Gister wisten we je nog te melden dat Nintendo geen opvolger voor de Gamecube in de planning had voor de aankomende drie jaar. Vandaag bleek dit weer niet zo te zijn...
Nintendo gaat wel gewoon een nieuwe console uitbrengen, tegelijk met Sony en Microsoft. Hun plan was alleen om de Gamecube niet meteen te laten vallen. Tevens betwijfelen ze het of het wel zo verstandig is om een super microproccesor te maken, aangezien de huidige televisies dit dan niet zouden aankunnen.
Wel gewoon een nieuwe Nintendo console dus en tevens genoeg support voor de Gamecube.
Hier het persbericht dat Nintendo via Reuters naar buiten bracht:
Nintendo Says Developing Successor to GameCube
2/9/2004 9:09:53 PM
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co Ltd said on Tuesday it was developing a successor to its GameCube console, but that it was wary of making big chip investments for a next generation game machine.
The Kyoto-based company said development of the next version of the GameCube was proceeding as planned and denied a report in the Nihon Keizai business daily that it would delay the launch of a next-generation game machine.
"Our machine will be ready at the same time as the other new consoles, but we're not sold on developing powerful microprocessors to create graphics that cannot even be viewed on existing televisions," said Nintendo spokesman Yasuhiro Minagawa.
Sony is developing a high-powered processor, codenamed "Cell," to power the latest version in the PlayStation series, while Microsoft plans to use three powerful 64-bit microprocessors from IBM in the next version of its Xbox console.
Sony plans to invest 120 billion yen ($1.14 billion) in the business year starting April 1 to upgrade production lines at its factories and at the manufacturing facilities of Toshiba Corp and IBM for next-generation semiconductors, including "Cell."
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has said on numerous occasions that the video game industry has started to alienate fans by developing games that are too complex and too heavily dependent on graphics. The company plans a new peripheral item for the GameCube, but Nintendo's Minagawa declined to comment on what the new "adaptor" would be.
Later this year, Nintendo plans to launch a new, portable video game system, codenamed "Nintendo DS," that will feature two liquid crystal display (LCD) screens, one above the other.
Nintendo shares were down 2.77 percent at 9,840 yen in early trade against a 0.96 percent fall in the Nikkei average.
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