Global Revolution Launch Still On
Despite conflicting reports, Nintendo insists that a simultaneous launch is still possible.
Last week Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said in one of his many interviews after the Game Developers Conference that the company would not launch the Revolution simultaneously worldwide simply because its rivals are. Many took that to mean that such plans were off, but Nintendo has come out to say that it's still very much on, only it would be a natural decision and not a forced one.
"The comments have been taken out of context," a spokesperson for Nintendo told trade paper MCV. "What he's actually saying is that we're not holding a worldwide launch just because everyone else is doing one too."
"It's just another re-iteration of the fact that we're not looking at what Sony or Microsoft are doing."
This separation from the pack is something that Nintendo has been keen to stress over the past weeks, whether its through the novel motion-sensing controller the Revolution uses or the console's reportedly underwhelming specs that spell out a preference to gameplay over graphics, even in the home.
Nintendo is keeping specifics about its shrouded console to itself for the time being. A company spokesperson said this week that the Revolution would have its coming out party at the Nintendo's conference at E3 in May.
Alex Wollenschlaeger
Editor, Kikizo Games
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