254
« on: March 29, 2006, 06:23:38 PM »
I'm sorry if I sound negative, but it seems Nintendo despite all their efforts to fix what was wrong with GCN (no online, FisherPrice lunchbox aesthetics, and a controller that was only different from the competition's in that it was an eye sore and had fewer buttons) are screwing up what worked best about the hardware; it competed graphically with the Xbox. And though GCN's CPU was of lower mhz compared to Xbox's, the GCN CPU was able to make a pass and a half for every single one the Pentium could. This time though things are more level in the way of ATI and IBM making the chips in both consoles. Looking at the specs of 360 and Revolution this time will actually give a fair comparison, in theory.
It just bugs the hell out of me that Nintendo is not only not supporting HD, they have admited its affects on gameplay by saying they will support it with a future system (reminds me of their arrogance about online with GCN), they are a year late, there has been no confirmation of even an optional first party hard drive, and they still do not match the 360 in specs and raw graphical effects. The source claims it is "unlikely the GPU will feature any added shaders."
In my eye, lighting effects as opposed to pixel ratios are the most prolific change from the previous generation of hardware, and Nintendo is penching pennies and brushing both off like they do hoping it will all just go away. That last secret better be awesome; it better not be some g!mmick like: it can broadcast the audio and video signals to TVs wirelessly or it comes with a small 480p screen.
The 360 has around five times the RAM of Revolution, and honestly the only game on 360 that has my attention because of graphics is Gears of War; judging from how I feel about 360's graphics, I'm not expecting to be wowed by Nintendo's "next gen" visuals. It just speaks to me that once again three years after the system comes out I am going to be asking myself when is the next time Nintendo is going to release a game, a game I am interested in, because I'm not buying a third party half raw feature-raped port.
Now Nintendo I predict is moving Zelda to Revolution for launch, it must have been doing it all along; there isn’t much difference between the hardware specs anyways so it can’t be that much work.
Show Posts
