According to GameSpot, Nintendo’s president Satoru Iwata said that Americans can expect a Revolution in time for the holidays.
Because the company has been so tight-lipped about the upcoming next-gen console’s release, speculation has been that it wouldn’t actually release until 2007. Iwata’s comments to Japanese newspaper Sankei Shinbun nixed that notion.
We can't disclose the Revolution's release period yet, but we have no plans to miss out on the year-end sales battle. As for North America, we need to release it by Thanksgiving, or otherwise we won't receive support from the retail industry. So the Revolution will be released prior to that period."
Iwata avoided any specific comments about how much the Revolution would cost. However, he reiterated that the console will be reasonably priced. "The amount of money that people are willing to spend on videogames is getting less every year," he said. "Even if it's a superb machine, it's not going to sell if it's 50,000 yen ($434). We plan to make [the Revolution] an affordable price."
GameSpot
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