Nintendo Aiming for Global Revolution Launch

October 26th 2005 | Games Consoles

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata revealed that the company is aiming for a simultaneous worldwide release of its next-generation gaming console, the Revolution. Iwata also confirmed that the system will be coming out after March in 2006.

Talking about the Revolution in an interview with Nikkei Business, Iwata stated, "I can only say that it’s coming out during 2006, but it will be after the current fiscal year. We hope to make it a simultaneous worldwide release as much as it’s possible."

Since the current fiscal year for Nintendo ends on March 31, 2006, it means the Revolution, as predicted by analysts, will likely be released somewhere between April 1 and December 31, 2006.

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No video game console has yet seen a truly simultaneous worldwide release due to coordination and production difficulties; Microsoft also attempted the feat with its upcoming Xbox 360 but recently scaled back plans, instead opting to stagger the launches by a few weeks. "There’s a reason no-one has done this before and we are figuring that out," said Microsoft VP Peter Moore about the 360 launch, “If we knew what we were getting into, we might not have done it.”

Gamasutra - Iwata: Nintendo Aiming for Global Revolution Launch

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