most FUN MACHINE for my RUPEE, Nintendo.

The controllers are probably X-PENSIVE.

MysticGohan · « **Reply #202 on:** April 02, 2006, 03:59:19 PM »

Looks like we've may of been right of Matt's April Fools, http://boards.ign.com/revolution_lobby/b8270/114094670/p1/?21

Apparently it's from the video IGN did the otherday, in one segment Peer was talking to matt about the Rev specs, both have been letting out a snicker or two, Behind Matt Cassamia is a a sheet of paper with writting on it, if you look closely it say April Fools something about Revolution etc. So apparently this was indeed and Joke on matt's part, and those specs are Fake.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #203 on:** April 02, 2006, 04:05:40 PM »

April Fools is not about March 31st Jackasses.

Can't even do things on the correct date, sheesh.

Guitar Smasher · « **Reply #204 on:** April 02, 2006, 04:41:45 PM »

Frankly, that IGN video stuff does little to change my judgment. I'm just don't understand how IGN can be the only ones to post the specs, even after 3 days.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #205 on:** April 02, 2006, 04:45:13 PM »

IGN doesn't normally update on Saturdays, and to do an update on saturday would be a dead give away. I still refuse to believe that those specs could have even been plausible.

here are the 3 of the clearset pics that someone else already captured

It says "1. April Fools Revolution Tech Specs Story"

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Originally posted by: BlackNMild2k1 Wed March 29, 2006 10:14 PM
APRIL FOOLZ!!!!!!

I can't believe you all fell for it. hahahah Matt got you all, on an early april fools joke!!! haha its a joke........ right?

MysticGohan · « **Reply #206 on:** April 02, 2006, 04:50:15 PM »

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April Fools is not about March 31st Jackasses.

Can't even do things on the correct date, sheesh.

heh, they normally don't update on fridays, go fig:P

Artimus · « **Reply #207 on:** April 02, 2006, 04:54:56 PM »

If it is April Fools then it's stupider than people who think it is April fools. The story was posted March 29, which is no excuse for the 'April 1 is Saturday' thing.

It's not fake.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #208 on:** April 02, 2006, 05:09:01 PM »

Artimus, I have already explained why they would start their April Fools joke on Thursday.

If you want the story to spread and increase weekend traffic you would need to post the story b4 the weekend. If he waited until Saturday to post the Fake Rev Specs then nobody would heve believed him and the story wouldn't have gotten much attention.

This way he gets everyone on the internet in an uproar(this thread is how many pages long?), everyone talking about Matt C. & IGN, and everyone checking IGN over the weekend to validate the info. Not to mention this will also advertise their new weekly internet show.

You've been had, get over it, hold your head up high, no one is gonna think less of you for falling for an early April Fools joke, alot of people did, so you're not alone.

MysticGohan · « **Reply #209 on:** April 02, 2006, 05:29:17 PM »

See this is why we're so gosu, we're snuffing this one out

Pale · « **Reply #210 on:** April 02, 2006, 05:41:37 PM »

Can I lock this garbage?

MysticGohan · « **Reply #211 on:** April 02, 2006, 05:42:49 PM »

do you want or have to? and for what reason? We are well into the madness... there's no going back:P

atleast we know Matts Crazy

Artimus · « **Reply #212 on:** April 02, 2006, 05:57:41 PM »

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Originally posted by: BlackNMild2k1
Artimus, I have already explained why they would start their April Fools joke on Thursday.

If you want the story to spread and increase weekend traffic you would need to post the story b4 the weekend. If he waited until Saturday to post the Fake Rev Specs then nobody would heve believed him and the story wouldn't have gotten much attention.

This way he gets everyone on the internet in an uproar(this thread is how many pages long?), everyone talking about Matt C. & IGN, and everyone checking IGN over the weekend to validate the info. Not to mention this will also advertise their new weekly internet show.

You've been had, get over it, hold your head up high, no one is gonna think less of you for falling for an early April Fools joke, alot of people did, so you're not alone.

There's no such thing as an "early April Fools joke." If this story isn't true then it should be called what it is: a lie. And Matt should be fired.

