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Thanks for the tip.
No problem, glad to help.
BTW 1up are saying that "Nintendo will reveal the full details on Revolution later today"
Hopefully they mean that and its not just a throw away line about the E3 conference.
http://1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3140623
I appreciate the effort (certainly over the Cube's design which was "cute and compact" but rather uninspired and toy-like), but I have to agree with the general thrust of Joe's comments here. Just looking like a glossy DVD drive doesn't quite cut it. It needs at least ONE more unique detail to really give it some distinction.
And no, I don't believe it needs to be "curvy" to be "sleek" either. But it needs some distinction. Myself, I'd have been intrigued if it kept the sharp corners but designed the case as more of an angular parallelogram than a straight-up rectangle. Or alternatively, lit up the interior with the same light you see peeking out the rom drive, and had the lines you see on the case edges be transparent or semi-transparent to let it seep through. Give it a bit of an electric/futuristic feel without it having to be enormous, curvalicious, or have a peculiar distinction.
It WOULD like to see them push something more than "normal, but glossy!" though.
And no, I don't believe it needs to be "curvy" to be "sleek" either. But it needs some distinction. Myself, I'd have been intrigued if it kept the sharp corners but designed the case as more of an angular parallelogram than a straight-up rectangle. Or alternatively, lit up the interior with the same light you see peeking out the rom drive, and had the lines you see on the case edges be transparent or semi-transparent to let it seep through. Give it a bit of an electric/futuristic feel without it having to be enormous, curvalicious, or have a peculiar distinction.
It WOULD like to see them push something more than "normal, but glossy!" though.
cthellis42 said:
Yeah they could've added thin transparent acryilic pieces where the lines run around the side panels would be cool with a couple extra LEDs to light it. The side edges would look better if they were slighly beveled like the bottom front. It's still a sleek design nonetheless just not too unique.
I agree it could always look better, so could PS3 and 360, but it definitely still looks really nice AFAICS, its simple and sleek and I love the blue glow (that'll look lovely in a dark room 
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All I'm concerned about now are specs, if they get the power right it can be a major system next gen IMO.
).All I'm concerned about now are specs, if they get the power right it can be a major system next gen IMO.
i think it looks very nice...
definately the best out of the three if you ask me... although the size has me worried. it is literally so tiny that it cannot possibly be able to pack anywhere near the hardware that sony or ms is packing without some "tardis" like space-time anomoly.
i know it's all about the games and revolutionary ways of playing them, but it'd be good to have some real grunt to back it up - especially after the rumoured leaked specs that actually made it appear more powerful than the x360.
let's just say that if this thing even approaches the capabilities of the other 2 i will bow down and worship the nintendo designers as true "gods of cramming"
definately the best out of the three if you ask me... although the size has me worried. it is literally so tiny that it cannot possibly be able to pack anywhere near the hardware that sony or ms is packing without some "tardis" like space-time anomoly.
i know it's all about the games and revolutionary ways of playing them, but it'd be good to have some real grunt to back it up - especially after the rumoured leaked specs that actually made it appear more powerful than the x360.
let's just say that if this thing even approaches the capabilities of the other 2 i will bow down and worship the nintendo designers as true "gods of cramming"
I have heard that XBox 360 and PS3 include a power supply inside the system, if that's correct then that can make up for some of the difference. The rest could be a super slim DVD drive and maybe lower clocked GPU/CPU with a PPU in there to assist along with that special NEC cooling system. But yeah I am a little worried about the specs. Though when you consider how big GC was compared to XBox that makes me feel a bit better
Joe DeFuria
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cthellis42 said:
You just "don't get it", I guess.
Liquid nitrogen cooling system and this might actually have better hardware than the other 2.
Looks ok.
Maybe a bit too plain and unimaginative for my taste.
It lacks that "something" that makes a minimalistic design a true classic instead of just a simple clean unobtrusive design, which this is imo.
A bit too much like a regular PC CD/DVD drive with glossier finish.
A bit too boring really.
Lacks that something that "grows on you".
Better than xbox360 and a close second to PS3. The small size of Revolution and the bulkierness of PS3 put them quite close to another.
If the Revolution were twise as big it wouldn't bee near as good looking anymore, but instead it'd look like a cheap dvd player.
The size does matter.
Maybe a bit too plain and unimaginative for my taste.
It lacks that "something" that makes a minimalistic design a true classic instead of just a simple clean unobtrusive design, which this is imo.
A bit too much like a regular PC CD/DVD drive with glossier finish.
A bit too boring really.
Lacks that something that "grows on you".
Better than xbox360 and a close second to PS3. The small size of Revolution and the bulkierness of PS3 put them quite close to another.
If the Revolution were twise as big it wouldn't bee near as good looking anymore, but instead it'd look like a cheap dvd player.
The size does matter.
london-boy said:
i can just see it now... lots of little kids freezing their hands off trying to refill their cooling sytem with the "nintendo approved" canisters of liquid nitrogen.
like i say, if they can pull of some seriously competative hardware in such a small box, they truly are miraculous wizards of packaging. not too long till we find out i guess!
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