IGN Revolution channel open

[Crash]

To be honest, it's not much more powerful than an Xbox. It's like a souped up Xbox.

So it will be about as powerful as Xbox 360 eh?

[thatmariolover]

Originally Posted by Crash

So it will be about as powerful as Xbox 360 eh?

My take on that comment is that end generation Revolution games might look like first generation 360 games.

But I've got an open mind, and I'm not really worried about it. As of right now I'll be getting a Revolution to compliment a 360 or PS3. That might change, but right now it's really getting to be a lot clearer to me what Nintendo's trying to do and it really could work - I'm sold on it at this point. But they've gotta convince the general public of that because without support for the idea it's going to die prematurely.

[Jonbo298]

It wouldnt surprise me if Ninty launches Rev at $150 or so considering the guts of the machine wont be that much higher hten current ones and with how cheap hardware can get in 5 years, who knows...

[Crash]

naw, they'll launch at $199 or $250

They don't wanna be in that "It's-cheap-because-its-crap" category.

[thatmariolover]

Originally Posted by Crash

naw, they'll launch at $199 or $250

They don't wanna be in that "It's-cheap-because-its-crap" category.

I really don't think Nintendo will go higher than $200 on a standard package. But at the same time, Nintendo's never been in the business of losing money on hardware like Microsoft has been - they'll charge what they need to charge and lower the price when they can.

However, I wouldn't be surprised if they pulled a Microsoft with a Nintendo Download & Play package that was slightly more expensive with a point card for downloading old Nintendo Games and extra goodies. Maybe a $200 base, $250 Special Edition?

[Canyarion]

Excellent idea Mariolover. I can imagine paying $50 extra, just to be able to download the toppers that I want.

Not that I don't have them already, but sometimes it can be hard to play on broken consolers/controllers.

[Crash]

from IGN

Software houses we spoke with also waxed on the immediate advantage to Nintendo's approach with Revolution, which is, of course, system price. Every developer was in agreement that Revolution should launch with a price tag of $149 or lower. Some speculated that based on the tech, a $99 price point would not be out of the question.