Nintendo’s “Revolution” Console

By Jim on October 12th, 2004

Some interesting dish about this that Nintendo fans might be interested in but nothing in the way of specs on the machine.

Nintendo of America’s charismatic VP of sales and marketing Reggie Fils-Aime has confirmed that the company is aiming to launch its next home console in the same timeframe as Sony’s PS3, and attacked Microsoft’s “rush” to the next generation.

“Our focus is this: we will bring Revolution to the marketplace roughly at the same time as the competition,” Fils-Aime told US website IGN. “We are driving our timetables based on what we believe Sony will do.”

While Nintendo may be watching Sony to work out when to jump on the next generation, the company is less sold on Microsoft’s approach. “Not that I want to ignore the Xbox,” Fils-Aime qualified, “but certainly we believe that a rush to a new system is a mistake.”

Still, it’s interesting to know that the code name of the new console will be “Revolution” and that Nintendo is carefully shadowing Sony’s moves in the marketplace.

I hate to admit this since I’ve said that I probably won’t buy another console again (I play mostly on the PC these days) but I am interested in seeing what they come up with. Improved hardware, as he pointed out, will only take you so far.

Nintendo seems to have the right attitude about developing a new console but can they get past existing franchises and come up with stuff that is fresh and that doesn’t rely on what they’ve done in the past? That’s what I want to see…