In an apt development following
our earlier Revolution release-date roundup, Nintendo pres
Satoru Iwata has confirmed that the system will be coming out sometime after March (the end of Nintendo's current
fiscal year), but still within the confines of the 2006 calendar year.
In a more strongly worded statement, Iwata made a distinctly more judgmental estimation regarding the company's sales
expectations for the Rev: "It [the Revolution] would be a complete failure if we didn't sell more units than the Nintendo
GameCube." The GameCube has shipped 18.76 million units as of June of this year.
A "simultaneous worldwide release" will also be attempted ("as much as it's possible"), following in the footsteps of
Microsoft's nearly simultaneous 360 launch window this fall.
[Thanks, Dark Yoshi]
Revolution "a complete failure" if it sells less than the GameCube; a global launch set for April or later in 2006
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