News: Reggie Interviewed By CNN

There will be no HD support, there may be a DS redesign, and Revolution will undercut it's rivals on price. Read the Regginator's words inside!

Reggie Fils-Aime, executive vice president of sales and marketing for Nintendo of America has talked to CNN, first off saying Nintendo will have the advantage next-generation price-wise. "Value has been a key card for us this generation and we'll continue to play it," Fils-Aime said. "Do I expect us to be at a lower price point than our competition? Yes I do. Have we determined a price yet? No we haven't."

But isn't the Cube in third-place now, despite a low price-point at launch? Lessons have been learnt, Reggie says. "First, we've got make sure that the titles in the first six months are strong and can drive sales. We've also got to make sure the console is attractive visually. And we've got to deliver on the right consumer needs. With GameCube, at the time, portability was thought to be a big factor � that's why it has a handle. Obviously, that wasn't the case."

He wasn't saying what the Revolution would ship with - One controller? Two? The nunchuk addition? The controller shell? "A lot of that will be driven by our first party games," he said.

One thing is definate - there will be no HD, however fervantly the fans say it should be included. "What we'll offer in terms of gameplay and approachability will more than make up for the lack of HD," he said.

Finally, Reggie hinted a revamped DS might be in the works. When asked if the system would see an SP-style update, he would only say: "As soon as [the DS] was launched, we started looking at ways to tweak it visually."


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