Revolution will be "low tech"

NINTENDO president Satoru Iwata has admitted that his outfit's Revolution console will be lower tech than Microsoft and Sony.

He said that his company will not be fighting the competition with more power or better graphics. Instead Iwata wants the machine to be quiet, small and affordable.

According to IGN, this has given the signal to the Nintendo execs to stay very quiet about what the console will have under its bonnet.

This might be because everyone will be a tad embarrassed that it is well below the spec offered by Sony and Vole.

As far as cost is concerned Iwata said software for the machine will be about $50, which is $10 less than the XBox 360 and probably the PS3.

Iwata said that the Revolution will not have a hard drive, although it will have 512 MB of flash memory, allowing for some initial storage space. There will also be slots for SD memory cards. Iwata hinted that practically any storage method can be used because the machine would have plenty of USB ports. So it will be low tech, but cheaper, but you will have to pay for lots of extra bits.

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