 New Retro News
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Trip Hawkins is one of the gaming
industry's hottest players, so it's no surprise that Nintendo is feeling the
pressure of his latest venture; a games system that will provide all the
family's entertainment needs.
Working in collaboration with TV giant Panasonic, this
as-yet unnamed entertainment machine promises to bring not only a wealth of
futuristic gaming potential to people's living rooms, but a dazzling array of
multimedia entertainment in one powerhouse unit.
The news has apparently spooked Nintendo into some pretty
drastic action. The New Retro News team is as aware as every gamer out there
that the SNES remains a serious contender for the lead gaming system, but
the technology is already falling behind. In answer to Hawkins' proposed new
super machine, Nintendo is allegedly following suite and teaming up with a TV
manufacturer - in this case, Sony.
The New Retro News team has something of a cynical
reputation around the EgoGamer offices, and our desperation meter is currently
off the scale. Sony has precisely no experience in the games industry, so quite
what Nintendo believes it can bring to a next generation machine is anyone's
guess. With Hawkins behind a new system, anything's possible, so Panasonic at
least has good marketing sense on its side.
Competition is certainly no bad thing, but if EgoGamer
chose to pick sides in the expectedly short console war looming on the horizon,
out money will be on Hawkins. We predict Nintendo will about turn pretty
rapidly when it realizes the limited potential Sony proposes in the videogame
industry, while Panasonic and Hawkins make a formidable team destined to go
down in console history.
Get saving, readers - you're not going to want to miss the
interactive multimedia revolution Trip's brewing right now.
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