Become no. 1 in so much more than just the home console scene. That seems to be Nintendo’s new strategy. Red Herring writes: “It’s exactly what you’d expect the underdog to say. While Microsoft and Sony have amassed more weaponry than Congolese warlords in the coming battle over who will lead the next generation of video game consoles, third-place Nintendo says it is content to let the giants rumble… Nintendo is waiting for its rivals to kill each other.”
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It seems like they might be more likely to kill themselves than each other.The more Nintendo talks about how they're not competing with Sony or Microsoft, the more I tend to believe it just based on how Microsoft and Sony have been handling themselves lately. I have pretty good faith that Nintendo will sell a profitable amount of Revolutions and get plenty of systems in stores upon launch, all at a price that an average gamer is willing to pay.
In my house, we can't afford a HDTV, well, we can but, we don't care enough yet other than watching the Word Cup 2006 in hd for a couple of weeks and that's it. I'm waiting for the HDDVD vs. Blueray thing to finish, which has yet to start. Also there is a lot of choices for HDTVs and technolgies, resolutions, connections, durability, WARRANTY, etc. which one to get that would make the best bang for my money? and then there's the consoles. one isn't released yet. we don't even know the price. The xbox360 seems to not look so good on normal tvs. The Ps3 will probably be the same case. I was pretty happy owning an xbox & gamecube and was thnking about buying a Ps2 to play all those squareenix games, namco's and gran turismo. I'm happy for the way Nintendo is developin the Rev, and I hope they have a great price for the console. maybe in a couple of years I might get a second console and by that time I'm sure we'll know which one is the one to get.
You know, I'm going to sound like a broken record, but I still don't understand the HD controversy: the Xbox AND the GameCube both were capable of 480p resolution aimed at HDTV displays. I will have to double-check on the GameCube, but I do have a composite video cable coming out of it to my EDTV (Enhanced Definition TV), and many games supported it. I will check again as soon as I get my new HDTV this weekend!But, anyway, nobody seemed to care about it when it was available in about half the games in the Xbox and quite a few in the GameCube. What changed since? Or is it all just marketing hype, and gamers don't really care that much about HD?Now, THAT'S a topic I'd like to hear about in the next Infendo Radio show!