19-05-2005, 07:54 PM
Here's some of the latest quotes on the Revolution from Shigeru Miyamoto himself:
"I'd love to be able to show you the features of the Revolution controller and tell you about them. However, unfortunately if we do that too early those ideas would be stolen. We know that from past history. Analog stick. Boom - gone. Rumble Pak. We bring it out and everybody has to have rumble. We got the wireless out first and now there's wireless everywhere. So we have to keep it under wraps."
"If we rely solely on power of console to dictate to where we're going with games, I think that tends to suppress the creativity of designers. They tend to rely solely on what the technology allows them to do instead of thinking of new and creative ideas."
"As far as the Revolution is concerned, development is going really well. But at the same time, this is a trade show and we want to concentrate on our business for this year. So rather than rush out in a panic and try to get a bunch of information out to people, we want to give out some of the general concepts and we're going to save everything else for when we're all set. Next year, when it's the year of the Revolution, we'll bring out everything from under the wrapping paper."
I am renewed in my realization that this man is a genius! Nintendo's marketing strategy and outlook on the future is absolutely amazing. It's an incredibly smart idea to hold back the details of your system in order to prevent idea theft. They're gonna let XBOX360 and PS3 develop into unchangable finalized forms before letting the secrets of the Revolution out. Simply brilliant. Unfortunately it sounds like Revolution is going to stay under a curtain of mystery for a while longer, but I'm now 100% positive that when it does emerge and show itself we will be utterly blown away!
"I'd love to be able to show you the features of the Revolution controller and tell you about them. However, unfortunately if we do that too early those ideas would be stolen. We know that from past history. Analog stick. Boom - gone. Rumble Pak. We bring it out and everybody has to have rumble. We got the wireless out first and now there's wireless everywhere. So we have to keep it under wraps."
"If we rely solely on power of console to dictate to where we're going with games, I think that tends to suppress the creativity of designers. They tend to rely solely on what the technology allows them to do instead of thinking of new and creative ideas."
"As far as the Revolution is concerned, development is going really well. But at the same time, this is a trade show and we want to concentrate on our business for this year. So rather than rush out in a panic and try to get a bunch of information out to people, we want to give out some of the general concepts and we're going to save everything else for when we're all set. Next year, when it's the year of the Revolution, we'll bring out everything from under the wrapping paper."
I am renewed in my realization that this man is a genius! Nintendo's marketing strategy and outlook on the future is absolutely amazing. It's an incredibly smart idea to hold back the details of your system in order to prevent idea theft. They're gonna let XBOX360 and PS3 develop into unchangable finalized forms before letting the secrets of the Revolution out. Simply brilliant. Unfortunately it sounds like Revolution is going to stay under a curtain of mystery for a while longer, but I'm now 100% positive that when it does emerge and show itself we will be utterly blown away!