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Rumor: Wii U final specs
- Thread starter EatChildren
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Bluemercury
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i thought it was almost 2GB of ram...what would they 32meg ? that's way too low for the os...
1GB of RAM for developers to use is actually really good. Coupled with a modern GPU, we'll be seeing some pretty decent texture and lighting improvements.
Console is Future Trunks, stronger than SSJ Goku/Vegeta (PS360), might hang a bit with Cell (next gen Sony & Microsoft stuff) here and there but might be lacking in the long run. Based on these specs anyway.
What do they mean by enhanced Broadway byway? I thought Broadway/Gekko was EoL already.
airmangataosenai
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Why USB 2.0?
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
It's a spec thread. With specs. If you don't like it, leave.
Aren't such gifs bannable in such threads?
Yeah and 'enhanced' broadway cores?1 GB ram total,wow.
Horse Armour
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The one and only.
Because its cheaper than USB 3.0.
BarrenMind
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64,000 blocks!
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
1gb of RAM for games was what was mentioned recently, but only 32mb for the OS? Why... why so low, why. Monumental scrimping.
My personal price ceiling for picking this hardware up hovers around the £150 mark, as in circa the price the other 2 current gen consoles will be reaching.
My personal price ceiling for picking this hardware up hovers around the £150 mark, as in circa the price the other 2 current gen consoles will be reaching.
Watch out, it can be a bannable offense now.
That's a great coincidence at least. But I doubt it's because of that... I now read that apparently the Wii had it as well.
Edit : the memory listed contradicts a bit what we've heard before... so the OS might not take so much memory after all. Good on 4 USB ports though.
Dedication Through Light
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They really couldnt offer more than 8GB of internal storage?
Seven Force
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I was waiting for someone to make this comparison :lol
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
You knew it was coming!
DX10.1 equivalent functionality??.....dead on arrival!
YamCha at his finest.
Awesome only if you havent seen Goku and Vegeta fuck shit up...and we havent yet.
More like Farmer who got one shot by Raditz xD
Visualante2
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Well at least I can play the extensive Wii library in between WiiU releases...
Why should we exempt Nintendo from the arm's race?
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Underwhelming if true. It will be on par with things but........I'm ready to move on from that level of HW and onto new HW.
That base model isn't designed with xbla in mind. When I had my 60gb ps3 and I filled it up I just stopped buying games until I was fully finished with the games I had. I couldn't even buy retail games that required an install for a while. They should swallow the cost and put something bigger in there.
Phoenician_Viking
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After 6 years of waiting to enter the HD market, the Cafee is getting served rather cold.
If you've ever gotten a new computer with USB3, you'd know why
It's still overly expensive and finicky for a console
1GB is going to be for the developers, 32MB eRAM; and I guess there will be some for the OS since they have a lot of functions built in
Seems to be legit if even Eaty can vouch for it. And people said all that speculation was crazy!
Since when is that Bane gif bannable? Can someone explain that to me? I always miss such important things
SolarPowered
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Apophis2036
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Disappointed that they never used a DX11 or equivalent GPU but i can understand that they are trying to keep the price down because of the cost of the controller.
I guess we will see on Thursday whether or not it will be worth it price wise, charging $300 for a DX 10.1 console with 1.5GB of Ram and an 8GB flash drive when PS4 / 720 will 99% likely be DX11 capable consoles with 2GB + of Ram with more than likely a much faster CPU and larger HDD's for $400 a year - 18 months later is a bit of a joke tbh but like everyone else who buys one i will buy it for Nintendo's first party output if they price it accordingly.
Going from those specs it should be no more than $250 / £200 imo.
I guess we will see on Thursday whether or not it will be worth it price wise, charging $300 for a DX 10.1 console with 1.5GB of Ram and an 8GB flash drive when PS4 / 720 will 99% likely be DX11 capable consoles with 2GB + of Ram with more than likely a much faster CPU and larger HDD's for $400 a year - 18 months later is a bit of a joke tbh but like everyone else who buys one i will buy it for Nintendo's first party output if they price it accordingly.
Going from those specs it should be no more than $250 / £200 imo.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
The Wii should have taught everybody that raw specs will not push consoles out the door, and limitations do not prevent market success. Only a niche group of people give a shit about the raw numbers, and that's how it will always be.
As for DX11, you're not going to see that in on a non-Microsoft licensed API.
What hype?
which1spink
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Fox Mulder
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MS sells a 4GB 360 model for $200. They sell overpriced HDDs and firmware limit the size so you can't use a 1TB drive yourself.
As long as Nintendo provides options, it'll be fine for the people that care about it.
fly high ~ayunite~
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So the rumours of a HD Wii weren't pretty far off.
MadOdorMachine
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Which was an overclocked GC CPU. The Wii U reminds me more and more of GC every day.
Graphics Horse
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Because they're not in it, they've made public statements exempting themselves. But they may have the best console GPU and memory on the market for a while, if you like that sort of thing.
Wolves Evolve
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8 gig internal = core model = 249
250 gig to use all that room = 299
500 gig + black model = 349
Whooooo am I kiddddinnnngggg
250 gig to use all that room = 299
500 gig + black model = 349
Whooooo am I kiddddinnnngggg
Actually, I'm taking back my previous assessment and going with SSJ Gohan. It still fits the analogy and I like him better anyways. 
The 32MB RAM there is eDRAM.
The 32MB RAM there is eDRAM.