MysticGohan · « **Reply #213 on:** April 02, 2006, 06:05:56 PM »

Wouldn't be the first time this has been done by Matt and Co. What's new? I expect no less here. It's typical IGN affair.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #214 on:** April 02, 2006, 06:30:57 PM »

I thought IGN normally updated on weekdays. In other words they update on Friday. So if you're going to post an April Fools joke prior to April Fools what sort of moron would post it on Thursday instead of Friday? The logic for doing so is STUPID regardless of how you present it. If the specs are an April Fools joke Matt is an idiot who has no idea how reality works.

In comedy timing is everything. So pulling an April Fools prank two days before April Fools isn't funny or clever or anything but dumb.

"Ha ha. I fooled you with reasonably believable information two days prior to the one day of the year where you suspect everything is a prank. What a genius trickster I am."

I'm going to pull a April Fools joke in November. No one would EVER guess if I did it then.

Artimus · « **Reply #215 on:** April 02, 2006, 06:32:06 PM »

This is not a typical IGN affair. Name one previous example where they posted a news story that was a flat-out lie and then kept it going for four days (minimum).

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #216 on:** April 02, 2006, 06:42:21 PM »

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Originally posted by: Pale
Can I lock this garbage?

please lock it, and leave it on the curb for the garbage man too.

Some people can't accept that they have been had by a stupid prank just because it was pulled before they would have expected it to be pulled(which is probably why it was done that way in the first place). Get over it.

The joke is over with now and this discussion should be too.

Artimus · « **Reply #217 on:** April 02, 2006, 08:02:08 PM »

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Originally posted by: Pale
Can I lock this garbage?
please lock it, and leave it on the curb for the garbage man too.

Some people can't accept that they have been had by a stupid prank just because it was pulled before they would have expected it to be pulled(which is probably why it was done that way in the first place). Get over it.

The joke is over with now and this discussion should be too.

There still isn't proof this is a joke...At best there's a very blurry video that even if it does say what people think, still doesn't prove this is a hoax.

Let's not forget a whole mailbag and video-section were devoted to this. Let's also keep in mind that if these specs are significantly lower than the real ones then Nintendo would NOT be impressed. And considering Matt's close ties to Nintendo, it just makes no logical sense.

It seems to me people just don't want to accept that these ARE real, which ALL the facts point to as being true.

wandering · « **Reply #218 on:** April 02, 2006, 08:22:09 PM »

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There still isn't proof this is a joke...At best there's a very blurry video that even if it does say what people think, still doesn't prove this is a hoax.

Right. The video could be the thing that's a joke. Especially since it also mentions VR and such, which ign never reported on.

The one thing that makes me think the specs could be the joke is the fact that the mods on the ign forums forced all discussion of the rev specs into one thread. Now, in your average (good) forum, that wouldn't be unusual, but, on ign, having 20 different threads on the same topic is pretty standard.

...Dunno. Just seemed suspicious.

Artimus · « **Reply #219 on:** April 02, 2006, 08:27:14 PM »

If you ask me, there's other far more likely candidates in that video. Matt says we might see games before E3, for example.

MysticGohan · « **Reply #220 on:** April 02, 2006, 08:52:33 PM »

I somehow doubt that would be an april fools joke, it's been hinted at for a long time now, I doubt that's the joke.

IceCold · « **Reply #221 on:** April 02, 2006, 09:27:25 PM »

And he said something about the DS Lite or Brain Training being on Oprah..

MysticGohan · « **Reply #222 on:** April 02, 2006, 09:32:22 PM »

Indeed he did, weither that happens remains to be seen, But I'm going with the Rev specs, due to that sheet of paper behind him. Get a close look at it you'll see April Fools, to do list. Rev specs is one of them, but we'll see soon enough

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #223 on:** April 02, 2006, 09:33:54 PM »

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And he said something about the DS Lite or Brain Training being on Oprah..

That is a genious idea, and one that Nintendo already has in motion. If they want to capture the Non-gamer & the female market, Oprah has the 30+ female crowd brainwashed. All she has to do is demonstrate it on the show and that would = 1+ million sold that week.

Mario · « **Reply #224 on:** April 02, 2006, 09:34:15 PM »

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And he said something about the DS Lite or Brain Training being on Oprah..

That would be the smartest thing NOA has ever done, which makes it hard for me to believe this..

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Author Topic: IGN Promises Rev Specs: Evening 3/29/06 (Read 95107 times)