Quote: rex said: Why is everyone so worried about the controller not working well with ports? Nintendo has said that the revolution will only be about three times as powerful as the gamecube. There is no way developers will even try to port games to a system that slow.
power specs on the revolution have yet to be detailed or revealed. the "three times as powerful" comments were later clarified as being a missed translation.
will the rev be as powerful as the 360 or ps3? no one knows for sure yet. but, assuming its not, and even assuming its at the lower end of power, it will more than likely be comparable to the 360 as the ps2 to xbox1 was -- in the same ballpark.
greater is the difference between the (supposed) specs of the ps3 vs the 360.
in short, ports will continue and spread across all three systems, but more than likely not as frequently or easily as this current generation.
Quote: klinton said: Like always....I buy the nintendo machines primarily for the first party games, like everyone else.
that has been one of nintendo's biggest issues with the cube and the n64 -- it was building consoles for nintendo fans, not the larger gaming fan population.
the hope with the revolution is that it will grab the existing nintendo fans, make strides for third parties to grab general gaming fans and make the unprecidented jump to bring new fans to the equation.
if successful, this would make an enormous market.
