For the LOLZ - IGN building a Nintendo Cafe (Wii 2)

Dark_Angel · 19 May 2011 at 12:10

http://uk.gear.ign.com/articles/116/1168222p1.html

Their system was apparently:

* CPU: 3.2GHz Triple Core AMD Athlon II X3 450
* GPU: XFX Radeon HD 4850 GPU with 1GBs of VRAM
* Motherboard: BIOSTAR A780L3L Micro ATX
* RAM: 2GBs of Kingston DDR3
* Power Supply: Rosewill RV350 ATX 1.3
* Hard Drive: 80GB WD Caviar Blue 7200RPM

PiKe · 19 May 2011 at 12:14

Amusing but not really thread worthy :/

Dark_Angel · 19 May 2011 at 12:21

Why not?

Sometimes it's fun just to goof off. Besides, it does raise a few good points at the proposed specs of the console.

If they're accurate, I'm not exactly sure how much 'faster' it'll be than the current gen 360 / PS3?

Still, I guess it's all up in the air and rumors right now.

fini · 19 May 2011 at 12:26

I heard Nintendo are teaming up with Starbucks for the Nintendo Cafe at E3.

Dark_Angel · 19 May 2011 at 12:30

I think Wii 2 would've been a better name

I always liked the codename "revolution". The old working name of the Wii I believe.

Scythian · 19 May 2011 at 12:32

Reading that article it would seem that those specs are quite low indeed (From a noob perspective

) but running Crysis 2 on Very high settings?? is that even possible?

Warbie · 19 May 2011 at 12:40

Scythian said:
Reading that article it would seem that those specs are quite low indeed

It would still make the Wii 2 significantly more powerful than the 360 and PS3.

If we don't see sequels for the 360 and PS3 for 2 or more years as predicted by MS and Sony, and if these are the actual specs (lots of ifs), the next Nintendo console could be the definitive home to 3rd party software. That would be an odd turn of events!

K1LLSW1TCH · 19 May 2011 at 12:46

It's the games that will make or break the console more than the hardware imo. Those specs are more than capable of running the most popular money spinning games such as CoD at higher detail than the current consoles.

Syph · 19 May 2011 at 13:00

It's going to be more powerful than the current gen, but not cutting edge. It's got to have a good entry price and not cost Nintendo. I think that's not a massive piece of guesswork

I'm really looking forward to seeing it running and the much touted controllers.

Dark_Angel · 19 May 2011 at 13:08

K1LLSW1TCH said:
It's the games that will make or break the console more than the hardware imo. Those specs are more than capable of running the most popular money spinning games such as CoD at higher detail than the current consoles.

I 100 percent agree - and although a silly concern, I'm somewhat worried that in 12 - 18 months MS or Sony will release something twice as good for the same cost (okay, maybe 100 or so more) thus putting Nintendo firmly behind in the technical state.

I'll not mind, and I'm not saying that any details out now are that concencrete - hell, for all we know the 360 2 (the 720

) will be only the same as the 360 but with a better GPU, 1GB of ram and maybe quad core. :confused:

PiKe · 19 May 2011 at 13:24

Dark_Angel said:
I'll not mind, and I'm not saying that any details out now are that concencrete - hell, for all we know the 360 2 (the 720 ) will be only the same as the 360 but with a better GPU, 1GB of ram and maybe quad core.

A native 1080p requirement for the games on the platform would be nice.

Robert1986 · 19 May 2011 at 13:33

PiKe said:
Amusing but not really thread worthy :/

Do threads need to reach a certain criteria before being posted or something?

Dark_Angel · 19 May 2011 at 13:43

Robert1986 said:
Do threads need to reach a certain criteria before being posted or something?

Indeed, pike needs to approve of them apparently.