[darkpuppet]

I dunno.. to be honest, from what I've read.. sure, they have novel technology, but to me, it seems they're still running a very similar processor to the gamecubes.

We know that the revolution's processor runs at 729MHz, while the cube's ran at 485MHz... It's probably a slightly updated core, but there won't be that many changes considering they're running 50% faster with %20 less energy consumption.

So I think it's also safe to say, they won't be running a much newer graphics processor than the gamecube's either as they've still got that energy consumption cap, and added bluetooth and WiFi.

Don't get me wrong, the gamecube was a great machine in the previous generation, in terms of processing performance, it probably outperformed the PS2 in most aspects... but is a 50% increase in performance coupled with a wavy wandy thing going to keep people plugged in to the console for 5 years?

I'm still skeptical... I don't have much intention on getting one, but at that price, so long as you don't tell people it's basically a mildly updated gamecube, I'm sure it's going to sell.