When Revolution was initially unveiled, a Nintendo executive said it would be "two-to-three times more powerful than GameCube."
The company never commented on Revolution's horsepower again and we were later told that the initial statement was incorrect. However, according to development houses, that description accurately sums up Revolution's power
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"To be honest, it's not much more powerful than an Xbox. It's like a souped up Xbox,"
a major third party source revealed to IGN. "But it's the controller that makes the difference and the controller is really nice.
" Nintendo has said all along that sheer horsepower has not been a priority with Revolution. Rather, the company hopes to make the console small, quiet and affordable. It is very likely for this reason that the Big N chose not to make Revolution compatible with the emerging 720p, 1080i and 1080p high-definition video resolutions, which are focuses for competing consoles.
I can see where Nintendo is going; like the DS, innovation instead of power. We should all konw who is winning in the portable market.The DS has been out for longer so insted of putting overal sales, in which DS sweeps the floor with the PSP, I have put recent sales in all 2 of 3 large areas;
UK;
October 22-29:
NDS: 30,100
PSP: 12,900
Japan;
November 21-28:
Nintendo DS - 132,012
PSP - 51,196
US;
Someone else find them, I can't?