Re: Revolution: June 2006 Worldwide launch
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Exclusive: Revolution to Launch Worldwide in June 2006
Global ship-dates emerge - countdown begins.
25th Oct 2005
Link to This Article http://news.spong.com/x?art=9244
Nintendo will ship the Revolution console in June of 2006, it was
revealed to SPOnG overnight, with technology and manufacturing partners
letting slip Nintendo's plans for a shock global launch.
It was thought that Nintendo would keep with tradition and deliver a
staggered home console launch, with the US following Japan, and Europe
keeping up the rear, as it were. This will not be the case. Rising to
the challenge set by Microsoft's Xbox 360, all territories will see
launch within a month. A global roll-out with Japan, the US and Europe
seeing hardware in the same day is thought highly unlikely.
"As of early October this year, we had agreed with all key partners
that a global ship date of June 2006 was achievable," said one of
SPOnG 's several sources associated with the Revolution manufacturing
process. "Nintendo will get the launch in Japan and America and
Europe as close as possible. It will be like the Xbox 360 launch, only
tighter."
"Everyone at Nintendo in all territories is now focusing on a global
launch in June of next year," another highly-placed source told us
yesterday afternoon, under terms of anonymity. "The European launch
might slip into July, but that's it. Everyone at Nintendo has been
briefed for this date and the official release schedule everyone is
working to shows Revolution down for June 2006; this is simply a matter
of fact."
A mid-2006 release had been hinted at as early as May this year, when
memory supplier MoSys inadvertantly revealed the launch window of the
Nintendo's next generation system. However, this is the first time
other sources have corroborated the faux pas.
In related news, pricing speculation for Revolution has quietened down,
with the magic 200 number now seated firmly in the minds of analysts.
Although SPOnG has been unable to clarify the Revolution launch price
point with anything near the same accuracy as we have its launch date,
a tag of $200 for the US, ?300 in mainland Europe, and
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