Thursday, December 08, 2005

With So Much New Information, Let's Do A Summary


IGN has definately spread some news around about the Revolution confirmed from Devkits sent out to developers. Let's review what we have so far.
* Revolution has 104MB of RAM, 88MB of 1T-SRAM and 16MB DRAM
* Revolution could launch for as low as $99, but probably $150
* Ubisoft is working on a first-person shooter for the Revolution
* Revolution discs can either be single or dual layer. Single layer will be 4.7GB and duals will be 8.5GB, so it's just as good as Xbox 360
* Its possible that the new processor and graphics chip could be the same as the GameCube, but just with double or more the clock speed. This would definately improve over the GameCube's power, but means the Xbox 360 and definately PS3 are stronger stats wise. This on the other hand can save massive money. New hardware features are to be expected on the graphics processor, perhaps a form of cube mapping? If so, and cube mapping is what it seems, we could see Xbox 360 and PS3 quality graphics on the Revolution.
* Revolution will be completely unveiled at E3 2006, on May 9th
* There is another secret to the Revolution as hinted by Miyamoto
* Animal Crossing is coming to Revolution
* The launch of Revolution will probably be around Thanksgiving weekend of 2006, so like Xbox 360, but a year later.
* Revolution will be the best next-gen system. Haha, not officially said by IGN, but I'm betting on it.

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