Revolution *NOT* just 2-to-3 times as powerful as Gamecube

[Guest]

The report that Nintendo Revolution is only going to be two-to-three times
more powerful than Gamecube is totally false.


http://cube.ign.com/articles/522/522559p2.html

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Q: Is Revolution "two-to-three times more powerful than GameCube"?

A: USA Today reported this news based on a comment from Nintendo of
America's vice president of corporate affairs, Perrin Kaplan. The
information was later determined to be false. We do not yet know how much
more power Revolution wields over its predecessor.
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it made no sense whatsoever that Nintendo Revolution would only be 2 or 3
times more powerful than Gamecube, that would make Revolution barely more
powerful than the original Xbox, at least as far as raw specs on paper.

just how powerful is Revolution going to be? I don't know. but it has
been in development for YEARS.

IBM is making the CPU, codenamed 'Broadway' - ATI is making the graphics
chipset, codenamed 'Hollywood'

MoSys is providing embedded 1T-SRAM with NEC's manufacturing process.

Iwata said, when you see the graphics, you will be like "WOW"

there will be a standard DVD drive and Wi-Fi built in.


I expect Revolution to be as impressive as Gamecube was when we first saw it
in 2000 and when it came out in 2001.

a huge leap, like Gamecube was over Nintendo 64.

 

[Vitani]

The report that Nintendo Revolution is only going to be two-to-three times
more powerful than Gamecube is totally false.

Good to hear - but the damage may already be done. I think a lot of
people have already made their mind up over which console they will buy
next time around by what was shown/said at E3 (which is down-right stupid)

 

[Richard Strong]

Good to hear - but the damage may already be done. I think a lot of people
have already made their mind up over which console they will buy next time
around by what was shown/said at E3 (which is down-right stupid)

The people that are aware of E3 are a small minority. The great unwashed
would have probably never have heard of the "2-3 times more powerful"
comment.

 

[Tim Miller]

The people that are aware of E3 are a small minority. The great unwashed
would have probably never have heard of the "2-3 times more powerful"
comment.

Apart from the fact that most of the newspapers picked up on it and
reported it widely the day after?

Tim (tm)

 

[Smid]

it made no sense whatsoever that Nintendo Revolution would only be 2 or 3
times more powerful than Gamecube, that would make Revolution barely more
powerful than the original Xbox, at least as far as raw specs on paper.

Please provide stats that the Gamecube is 2-3 times slower than the Xbox.

5-10% slower perhaps, but that stat you said there is utter utter nonsense.

Smid