Following the Consumer Electronics Show 2006 held in Las Vegas, the Revolution's GPU provider ATI has been interviewed...

Just like with the GameCube, Nintendo has signed up ATI to provide the Revolution with it's GPU and other technologies. Fellow Revolution site Revolution Report has interviewed ATI's Public Relations Manager for Consumer Products, John Swinimer, who provided some interesting responses. Notably (though unsuprisingly) they made no claims of the console's graphical compatibility.

Revolution Report: A number of Web sites have inferred that Revolution will be significantly inferior graphically. While it certainly seems like Revolution won't output in HD, is it safe to assume that Hollywood will not feature a comparable polygon count or the same amount of graphical effects as the Xbox 360's GPU?

ATI: What I can say is that ATI is focused, as is Nintendo, in making [Revolution] a great, gaming entertainment platform. I know that a lot of journalists are very focused on specs. It's the big thing; as a geek, I look for that too. The key thing to keep in mind is that Nintendo, with ATI's help, is trying to create a game console where you don't have to look at [specs].

From a broader perspective, we share in Nintendo's position that this console will be devoted to the general gamer. When you have a game developer developing [for] this, the goal is to ensure that they don't have to worry about the complexity that is required to develop the games by making them "jump through hoops." That was one of the benefits of working on the GameCube; developers were saying that it is quite easy to develop for and there are not a lot of complexities so they could produce titles easily. That being said, we want consumers to look at the game, play the game and be involved in it. We are doing our very best to make this Nintendo gaming experience the very best it can be.

Additionally, ATI would not even confirm the Hollywood GPU was finalised, stating merely the company was aware that Nintendo had "committed to 2006 availability. Certainly, game developers need some time to start developing games for it. I can't say anything more than that."

For Revolution Report's full interview, click here!