Revolution release date revealed?

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To make things even more interesting...

Nintendo will ship the Revolution console in June of 2006, it was revealed to SPOnG overnight, with technology and manufacturing partners letting slip Nintendo’s plans for a shock global launch.

It was thought that Nintendo would keep with tradition and deliver a staggered home console launch, with the US following Japan, and Europe keeping up the rear, as it were. This will not be the case. Rising to the challenge set by Microsoft’s Xbox 360, all territories will see launch within a month. A global roll-out with Japan, the US and Europe seeing hardware in the same day is thought highly unlikely.

“As of early October this year, we had agreed with all key partners that a global ship date of June 2006 was achievable,†said one of SPOnG 's several sources associated with the Revolution manufacturing process. “Nintendo will get the launch in Japan and America and Europe as close as possible. It will be like the Xbox 360 launch, only tighter.â€

“Everyone at Nintendo in all territories is now focusing on a global launch in June of next year,†another highly-placed source told us yesterday afternoon, under terms of anonymity. “The European launch might slip into July, but that’s it. Everyone at Nintendo has been briefed for this date and the official release schedule everyone is working to shows Revolution down for June 2006; this is simply a matter of fact.â€
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More http://news.spong.com/detail/news.asp?prid=9244&cb=0.7055475
 
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Wow, if true Nintendo must be *pissed* that this news was let slip! But, that being said - awesome!
 
pipo said:
:LOL:

Spong has a pretty good track record when it comes to Nintendo rumors though...
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as bad as they are they did know about the gameboy micro and that the revolution controller would be show at tgs.

although, maybe its just me remembering what they got right and selectively forgeting what they got wrong.

i hope this is true.
 
well IF this is true then it's good news for MS as sony and ninty will be battling it out during the same timespan.
 
Dunno how true that is. The main concern is long-term supply. If Nintendo release with 1 million in each region and PS3 launches with 3 million in Japan, Sony will be able to keep supplying Japan while Revolutions are spread throughout the rest of the world. Then 6 months later when supply has ramped up the smallish installed base in other countries won't matter as much as how quickly units are sold.

Or to look at it another way, what's the advantage to launching worldwide? If you can fabricate n million units, why is it better to spread those around the world then concentrate them in one market? How much impact will 2 million units (of Revolution or XB360) in the EU have if PS3 launches there later? I can only think of keeping the software developers happy, who aren't going to be pleased to write software for a home market on a machine that isn't launching. How likely is that scenario? Are Ninja Theory developing HS only to have it finished and waiting a year to be launched outside of Japan?
 
I think he was referring to the global launch...

Which I think is a tricky subject. IMHO it's the best scenario, but it only matters when they're able to ship significant numbers of course.

And as long as we're talking Japan, the DS proved that software titles still make all the difference.
 
Well, Nintendo went a somewhat similar route with the DS launch, and that seemed to pan out for them. Certainly to me it at least sounds plausible, and with foreign markets as important as they are to Nintendo's bottom-line (despite lagging the other consoles in penetration), I could envision Nintendo moving to a worldwide launch model. Again they really set the bar for such anyway with the DS, despite the Euro-lag. If the components are of the system are as inexpensive as has been rumored, meeting volume demands shouldn't be too difficult.

Anyway, if it's in Spong it's no more or less newsworthy than if it's anywhere else - it's not like Spong tries to deceive afterall. :p
 
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Well, Nintendo went a somewhat similar route with the DS launch, and that seemed to pan out for them.
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That's an interesting analogy. We have DS vs. PSP, one with a global launch and one with regional launches, including a protracted delay until a UK release. How much did DS trump PSP because of this? To my mind, it didn't. People who would buy DS bought regardless. People who bought PSP bought regardless. It's not like people wanting PSP but waiting decided to get DS instead.

Now of course DS and PSP are quite different platforms. Certainly more diverse than the next-gen consoles in what they offer. And I'm sure some people just wanting some portble gameplay saw DS before PSP was released and maybe bought DS where, if PSP had been on the shelves at the same time, may have gone with the PSP instead. But I think such people are the extreme minority, and when these consoles launch and the people buying are early adopters, they all know what they want and will buy it regardless. I don't think anyone in the EU waiting for PS3 will buy the competitors if PS3 takes too long to appear. The only people who'lldo that are undecided, and these people don't usually make up the launch.first year buyers from what I understand.

Seeing also have MS have said they may well have chosen differently to a worldwide launch if they 'knew what they were getting into' this is an intersting (if true) direction for Nintendo to take. I'm not sure what they'd hope to get out of the extra effort (as MS testifies to) involved.
 
From Nintendo's hotline:

PGC said:
Nintendo of America's game counseling hotline, the Nintendo Power Line (425-885-7529), also features news on upcoming games and systems. If you listen to the current version of their news section, you can select an option to hear about the next-generation Revolution console. It features an introduction that contains a very interesting piece of information. Here's a word-for-word transcript:

"As the company with the strongest heritage of innovation, Nintendo moves the bar for all next-gen systems by employing a wide-ranging strategy that will attract more kinds of gamers to more kinds of games. When Nintendo's new console, codenamed Revolution, arrives in the later half of 2006, everyone will discover the meaning of all-access gaming."
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http://www.planetgamecube.com/news.cfm?action=item&id=6587

So SPONG could be right, (for the first time! I guess the universe will collapse soon)
 
hupfinsgack said:
So SPONG could be right, (for the first time! I guess the universe will collapse soon)
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except that June is in the first half of 2006..., but offcourse they could still be right if it comes out in June.
 
Pretending that SPoNG has a clue... is this a good thing? I mean yeah, worldwide is nice, but in June that could put them up against a Sony launch, and while I love Nintendo... realisically, that's not exactly a safe situation for them. You don't go up against the King unless you've got an angry mob behind you, and I don't see any reason to dethrone Sony at the moment.
 
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