Revolution: Sleek, Backwards Compatible with GameCube - 13.5.05

A New York Times article mainly about the XBox 360 sheds a little more light on the competing Nintendo Revolution, namely that it will be backwards compatible with the GameCube, and that it will be super-sleek - only about one inch tall in an attempt by Nintendo to shed the just-for-kids image of its consoles:

Perrin Kaplan, Nintendo's vice president for corporate affairs, said GameCube's successor would be "very, very sleek." She described it as horizontal and no taller than a stack of three DVD cases.

Unlike GameCube, the new system will play DVD's, Ms. Kaplin said, and will feature a wireless controller. It will play GameCube games as well as a new class of high-definition games, with new emphasis on online play.

In Console Wars, Xbox Is Latest to Rearm, via kotaku

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