Gahiggidy
My aunt & uncle run a Mom & Pop store, "The Gamecube Hut", and sold 80k WiiU within minutes of opening.
People are worried Nintendo isn't gonna show off the Revolution next week. Anxiety is building.
Normally, I'd support a descision to hold off on showing your cards untill at least you are within a year of actually launching the product. Why "sell the sizzle" when you aren't ready to serve up the steak for another 16-18 months? Did Microsoft give details about thier next console at E304? No, they just focused all attention on that halo game. Remember, that people knew alot less about GameCube than Xbox going into E3-01, and the result was that despite Microsoft's poor software showing, thier hardware still had more hype and interest than the GameCube. That strategy may work with traditional consoles, that promise advaced technology and prettier games. But, if we are to believe that Revolution is no ordinary console, then Nintendo will have no choice but to go now... or have the "leakers" ruin any chance of surprise.
Once E3 is done, Nintendo's gonna have to start allowing more than a few, trusted, developers have a go at making games for this thing. They're lucky they got his far with the secret! When the unwashed masses of developers get thier RDK's, there no hope at all for keeping things under wraps. So, they might as well put together the best possible presentation of Revolution at this stage in its development. Announcing specs, hardware partners, and promised features isn't going to do it. No, what they need is an example. To show one game, a Nintendo game, that makes use of this new technology in ways that prove its worthiness. A new game that will lay bare to world the wonder of Nintendo's creation.
This is what I hope to witness in L.A.
And if they don't have software ready to show off, with just over a year left to launch, then they are in bigger trouble than some would fear... or hope.
Normally, I'd support a descision to hold off on showing your cards untill at least you are within a year of actually launching the product. Why "sell the sizzle" when you aren't ready to serve up the steak for another 16-18 months? Did Microsoft give details about thier next console at E304? No, they just focused all attention on that halo game. Remember, that people knew alot less about GameCube than Xbox going into E3-01, and the result was that despite Microsoft's poor software showing, thier hardware still had more hype and interest than the GameCube. That strategy may work with traditional consoles, that promise advaced technology and prettier games. But, if we are to believe that Revolution is no ordinary console, then Nintendo will have no choice but to go now... or have the "leakers" ruin any chance of surprise.
Once E3 is done, Nintendo's gonna have to start allowing more than a few, trusted, developers have a go at making games for this thing. They're lucky they got his far with the secret! When the unwashed masses of developers get thier RDK's, there no hope at all for keeping things under wraps. So, they might as well put together the best possible presentation of Revolution at this stage in its development. Announcing specs, hardware partners, and promised features isn't going to do it. No, what they need is an example. To show one game, a Nintendo game, that makes use of this new technology in ways that prove its worthiness. A new game that will lay bare to world the wonder of Nintendo's creation.
This is what I hope to witness in L.A.
And if they don't have software ready to show off, with just over a year left to launch, then they are in bigger trouble than some would fear... or hope.
