video-game dude wrote:
> Japanese Analysts Discuss Nintendo Revolution
> by Shawn White (01/28/06)
> 
> 
> Speaking to Japanese Publication Famitsu, industry analysts from the
> western side of the Pacific recently made a number of predictions
> regarding the next generation of game consoles.
> 
> Daiwa Institute of Research Senior Analyst Eiji Maeda first discussed
> the price points of the two unreleased next-generation machines--the
> Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Revolution--predicting that Sony's next
> console would be priced in the 40,000 yen ($343) range at the lowest,
> with Nintendo's Revolution console priced around 30,000 yen ($257) at
> its highest.
> 
> Continuing with Revolution discussion, IT Journalist Hiroshige Gotoh
> touched on why he thought the Revolution might succeed in the
> next-generation console war. He explained that the system could still
> match up to its higher-spec competitors thanks to its innovation and
> unique controller, analogous to how the DS has been outselling the PSP.
> 
> In regards to Revolution's launch date, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata
> already announced that the console needs to be released in America by
> Thanksgiving to take advantage of the holiday shopping season, but
> Maeda predicted that the machine could launch in Japan as early as June
> of this year. He also mentioned that the Revolution would still have a
> larger game line-up than the PlayStation 3, even if released that soon.
> 
> 
> http://www.revolutionreport.com/articles/read/282
> 

oh great more opinion posted as some kind of scoop