Interviews with some info. on the direction of the new videogaming systems. [games]

IGN's Shigeru Miyamoto (Nintendo) interview.

...why is the home console necessary? What functions in a home console would make everyone in the family say, "Yeah, we need that and want that."

As a software developer, this attitude appeals to me. The bottom line should be to solve the client's issues first. In this case, it's make a good gaming experience; if you can do that with less-expensive hardware, then you have a business advantage.


Engadget's interview with Steve Ballmer (Microsoft).

... But we’re going to out perform Sony in a lot of things. We’re faster on integer than they are, they’re faster on floating point than we are.

New gaming systems, and the mystery [games]

Ok, you can find the announcements of the new videogame systems on all sorts of gaming-related sites all over the 'net. Even the newspaper had photos of the Xbox 360, which will be released first, this year. The other two competitors (PS3 and Nintendo's Revolution) will be released next year.

What I find interesting is that Nintendo won't show what it's controllers look like. They claim that they are going to have something unique. I've read some speculation that maybe it has a touch-pad, or maybe it is a wireless gaming system! I think those ideas are pretty rediculous, as to do a good job of that, it'd be too expensive. Plus, you don't want to be pushing TOO much data between the controller and main unit if you're going to be wireless.

No, think of the name "Revolution". I think it'll have some sort of built-in steering wheel control, like a rotary controller. OK, you've heard it here first. :-) I think since the Atari days, gaming companies gave up on the paddle type controller for the most part, except for these expensive steering wheels. I think a small rotary controller, particularly if you could give it some force-feedback, would be great!

Between that and playing your old games, it sounds like a must-buy.