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« Europe tackles aviation tax issue | Main | EU faces off on Chinese textile imports » May 18, 2005Nintendo Revolution unveiled
At the world's largest video game show, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, E3, in Los Angeles, Satoru Iwata, the president of Nintendo, revealed a prototype of its new home console, the Revolution, which is due out next year. The company hopes that The Revolution will significantly increase its share of the home console market. Nintendo's 'Revolution' will play DVDs and includes built-in wi-fi, an SD memory card slot, and 512Mb of flash memory. Detailed information about the technology wasn't revealed, although Nintendo is collaborating with computer company IBM and graphics firm ATI on the graphics. The company is also developing a unique wireless controller. GameCube titles will be playable on the new console and players will also be able to download 20 years of Nintendo games from earlier consoles. Nintendo's rivals in the console market, Microsoft and Sony have already revealed their next generation consoles - the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 respectively. According to analyst firm Jupiter Research, Nintendo is currently placed behind its rivals in the games console market. Sony's PlayStation 2 holds 43% of the market, Microsoft holds 19% with the Xbox and Nintendo's GameCube only has 14% of the market. Nintendo also announced a new model of its GameBoy product. It promises that the GameBoy Micro, will fit in the tightest jeans. The machine is slightly larger than an iPod Mini, but only two-thirds the weight. Posted by at May 18, 2005 08:18 PM > Discuss this in the Platinax Internet business forums |
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