Revolution Tech Specs
Laptop Battery Popular video gaming site IGN launched its anticipated Revolution channel this evening, complete with new details and speculation on Nintendos upcoming next-generation console, Nintendo Revolution.
The sites main update for the evening focuses mostly on quotes from developers, publishers and other sources concerning Revolutions hardware and resources specifications. Considering that Nintendo has been mum on the subject of horsepower, many have speculated that Revolution will be merely a little more powerful than current-generation consoles, such as GameCube, Xbox and PlayStation 2.
According to IGN Revolution, this in fact seems to be the case. The site has talked to a number of sources in regards to Nintendos upcoming system, and all suggest that the console is downright comparable to GameCube in this sense, and at the very best, Revolution is a souped up Xbox.
Nintendo has in the past said that it wants to create a small, quiet and affordable console out of Revolution. This has been the suggested reasoning behind why the company isnt focusing on creating a super powerful piece of hardware that supports features such as high definition.
But while Nintendo might think this is the case, one developer, according to IGN, thinks that it might be just as expensive to take advantage of Revolutions special features with its future cross platform projects.
"People are interested, but they're still taking it all in at the moment. I'm sure [Nintendo is] going to get a fair amount of support. Probably a lot of people will initially look at existing franchises and whether or not they can kind of do customized versions for Revolution using most of the assets they've got. But whether they'll say, "Okay, let's do something completely original for it," that's the other question because it could be quite expensive to do that. Not as expensive as doing a PS3 or Xbox 360 game. But if you're a third party and you want to do cross platform, if you're doing a game on 360 you can do it on PS3 or PC using the same assets and that does make it a bit easier."
Nintendo Revolution
Still, its hard to tell exactly how powerful Revolution will actually be. One developer suggests that the system will only have 128MB of system RAM, just twice the amount of the GameCubes built-in RAM. In comparison, Microsofts Xbox 360 has 512MB of RAM. Unfortunately, the lack of RAM confirms that Revolution does not sport the resources to take advantage of high definition resolutions like 720p or 1080i.
Currently, developers are working with GameCube-esque development kits that represent Revolution, as Nintendo has not sent out official Revolution development kits.
In the same update, IGN is also reporting that Nintendo Revolution will not see an early 2006 launch, unlike some reports have indicated. Instead, the site has been told by sources that Revolution will hit sometime during the week of Thanksgiving 2006.
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