Cheaper games and external storage set for Revolution
Nintendo Revolution games will cost less than those of other next-generation consoles, according to Nintendo President, Satoru Iwata.
Speaking with CNN Money, Iwata could not guarantee third-party developers would offer titles for similar prices, but said Nintendo is committed to keeping figures within a reasonable price range.
“I cannot imagine any first party title could be priced for more than $50,” he said.
“In the US, we’re going to see the next generation cost an awful lot.
I really don’t think that there’s going to be a lot of acceptance by current customers of the $60 price tag. They may allow that for a limited number of premium titles, but not all.”
Nintendo has continually noted the high development costs involved with next-generation consoles and has strived to keep them at a minimum for the Revolution, not wishing to place a large price tag on it, such as that seen on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and expected on Sony’s Playstation 3.
Iwata also briefly discussed the storage capacity of the Revolution, hinting that external storage devices may be able to connect to the console via its USB ports.
There have been concerns that the Revolution, with its 512 MB of flash memory and SD memory cards, would not have a high enough storage capacity to download games off its online service, currently being referred to as Virtual Console.
Iwata did mention that with the USB ports “practically any storage method can be used”, but would not comment any further. He said more would be revealed at the the E3 conference in May.
After announcing last week that over a 1000 classic Sega and TurboGrafx titles would be available for download off Virtual Console, Iwata also revealed that Nintendo was planning to release new games over its online service.
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April 1, 2006 @ 7:25 am
pip the mighty Said,
downloaded new games!!! that means even cheaper games!! no packaging.