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Trying to milk those crappy pokemon things the dreamcast had. I forget the name.
Nintendo to announce new console @ e3
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Trying to milk those crappy pokemon things the dreamcast had. I forget the name.
512mb of memory is nothing. The Wii2 is obviously going to compete with the next generation Playstation and Xbox (it's not a matter of if, but when) and the gap between Wii2 and the latter two consoles will be even bigger than last time.
The Wii2 is basically the start of the next generation.
The Wii2 is basically the start of the next generation.
Virtual memory unit or something, I don't think it'll be like those. I also doubt it'll have a 7" screen, I'd be very very surprised if they did something like that as everyone knows Touchscreen controls are absolutely abysmal.
If they did touchscreen only I would not go anywhere near the next console.
512mb of memory is nothing but a guess by the site that posted the cpu/gpu specs. (they said something about the min needed for those specs)
Remember that Nintendo have a ram fetish they usually put stuff that’s faster than they really need, the stuff in the 3DS is faster than the ddr3 ram in the ps3
Remember that Nintendo have a ram fetish they usually put stuff that’s faster than they really need, the stuff in the 3DS is faster than the ddr3 ram in the ps3
I'll keep an eye on this. As already suggested, I can see the Wii2 being a fair bit more powerful than current gen but then the jump between the Wii2 and the PS4/Xbox720 being at least as a big a gap, meaning the Wii2 will be a half-gen step. I'm not dismissing it though. If it's <£200 and the games look good, I'd probably get one.
It wasn't an informed opinion to be honest, hence me stating that I could be wrong
If Nintendo were so good they wouldn't have been forced to take a different direction with their recent consoles. Xbox and Playstation take the role that the Mega Drive and Super Nintendo use to hold.
Nintendo seem to have found their niche in the market by doing this alternative rubbish ( note rubbish is my personal opinion
)edit: whilst nintendo have made a profit with recent console sales, surely it isnt near the xbox/ps or the sales of its older consoles? I was under the impression that Nintendo's handhelds made up the majority of its overall profits, well, at least before the wii.
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Now that's an utterly ridiculous thing to say.
.Lethal said:Nintendo seem to have found their niche in the market by doing this alternative rubbish ( note rubbish is my personal opinion
Well, from a business perspective you can't fault them, and while I'll concede that the Wii is a very mixed bag, I'm not sure you can say the same of the DS at all.
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Microsoft's gaming division didn't break until midway through the 360 generation. Sony's gaming division didn't until midway through PS2, as I recall. In terms of Nintendo's console successes, the SNES was massive, the N64 was beaten by the Playstation and the Gamecube was beaten by everything out at the time. The handheld division has indeed always been profitable, and the only serious contenders have been the Game Gear and the PSP, and neither of those came close to the success of Nintendo's offerings.
It wasn't an informed opinion to be honest, hence me stating that I could be wrong
Well I was wrong too. Apparently there was a very brief period of time where the GC was sold at a loss.
So who was the absolute monster that pummelled the Mega Drive and SNES like the Wii has done to the 360 and PS3?
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How is it?
Hmm looking at my original post in this thread it looks like I'm talking about console sales.
I was trying to say Nintendo weren't successful (As SEGA wasn't). As Nintendo had to take a different direction and move out of the type of games they made with the SNES, to ones that we see today on the Wii.
In regards to sales, sure Nintendo are very successful, but they aren't the same Nintendo that I had a fond affection for back in the 1990s.
If that makes any sense?
It sounds ike you're saying that Nintendo should stagnate rather than innovate. They tried something new. It was massively successful. Yet for some it's toys out of pram time.
What an utterly ridiculous thing to say.
No, I'm not saying Nintendo should stagnate, stop insinuating.
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Then why not explain what you were saying? You said that if Nintendo were so successful then they wouldn't need to be taking different directions with their current consoles. What does that mean if not that you resent their innovating in new directions?
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Given the Wii was a repackaged gamecube with an incomplete accelerometer controller that required a later addon (wiiplus) to given full axis control, i don't hold much breath that the wii2 will actually be more powerful than the current generation playstation/xboxs and nor would that fit Nintendos ethos. Shooting themselves in the foot with the latest and greatest technology is Sonys gambit. Nintendo are all about the best experience for the lowest price. Dont go expecting miracles people, but do expect something we havnt seen before.
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It does actually make sense now that we've seen the power the 3DS actually has, especially considering it has to render images twice!
Also, the I think the reason why that the Wii remote didn't have full accelerometer/gyroscope was because of the price/cost to produce the controller/console.
Now they have the knowledge and technology with decreased production cost.
Er... upscaled 360 architecture is over 6 years old, it's a far cry from cutting edge.
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Well at least they are providing an actual working model rather than just talking about it at E3. Very good. I still remember when the PS3 was announced and had fifty three ethernet ports, two thousand USB ports, 6 GPUs, etc.
Well at least they are providing an actual working model rather than just talking about it at E3. Very good. I still remember when the PS3 was announced and had fifty three ethernet ports, two thousand USB ports, 6 GPUs, etc.
4D and 120 fps as well if I remember
I still think its odd that Nintendo are announcing a console and a release date at E3, the 3DS has just came out, I would have thought they would have spent most of their time focusing on that.
I thought they might have announced it now due to the financial statement thing at this time of year. But they probably want to get the hype machine going, get developers interested, etc. It might launch in February 2012 in Japan at this rate.