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[argon]

Happy new year everyone.. good stuff from BBC this morning (sorry if old.. too hung over to check):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4567314.stm

Looking like a TV remote, the controller has a built-in motion-sensor, allowing players to control the action onscreen by pointing it at their television and waving it around.

"The expectation that it is going to be a big clumsy but the moment you start using it, it is extremely precise," said Ms Robertson who recently tried a technical demonstration of the system.

"It has that slight hint of magic as you point your hand at the screen and what you want to happen, happens."

EA's John Schappert agrees: "We've got hands on with the Revolution and, sure enough, the controller is revolutionary.

"It is a control device unlike anything else we have played before."

"We think September could be the right time for Sony in the US and November in Europe," said Ubisoft's Mr Guillemot, "Japan a bit earlier, say June or July."

He expects Nintendo to aim for a similar launch date in the US and Japan, but fears that Europe might have to wait for the Revolution until early 2007.

 

[Roders5]

If it's from the BBC surely there has to be something stupid and anti-nintendo in it.

 

[Katana_Strikes]

EA's John Schappert agrees: "We've got hands on with the Revolution and, sure enough, the controller is revolutionary.

"It is a control device unlike anything else we have played before."

Wow!

It's almost as if Nintendo was intentionally looking for something different...

 

[Archie]

If it's from the BBC surely there has to be something stupid and anti-nintendo in it.

Except it was a decent article and praised the Revolution.

 

[blindrocket]

September, 9 months away. I guess the bun just got put in the oven.
Such a long wait!

 

[Roders5]

Except it was a decent article and praised the Revolution.

Yeah I know, that's why I was shocked.

 

[R0nn]

EA's John Schappert agrees: "We've got hands on with the Revolution and, sure enough, the controller is revolutionary.

"It is a control device unlike anything else we have played before."

Wow, just like that.

He flat out said it right there. RevCon = revolutionary.

Can't wait for E3 and the hands-on reports.

 

[Xrenity]

Ouch, I'd hope it won't be 2007 when Revolution hits Europes stores...

 

[Archie]

Ouch, I'd hope it won't be 2007 when Revolution hits Europes stores...

Wasn't Gaybrush mentioning working hard for a "big launch" in 2006?

 

[Katana_Strikes]

Wasn't Gaybrush mentioning working hard for a "big launch" in 2006?

Probably GameBoy Micro SP...

 

[Xrenity]

Wasn't Gaybrush mentioning working hard for a "big launch" in 2006?

Hmm missed that one.
Do you know in what thread that was?

 

[Deleted member 1235]

I think I'll just get a US revolution. Nintendo is getting better, but they still bone europe pretty hard.

 

[Archie]

Hmm missed that one.
Do you know in what thread that was?

Here

 

[SantaC]

We think September could be the right time for Sony in the US and November in Europe," said Ubisoft's Mr Guillemot, "Japan a bit earlier, say June or July."

He expects Nintendo to aim for a similar launch date in the US and Japan, but fears that Europe might have to wait for the Revolution until early 2007.

Didn't you mean Nintendo and not sony?

Also didn't iwata stated that they cannot afford getting the revolution out last? Other than incomplete software I don't see why Rev has to be so late. The tech is nothing special.

 

[Ranger X]

another news thread of non-news...