[Definitive] Nintendo Wii Thread

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

that's still kinda ugly.. but its not bad... i dont see why its just a big square box :|

ohh ya.. now i know why.. because NINTENDO made it. all there systems following this one, has been blocky LOL

[American Ninja]

Their confrence should start aytime now :)

[jerry]

The link is not live on Gamespot.

[Ji@nBing]

Be out of business?  :laugh:

If something goes horribly, horribly wrong, they can still develop. And they still have the GameBoy. Out of business is taking it a bit far, buddy.

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Out of buisness in the home console market. Can anyone say Sega?

[Eli]

N64 wasn't REALLY blocky....it had some curves....

Plus blocks are the best choice for TV units. Everything is made out of squares these days. Just look around your room (and at your TV, VCR, DVD Player, Movies, etc). Everything is boxy...

[Gamenews]

Has the conference been delayed? There is still an hour to go on the countdown timer.

[-Dave-]

from clubskill.com:

"UPDATE (16:18 GMT): The console will take the name of "Revolution" or "RS" (Revolution System) and will come shipped with a wireless pad. The amount of wireless pads the system can handle is unconfirmed. Apparently, in contradiction to our earlier update, the console will be around the same measure of power as the PS3. It will come equipped with online from launch day.

Announcements of exclusive RS games from SEGA and Capcom will be in the next hours."

[Berto]

looks interesting, zelda should b awesome on this pup :cool:

(still, they better release the new zelda on the gc and not push it on over to the revolution- it's why i bought my gc damnit! lol)

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Ditto!

I've wanted, naye, lusted over a new Zelda adventure. With all that is possible on the Cube, I've been patiently waiting for Zelda and Mario. I know Sunshine has been out for a while, but it doesn't appeal to me.

Well, according to my clock, I'm on a break at school and thought I'd drop in to check on any Revolution news. Should the Nintendo confrence have started already?

:unsure:

[Gamenews]

Out of buisness in the home console market. Can anyone say Sega?

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Can anyone say nintendo makes more profits than both MS and Sony in gaming industry?

Can anyone say you are clueless and don't know what you are talking about?

[Ji@nBing]

I wish they would hurry it up. I'm dying to see what Nintendo has in store for us.

[mattmatik]

from clubskill.com:

Apparently, in contradiction to our earlier update, the console will be around the same measure of power as the PS3.

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Holy ****e, if that is true...

<crosses fingers> Please let the controller be good, please let the controller be good.

[username]

somebody post a stream link

[Ji@nBing]

Can anyone say nintendo makes more profits than both MS and Sony in gaming industry?

Can anyone say you are clueless and don't know what you are talking about?

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Hate to tell ya, but Nintendo lost the last 2 rounds of the console wars.

[Trauma]

Hate to tell ya, but Nintendo lost the last 2 rounds of the console wars.

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Still they make more profits. Look it up. :)

[Gamenews]

Hate to tell ya, but Nintendo lost the last 2 rounds of the console wars.

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Lost what? In business world, when you make more money than your competitors, it means you won.

Selling consoles and losing money on them is not a declaration of victory my friend. Why do you think MS is so eagerly want to get rid of the xbox.

[Laughing-Man]

Hate to tell ya, but Nintendo lost the last 2 rounds of the console wars.

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How so, profits or units sold-wise?

- Nintendo made a profit with the GameCube

- Playstation 2's made a profit, but its profit was cancelled out by the companies other divisions

- MS lost billions

- Playstation 2 sold the most units by far in all areas of the world (approx 80 million)

- Nintendo GameCube sold in all areas of the world (approx 19 million)

- Xbox was successful in North America, but not other areas of the world. (approx 20 million)

[TheLegendOfMart]

yeah, i don't know how anyone could ever even play a game with it

change your avatar, its over 30K

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Sarcastic child.

The avatar stays till an admin tells me to change it, not some sad wannabe like you, no ones said anything about it for the weeks that ive had it.

[Eli]

Nintendo didn't sell as many consoles but made tons O' Money from what I remember hearing.

Xbox was opposite. They sold tons but lost tons o money.

