To clarify on what was said, it was more along the lines of Nintendo tweaked the Wii U to make sure it can run UE4.
which would explain the recent bump in specs... and apparently Nintendo is still tweaking the hardware. So it could get even better.
It sounds too good to be true, so I don't really believe it, but if anyone here knows some info that BlacknMild2k1 is a safe source then it would be great
let's ban IdeaMan anyway since he knows stuff and wont tell us
I need a Kirby Anime nao
Does even Nintendo knows that UE4 exist? I don't think they care too much about it to be honest.
To clarify on what was said, it was more along the lines of Nintendo tweaked the Wii U to make sure it can run UE4.
which would explain the recent bump in specs... and apparently Nintendo is still tweaking the hardware. So it could get even better.
That's why they've struck a rather unique licensing deal with Autodesk and Havok, right? Because they don't care about external middleware or third parties?Does even Nintendo knows that UE4 exist? I don't think they care too much about it to be honest.
Just a precision. The "recent bump in specs" that we talk about since the end of last year/start of January has already benefited the V4 dev kits that third parties have. And according to lherre, the "V5" ones for Nintendo & First Parties (and soon the third i guess if it's not already the case) represent a small increase of FPS in a known engine compare to the V4 (so i guess not the boost in power required if v4 couldn't handle the UE4).
Now, did Nintendo "tweaked the Wii U" even more very recently to run UE4, if it wasn't capable of it before ? That's the question
wrong they do care not for in house games but they do care
Does even Nintendo knows that UE4 exist? I don't think they care too much about it to be honest.
That's why they've struck a rather unique licensing deal with Autodesk and Havok, right? Because they don't care about external middleware or third parties?
Does even Nintendo knows that UE4 exist? I don't think they care too much about it to be honest.
That's why they've struck a rather unique licensing deal with Autodesk and Havok, right? Because they don't care about external middleware or third parties?
Would be cheaper for AMD and Nintendo to just put a 68xx class GPU in the box, rather than going to all the trouble of customising a 48xx class part to that degree.
Nonsense. The 6xxx series of GPUs started development before the Wii U GPU did. The 7xxx series even probably started before the Wii U GPU was designed on the drawing board.When Nintendo and AMD started deving the Wii-U chip, a 6xxx line chip may not have been feasible yet. Remember they probably started deving this quite some time ago. A 6xxx chip may have been too expensive at the time, or not give them the starting base they wanted, or they were unsure when the die shrinkage was going to happen etc etc.
stop trying to keep us grounded with your real world logicman!
WiiUE4EVAR!
to channel Drink Crow
Disgruntled Ninthings are the best Ninthings
Is this the Retro game which is in "crunch mode"? If so, then will we see their Wii U project anytime soon? That 3D Donkey Kong is really unexpected.
Nonsense. The 6xxx series of GPUs started development before the Wii U GPU did. The 7xxx series even probably started before the Wii U GPU was designed on the drawing board.
Smiles and Cries, I-I... think you've gone... mad.
They were planning the Wii U specs in 2009. They did not design the Wii U GPU in 2009. Those are two different things.
The Wii U GPU will be comparable to 2011 and 2012 GPUs. Not 2008 or 2009 ones.
there will be 100 trolls that will call the WiiU 2008 tech after launch no matter what the facts are unless it runs UE4
They were planning the Wii U specs in 2009. They did not design the Wii U GPU in 2009. Those are two different things.
The Wii U GPU will be comparable to 2011 and 2012 GPUs. Not 2008 or 2009 ones.
They were planning the Wii U specs in 2009. They did not design the Wii U GPU in 2009. Those are two different things.
The Wii U GPU will be comparable to 2011 and 2012 GPUs. Not 2008 or 2009 ones.
UE4 is not some alien technology that needs much power to run on anything. UE4 will run on the Xbox 360 too, if Epic ports it.there will be 100 trolls that will call the WiiU 2008 tech after launch no matter what the facts are unless it runs UE4
UE4 is not some alien technology that needs much power to run on anything. UE4 will run on the Xbox 360 too, if Epic ports it.
People seem to think a new engine will make Samaritan graphics possible instantly, but that's BS. A good engine doesn't suddenly make hardware capable of doing more calculations or more effects. UE3 can already do all the effects and calculations on PC hardware. It's just a framework that may make it easier to access the power needed to do all of it. UE4 will undoubtedly be a better framework than UE3, but it's still going to run on iPads and other low end stuff.
The Wii U will run UE4. That doesn't mean the games look like Samaritan, or better than UE3 games even.
Ok, third topic is done and ready to go when this one closes.
Thanks to everyone that's helped.
Awesome! But... what's it called? D:
It will be called:
Wii U |ST| The Third: Castle of Miyamoto
Ok, third topic is done and ready to go when this one closes.
Thanks to everyone that's helped.
Ok, third topic is done and ready to go when this one closes.
Thanks to everyone that's helped.
Well yeah. The point is that "running UE4" tells isn't something special and that it doesn't automatically imply every game can run on the Wii U.While what you said is 100% correct, you aren't taking into account that scaling an engine means a lot, and Wii U running UE4 means more than just it's running the bare minimum that Ipads can run, if Nintendo had to upgrade anything, it means they are targeting a recommended (from epic's console targets) version of the engine, something with all the eye candy you'll see on ps4/xbox3 though probably scaled back a small amount.
I have a feeling we're going to get to numero 5 before e3 ends.
Good thing the conference is on the fifthThe speculation thread will boil in the beginning of June.