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more rumors added.... nintendo's next console on hold ?!?!
smerlus:
--- Quote from: Ronnie on February 10, 2004, 07:18:22 AM ---^ Here we go with that game again. "Nintendo's JUST LIKE Sega!!!!" We'll just see what happens.
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first off let me say once again that i have every nintendo system and i plan on getting any system that they come out with so i'm not sitting here being biased against nintendo.
--- Quote from: Ronnie on February 09, 2004, 09:16:42 PM ---
--- Quote from: smerlus on February 09, 2004, 06:34:57 PM ---However, according to Beth Llewellyn, Nintendo of America's director of corporate communications, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun article is erroneous and based on "a lot of speculation." She also said that the Iwata quote was from another article and was taken out of context.
Regarding the status of Nintendo's next console, Llewellyn told GameSpot, "We will launch at the same time as our competitors. Our status hasn't changed."
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The only part you need to read is right there, since it's the only part from an official at Nintendo. Why even speculate if she's straight up telling you it's not true?
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a little common sense with this one...they can name people that say positive things and defend thier company cause that's just basic....however if you worked for a company such as Nintendo...i don't think if you were to leak some news out to the press that you weren't supposed to, you would give your name....not only would you lose your job, you could also face some hefty fines and maybe even a little jail time
so they're not going to say "Hiero Yamamoto said that nintendo's plan is going to put the next nintendo on hold" not only would they lose a nice source of information this guy would be in big trouble
oh and why speculate if something isn't true? ask all the Enron heads, the CEO of adepelphia cable or Martha Stuart....why the concept of people being greedy, evil that are capable of doing anything they want to reach thier goals is so hard to grasp is beyond me...
japanese business is run on a more honerable system...if a company isn't doing to good because of a decision...the president steps down....he doesn't lie to the people, drive the company into the ground and try to bail out. americans will lie to the consumer for profit
now of course this could be all false and just rumors, but it can also be just as true
and putting thier next system on hold isn't such a bad idea, like one of the last paragraphs said, they can counter the PSP better...then see what microsoft and sony has planned....then try to go one better...
i'm not bashing nintendo, i'm just questioning thier latest move
Trauma-san:
I think in the console market, Nintendo has taken a backseat to microsoft and sony, and everybody's 'intrigued' by it. It gives people something to talk about. The high and mighty have fallen. Now, if Nintendo stays where they are, there's nothing to write about. Instead, people want to try and be a prophet and predict the future by saying that Nintendo's going under. Then, they can say "We saw it coming!" and have even more to write about.
Bottom line, there's no news coming out of Nintendo, so some got made up. Rumours like this about every little thing in the console world come up every day, this is just another one of them.
Trauma-san:
Ahem, as I was saying, here's the latest from Nintendo.
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Japanese game giant refutes reports the GameCube's successor is on hold.
TOKYO--Nintendo announced today that it will be releasing its next-generation console as originally planned, contradicting yesterday's Nihon Keizai Shimbun article that said Nintendo is postponing its plans to release a next-generation console. A report in the Mainichi Daily also revealed that Nintendo will be unveiling its next-generation console at E3 next year (in 2005).
According to Bloomberg Japan, Reuters, and various other publications, Nintendo's public relations chief Yasuhiro Minagawa said that Nintendo is still planning to release a next-generation console to succeed the GameCube in the same period as its competitors.
Referring to the recent Report by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun that Nintendo will be postponing the release of a next-generation console, Minagawa commented that, "It was supposed to mean that Sony and Microsoft are expected to release their next-generation consoles from 2005 to 2006, and we also won't be releasing one until that period." This echoed a statement given to GameSpot yesterday by Nintendo of America's director of corporate communications, Beth Llewellyn, who said that the Nikkei's report was erroneous and based on "a lot of speculation."
Bloomberg Japan reports that Nintendo saw its late start in the current console wars as one of the reasons why GameCube sales fell behind the PlayStation 2's. In order to compete, out of the gate, with the next Xbox and the PlayStation 3, Nintendo says it is already developing a next-generation graphics processor with NEC and ATI Technology. ATI Technology is Nintendo's current manufacturer of graphic chips for the GameCube console, which utilizes a DRAM process technology from NEC. Nintendo is developing its next-generation console's CPU in conjunction with IBM, who is also helping to develop the next Xbox CPU, in addition to the Cell processor that will be used in the PS3.
Nintendo also confirmed that new peripherals for the GameCube console will be released in 2005, but these will not affect the next-generation console's release. While no details on the devices have been revealed, Nintendo says the peripherals will expand the capabilities of the GameCube. Furthermore, Nintendo will release new games that will take advantage of them.
By Hirohiko Niizumi, Tor Thorsen, GameSpot [POSTED: 02/10/04 11:08 AM
smerlus:
congratulations, you got rid off a rumor...pat yourself on the back
the facts are still that nintendo has "new gaming periphials" slated for release in 2005, 2006
and the next gen console's release dates are supposedly around this time frame
so i can see why this rumor came about....maybe nintendo plans on showing thier hand last
Trauma-san:
The point is... it was just a useless rumour, with no basis in fact, like a lot of rumours are about any company, you gotta watch what you believe.
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