[Gamenews]

The seventeen companies in the report reported fiscal 2004 revenue of $24.5 billion, down 3% from fiscal 2003.  So far fiscal 2005 revenue is up 3%.  The four leading companies, Sony, Nintendo, Electronic Arts and Microsoft, dominate the market and reported fiscal 2004 revenue of $16.7 million.  In terms of revenue, Sony is the clear market leader, having generated $45 billion in game related revenue from fiscal 1998 through 2004.  However, Nintendo has been the most profitable company, earning about $7 billion in operating income from fiscal 1998 to fiscal 2004, compared with about $4.5 billion for Sony (from its games division) and $1.8 billion for Electronic Arts.  Microsoft is clearly an up-and-coming powerhouse, although the company has reported heavy losses from its games division.

http://www.dfcint.com/news/prmar2205.html

Wow, see a bit of research makes you look stupid but wiser next time when you splur nonesense. I am sorry for being harsh.

[username]

yeah, i am a "wannabe" with corporate logos in my sig an avatar :whistle:

read the guidelines

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=25368

[jerry]

Can we get back on topic please ?

I think the conference got delayed by an hour.

[Wolvereen]

Is this the Revolution?

Nintendo reveals details Tuesday of its new system, code-named Revolution, after Sony's announcement of the PlayStation 3 console Monday and Microsoft's unveiling of Xbox 360 on an MTV special last Thursday. (Related story: PS3 purports to pack the most power)

All the action is taking place before the annual E3 Expo, which begins Wednesday. The three gaming giants will unveil the systems there.

Microsoft is expected to have the Xbox 360 in stores first, in time for the holidays. Nintendo and Sony will follow in 2006. No prices have been set, and release dates have not been locked in.

Nintendo, whose GameCube sales have lagged, hopes to gain ground, particularly among the fast-growing older-gaming market. Revolution is about the size of a stack of three DVD cases and has no visible knobs, buttons or ports for joysticks. The system will use only wireless controllers, and it sits flat or stands vertically.

With its front-loading slot for discs, it will play games on full-size DVDs as well as older GameCube games on mini-DVDs. Like Xbox and PlayStation 2, it will play DVD movies.

Nintendo, which mostly ignored the Net with GameCube, also is catching up with the online wave. Revolution will offer broadband access to a free Internet-based player matching service, similar to Xbox Live, that also will have downloadable versions of nearly every Nintendo game ? from arcade classic Donkey Kong through current titles such as Mario Sunshine. (Nintendo hasn't decided whether downloading will be free.)

Xbox spokesmen have pointed out that 360's specifications are 10 to 13 times more powerful than those of the original Xbox; Sony said Monday that the processor in Play-Station 3, which will come in several colors and be out next spring, will be 35 times more powerful than the PS2 processor.

Nintendo makes more modest claims that Revolution is two or three times more powerful than GameCube. "It's not all about having 'turbo power,' " Nintendo's Perrin Kaplan says. "It's about what you do with it."

Analyst Richard Doherty of The Envisioneering Group says one of Revolution's chief advantages is that designers will find it far easier to create games for Revolution than for competing systems. "They do not need to make major changes from the games they were designing," he says. "They have better performance without having to do a lot of extra work."

Says Kaplan: "We've built Revolution around the concept of 'all-access gaming,' " a term Nintendo uses to mean the system is easily adapted to by both gamers and designers. "We're about sticking to the soul of gaming."

[Ji@nBing]

Profit doesn't mean much. These comanies don't care a whole lot about making money on the consoles at this point. They just want to have the most poular one. The numbers speak for themselves. Nintendo was 3rd in sales last round, ie: they lost.

[TheLegendOfMart]

yeah, i am a "wannabe" with corporate logos in my sig an avatar :whistle:

read the guidelines

https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=25368

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I think you need to read

The maximum allowable size for signatures is 170 pixels high by 550 pixels wide. File sizes should be no larger than 50KB. Smaller is preferred as we need to be mindful of our members on dial up access.

Back on topic, the conference is a bit late, been watching it for 16 minutes and it still hasnt started :(

[Laughing-Man]

Live stream at GameCube cafe!: GameCube Cafe