IGN are checking they’re Revolution sources again, and this time they say Revolution SDKs are selling for about $2,000, which is thousands of dollars cheaper than PSP development, believe it or not. They weren’t kidding about that whole low dev cost thing.
IGN Revolution spoke to 6 studios around the globe for further details on the kits. They’ve said that 3 revisions of the kits have been sent out thus far, with minor tweaks and boosts in power accounting for the 3 versions. Bigger publishers might already have more advanced kits in their possession. Soon, pubs like EA or Ubisoft will get an official fourth prototype SDK to get their projects ready for the big show in May, E3. The final kits are expected to ship around June time.
On a related tip, n-Space is working on a secret Revolution title and rumor has it that Insomniac Games (Ratchet & Clank series) might be making a PS3 game that’ll get a Rev port. So you know.
[Via Joystiq]
vakerorokero
I guess this is the story of the week. Keep it up Nintendo.
morningstarrising
Nintendo+cheap Dev kits+Sundance Type Gaming fest= Awesome new talent and Revolution games…
It makes perfect fusion of trying to open the market to a new class of gamers…
morningstarrising
…And finding the next Shigeru Miyamoto, who after all, wasn’t exactly a game designer at first and created most of the classic games we know by himself….
DeAngelo Guillory
Cheaper than PSP and more powerful than it as well.
Nintendo knows how to pull a John K. and defy the laws of budget.
Wai-Tung Leung
Well seeing how it’s coming from IGN, it’s probably true.
Not only is it important that these dev units are cheap to buy and work on, but it’s equally important that we now know developers have had these kits for quite a while now, in fact 3 revisions!
It will be an advantage for Nintendo to have a strong and plentiful start up titles as it will be important for attracting the fools.. soz I mean beta.. soz I mean early adopters who buy it. Hopefully they’ll have enough development time to wow us at E3!! 😀
Anonymous
soz?
David
“final kits are expected to ship around June”
So that means the earliest we’ll see the Revolution released is early Fall?
Looking like it’s on target for a November release.
DeAngelo Guillory
“final kits are expected to ship around June”
So that means the earliest we’ll see the Revolution released is early Fall?
Looking like it’s on target for a November release.
If anything developers who wish to make any tweaks prior to launch can use the final development kits. Since launch titles and smaller studios have less to worry on graphics, Kits 3 or 4 could very well work for getting their games out whereas Final Kits are used to games FOLLOWING launch.