Revolution and PS3 This Year?

Posted on January 19, 2006

A Gamespot.com article has a quote from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata saying Revolution will be released in North America by Thanksgiving. Keep in mind that Gamespot says the speculation has been Revolution won't be out until 2007.

n an interview featured in today's edition of Japanese newspaper Sankei Shinbun, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata stated, "We can't disclose the Revolution's release period yet, but we have no plans to miss out on the year-end sales battle. As for North America, we need to release it by Thanksgiving, or otherwise we won't receive support from the retail industry. So the Revolution will be released prior to that period."

Iwata avoided any specific comments about how much the Revolution would cost. However, he reiterated that the console will be reasonably priced. "The amount of money that people are willing to spend on videogames is getting less every year," he said. "Even if it's a superb machine, it's not going to sell if it's 50,000 yen ($434). We plan to make [the Revolution] an affordable price."

As for the PS3, Next-Gen.biz has an article that says PS3 won't be out until November and will only launch with a million units. That sounds like a definite holiday shortage disaster scenario just like we saw with the Xbox 360 over the holidays.

Quoted in Interactive Investor today, Evan Wilson of Pacific Crest Securities, said that PS3 will "most likely" be released in November with 1 million units, followed by a European launch in March 2007. He said the Japanese launch would also be backed by about a million units this summer.

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