Revolution release date revealed?

[rabidrabbit]

The US is the worlds largest gaming market. Explain how it makes more sense not to launch where you will get the most sales.

Why exactly should a device be launched first in the largest market?

To me Nintendo launching first in EU would make some sense, a lot of sense actually.
I bet the reception for the Revolution would be more positive in EU than in NA.
- In NA the first negative would be the lack of HD, in EU it would probably be overlooked more.
- I think EU in general would be more open-minded for the Revolution than NA. This would put a more positive spin in the Revolution launch and a "better first impression" than if it were launched first in NA, where it would be more "ridiculed" (without a reason of course imo)

 

[London Geezer]

Why exactly should a device be launched first in the largest market?

To me Nintendo launching first in EU would make some sense, a lot of sense actually.
I bet the reception for the Revolution would be more positive in EU than in NA.
- In NA the first negative would be the lack of HD, in EU it would probably be overlooked more.
- I think EU in general would be more open-minded for the Revolution than NA. This would put a more positive spin in the Revolution launch and a "better first impression" than if it were launched first in NA, where it would be more "ridiculed" (without a reason of course imo)

Seen how Nintendo have done last time around in Europe i can't think why they would release here first, demand is hardly high, or in any way higher than NA or Japan, where i assume demand for Nintendo hardware and software will always be at its peak.

 

[rabidrabbit]

If they launch in a territory that has no great demand for the console, they can avoid THE SHORTAGES!!! Many points make sense, so many that I'm sure they'll release first in Antarktis.

 

[London Geezer]

If they launch in a territory that has no great demand for the console, they can avoid THE SHORTAGES!!! Many points make sense, so many that I'm sure they'll release first in Antarktis.

Now you're just being silly.

- In NA the first negative would be the lack of HD, in EU it would probably be overlooked more.

Releasing later in the US won't make your supposed "disappointment" any better. In fact, the more they wait, the more the Americans will look at them funny. I mean, release a SD machine in 2006 or in 2007? What's more ridiculous?

- I think EU in general would be more open-minded for the Revolution than NA. This would put a more positive spin in the Revolution launch and a "better first impression" than if it were launched first in NA, where it would be more "ridiculed"

Why would the European be "more open" to Revolution? If anything, it has been shown that European love their Playstations, football and racing games. There is nothing that leads me to think that Europeans would welcome Revolution better than the Japanese (ridiculous to think that would happen) and the Americans. But then again, that was "your opinion without reason" so i can hardly discuss this properly.

 

[rabidrabbit]

Yeah, that was just my "hunch" or "Intuition" don't slap me so hard.
But someone in Nintendo was rumoured to say so, wasn't it? So there must be some reasoning behind that which I just tried to find.

 

[London Geezer]

Yeah, that was just my "hunch" or "Intuition" don't slap me so hard.
But someone in Nintendo was rumoured to say so, wasn't it? So there must be some reasoning behind that which I just tried to find.

Someone rumoured MS would buy Nintendo.
Someone else rumoured that all developers would jump ship to Xbox and PS2 would fail.
Someone else rumoured that X360 had 256GB/s total bandwidth.
Someone else rumoured that the E3 Killzone video was realtime...

 

[rabidrabbit]

Then why is this thread 5 pages long? Should it be just "You're wrong!!" - "No. I'm RIGHT!!!" - "No, WRONG!!" page after page instead of trying to find what could be behind those rumours?

 

[dopefishzzz]

DVDs run at 480p (or 480i if you have an old player), and still look 1000000 times better than anything that will come out of next gen consoles. Whether they output crazy resolutions or not.

My point is, it all depends on what's being shown. And crazy levels of AA also help i guess.

A movie with motion blur is not the same as a fixed res game.

My computer is connected to my HDTV as my main gaming monitor, and I can tell you, that 640 X 480 in a game on my panel is plain ugly. Even with 8xAA.

 

[London Geezer]

Then why is this thread 5 pages long? Should it be just "You're wrong!!" - "No. I'm RIGHT!!!" - "No, WRONG!!" page after page instead of trying to find what could be behind those rumours?

... I thought that WAS how this thread was going. Much like all other threads more or less.

 

[Rodéric]

Blah!