Nintendo's Future

Posted on Thursday 3rd June 2004 at 18:44 by SSJ_Cloud

Officials at Nintendo have reinforced all of their previous statements concerning the company's future in the home console market. Nintendo will unveil the successor to the GameCube at E3 2005.

Yoshihiro Mori, Nintendo's Senior Managing Director, was quoted,"[We] plan to unveil the next-generation console [that will be] succeeding the GameCube at next year's E3 during the spring." Mori continued, "This won't be a continuation, but rather something entirely different."

The console will be worked on under the codename "Revolution."

Source: Games_Are_Fun

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It's good to see that Nintendo is not letting any doubt enter into the question of whether or not it will continue to stick it out in the home console market. Sadly, it appears from Mori's second quote that this "Revolution" will not be backwards compatible with the GameCube. That's just speculation though. Hopefully, it is wrong as backwards compatibility was one the PS2's strongest selling points for me.

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Rangers51	Comment 1: 2004-06-03 19:00
	Quote (SSJ_Cloud @ 3rd June 2004 14:44) Sadly, it appears from Mori's second quote that this "Revolution" will not be backwards compatible with the GameCube. That's always been Nintendo's MO, and it's a shame that they don't seem to be learning from Sony's success with backwards compatibility. It can only help their sales in the long run. Do we know when the first public viewing of PS3 and/or XB2 are supposed to be? It would be interesting to compare what sort of hole Nintendo might be working from, but there's probably too little data.
Sherick	Comment 2: 2004-06-03 19:08
	I'm looking foward to this new console. The Gamecube is certainly one of the best overall systems (X-box beats it olny because it seems so advanced) Nintendo's never had a thing for continuation because it always seems funner to just make a new game of the well-known franshises (Metroid, Mario, Zelda) from brand new ideas, though a style like the PS2 was neat with the ability to play PS1 games.
karasuman	Comment 3: 2004-06-03 19:09
	I agree that Nintendo should start to look into making things backwards-compatible if they want to sell more systems. For one thing, I think people who'd buy the new one anyway would buy it sooner if they know there's already a wide selection of games available. I've heard a lot of speculation that Nintendo is planning to move away from CDs and go back to cartridges, but I don't see how that could possibly be true.
Sephiroth	Comment 4: 2004-06-04 03:26
	Personally the Game Cube is my favorite system so I am greatly looking foward to this new system.
Duo_Dragoon	Comment 5: 2004-06-04 12:07
	Yeah, too bad about backwards compatibility I only bought a Ps2 to play Final fantasy. And it really would help promote sales the only thing that remains the same is teh fact that you can use the TV connection cable with SNES and NES. we learned this after our TV cable for our SNES died.
Ejoty	Comment 6: 2004-06-04 23:38
	Quote (SSJ_Cloud @ 3rd June 2004 13:44) backwards compatibility was one the PS2's strongest selling points for me. Ditto for me. Personally, I feel like Gamecube and XBox more or less just came out, so it bugs me to see Nintendo putting out yet another system, especially one that's not backwards compatible. Maybe it's just because I was younger, but it seems like manufacturers got a lot more out of 8 bit and 16 bit sytems. We all remember the huge jump in graphics, sound, control, and game-length between Super Mario and Super Mario 3. I think that with the amazing capabilities of current systems, it makes more sense to work longer within the current system's confines... but then again, maybe it's just that graphics are simply real enough for me now.... and Nintendo (and the others) want to make money whereas I just want good games, so here we go for really really life-like graphics.
Dark Paladin	Comment 7: 2004-06-06 03:30
	How much more advanced than the GCN will the Revolution be? GCN was the one of its generation to come out last, and the Revolution will be the first of its generation. This era does need backwards-compatibility. Back in the days of cartridges, backwards-compatability was neither necessary nor possible - not only because of cartridge shape and design, but the advances happened in much larger steps and at a less rapid rate. With every new generation, there is always one major technological advancement. In the PSX/N64 generation, console games began being put on CD, and on the PS2/GCN/XBX generation, there is DVD-games and internet connection (Sega's habit of being between generations has put it with these advancements a half-generation prior). What could they possibly add to the next one? If there's nothing new or any kind of advancement, would it really be worth making a new console?
SSJ_Cloud	Comment 8: 2004-06-07 00:03
	Quote (Dark Paladin @ 5th June 2004 22:30) GCN was the one of its generation to come out last, and the Revolution will be the first of its generation. Not neccessarily. They are just "unveiling" the system. I guess only the executives at Nintendo know to what extent that means. It might be a year or even two after E3 2005 before the system sees release. They just "unveiled" the DS at E3 this year and it isn't supposed to be released until at least November or December at the earliest. Who knows which company will be first this time around?
Sephiroth	Comment 9: 2004-06-11 02:03
	Just a comment...Nintendo has made backwards compatible consoles, but it just so happened that the only ones that were were Game Boys, so maybe there is a possiblilty that Nintendo will wise up and make it backwards compatible. Like you said SSJC, Quote They are just "unveiling" the system. I guess only the executives at Nintendo know to what extent that means. It might be a year or even two after E3 2005 before the system sees release. , so it might be alright to assume that they will make changes.
Sherick	Comment 10: 2004-06-14 23:10
	Here's a more describtive cite e http://cube.ign.com/articles/522/522559p1.htm)
Eric	Comment 11: 2004-08-18 20:32
	There is no reason for BigN not to make Revolution backwards compatible. They know it helps sales first hand; GB, GBP, GBC, GBA, GBASP, and so on. Most of us know that unless the old game is REAL good, most of us move on to the new games of the new machine, but backwards compatiblity does effect the choice we make about the console we buy. If we use it or not doesn't matter Nintendo, the simple fact is that if gamers want something, you best give it to them. With a resent sales record like your's, you can't afford not to.
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