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Reggie Talks DS and Revolution

Says the Big N is going to change the videogame industry with innovative systems and software.

by Matt Casamassina

November 10, 2005 - Harris Nesbitt Analysts held a two-day investor conference this week and featured guest speakers, including Nintendo's own vice president of sales and marketing, Reggie Fils-Aime. The Regginator, as we lovingly call him, spoke about the Big N's blue ocean philsophy and how it plans to change the face of the videogame industry with the Nintendo DS and Revolution - Continue More @ Source

Source: http://cube.ign.com/articles/665/665952p1.html

Reader Beware: It's about four pages long, though it is fairly interesting to see what he has to say. It sort of follows the Key-Note Speech by Nintendo @ TGS 2005.

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http://money.cnn.com/2005/11/10/commentary...aming/index.htm

"Value has been a key card for us this generation and we'll continue to play it," Fils-Aime told me. "Do I expect us to be at a lower price point than our competition? Yes I do. Have we determined a price yet? No we haven't."
"What we'll offer in terms of gameplay and approachability will more than make up for the lack of HD," he said.
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Personally for me the lack of HD won't make a difference since I can't afford a high-end plasma/LCD. HD is not that common in the UK anyway compared to the US where it might put people off it.

At the end of the day if they're trading off graphics for gameplay then that's a philosophy I can appreciate.

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Personally for me the lack of HD won't make a difference since I can't afford a high-end plasma/LCD. HD is not that common in the UK anyway compared to the US where it might put people off it.

At the end of the day if they're trading off graphics for gameplay then that's a philosophy I can appreciate.

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What you're failing to understand is that you can have both.

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What you're failing to understand is that you can have both.

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This is true, but the point I was making is that I appreciate Nintendos philosophy of not getting into 'spec wars' comparing horsepower and how pretty a game can be made and looking more at innovation and enhancing gameplay.

I'm not a Nintendo fanboy, I'll still get an x360 when the UK gets more stock.

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smart move nintendo... considering that HD in North america now accounts for aprox 20% of TV's sold, and is increasing at a very fast pace... and within the life time of the revolution HDTV will become mainstream as it is definatly more affordable now then it ever was and is only going to become cheaper now that digital TV will be the standard in 20" and larger TV's by mid 2006 in the USA and below that by 2008... (yes digital != HD, but it allows for it a lot easier)

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Everyone is getting so excited about PS3 and Xbox 360 having HD, but seriously how many people actually have a HD TV or even know what it is? It won't affect Nintendo's sales much.

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I disagree.. it could have a huge impact on nintendo's sales. XBOX 360 and PS3 are pushing HDTV sales a great bit, and in the town I live in (about 50,000 people in it) a very large number of people have HDTV's all you can get anymore at stores are LCD's or plasma or projection HDTV's it seems like, SD tv's seem to be dieing out in terms of sales, even walmart sales about 80% HDTV's now in their selection here.

In the USA at least HDTV is quickly becoming mainstream and standard... I don't know what is going on over in England, but here it's quickly becoming the norm

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I disagree.. it could have a huge impact on nintendo's sales. XBOX 360 and PS3 are pushing HDTV sales a great bit, and in the town I live in (about 50,000 people in it) a very large number of people have HDTV's all you can get anymore at stores are LCD's or plasma or projection HDTV's it seems like, SD tv's seem to be dieing out in terms of sales, even walmart sales about 80% HDTV's now in their selection here.

In the USA at least HDTV is quickly becoming mainstream and standard... I don't know what is going on over in England, but here it's quickly becoming the norm

Yeah, I didn't think that USA is probably ahead of us in terms of HDTV. I don't know anybody that has a hdtv. The only one I have seen was at a pub and they were showing sky sports in HD. I partly take back what I said, considering the size of USA market compared to UK. It will have an impact but not a huge impact, I think.

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Being a big fan of Nintendo's games, and having just bought an HD LCD TV, I'm a little disappointed; but at the end of the day, the resolution of a game isn't going to affect my enjoyment of it. It's a matter of personal preference, but I'd rather be playing Nintendo's games at standard resolution than an Xbox game in High Definition.

As for the HDTV situation in the UK; it's still small, but it's growing rapidly. Sales of LCD and Plasma TVs started outstripping CRT sets several months ago now, and almost every new LCD or Plasma model released now is HD ready. It's not something people are generally running out to buy, because the only reason to have one at the moment is to use a HTPC or an Xbox 360; no HDTV service has been launched here yet (but soon).

If someone happens to be in the market for a new TV however, it's more likely they'll buy an LCD or Plasma model, and that TV is likely to be HD Ready, whether they're looking for HD or not.

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