Sources tell them stuff aside from lherre. Be like you telling a forum member here about details on the game you are working on & them leaving hints on it. Whoever the source is may be breaking the NDA but not the person sharing the details to the masses.
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Wii U Speculation Thread 2: Can't take anymore of this!!!
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Sources tell them stuff aside from lherre. Be like you telling a forum member here about details on the game you are working on & them leaving hints on it. Whoever the source is may be breaking the NDA but not the person sharing the details to the masses.
Shin Johnpv
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You'd have to use the Super slow regular DDR3 to have 2GB + 1GB. Ram densities on the faster ram is too small to hit 3GB with it. I think they would be better off going with 2GB of fast ram, than 2 gigs of slow ram, and 1 gig of fast ram.
PS3 only had 256 MB for the GPU I believe....
bgassassin
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I have a puzzle game coming out for Wii U called "Kill People Dead".
You orange bastard! *shake fist*
Fourth Storm
Member
This sounds pretty good. So from this I'm thinking each screen looks twice as good as 360, or more likely, the HD display looks somewhat better than 360 and the subscreen looks almost as good as 360.
Of course, the variety of graphics on either screen is completely variable outside the resolution restraints. Nintendo is leaving it up to the dev to utilize the systems power and features as they see fit.
Grampa Simpson
Banned
Ideaman could verify himself via mod via LinkedIn, but that's not here nor there, especially since I have no idea if LinkedIn is prevalent in France.
Personally, I have to explore my inner pessimist and wonder if he's just a guy who's telling us what we want to hear. If he's been following enough, he probably knows what the upper limits of believability are for the system, and if he's planned it out well, he could just be hinting at some made up spec.
But really, I'd just like to believe him.
Personally, I have to explore my inner pessimist and wonder if he's just a guy who's telling us what we want to hear. If he's been following enough, he probably knows what the upper limits of believability are for the system, and if he's planned it out well, he could just be hinting at some made up spec.
But really, I'd just like to believe him.
2GB seems like s stretch, I will stick with 1.5GB.
I don't think he is a dev though so Im not sure that would work. Which sadly makes him a question mark for now.
I don't think he is a dev though so Im not sure that would work. Which sadly makes him a question mark for now.
Grampa Simpson
Banned
Sure it would. There would have to be a bit of creative work to make it go, but a listing of his previous employers that way could verify that he was involved in video game journalism in France.
Edit: Alistair Roo Post coming in 3..2..
bgassassin
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Fine. I'll leak some concept art in this thread.
Hmm puzzle game? It looks like it takes some nods from Tetris.
bgassassin
Member
Sorry. I put myself under an NDA with the game so I can't reveal much more than what I have.
I'm not sure how to respond to this.
AceBandage
Banned
Ubisoft themselves already confirmed it had more at E3.
Ah yeah i suppose thats one way to go about it.
Cool, 768 then.
OK then. Seeing as it looks like it taxes the system quite heavily, I have just one simple question.....how much RAM does it need to run? <whistles>
More like 95 hours, amirite
bgassassin
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^ You and others will make me lots of money.
Let's just say Crysis looks like an NES game by comparison.
Let's just say Crysis looks like an NES game by comparison.
lordfroakie
Member
You guys are getting too crazy...
I'm confused. I see no killing of dead people in that concept art. Let me "overhear" a clarification and pass it along.
It doesn't usually work that way. Being pessimistic just leaves you depressed. And being intentionally pessimistic doesn't alleviate much because you know you were low-balling your expectations.
I suggest going crazy-insane with inflated expectations, have fun with it now, but don't flip out when reality hits. The best part, for any unsuspecting sucker you draw into your hype, you can revel in their broken dreams.
bgassassin
Member
All will be revealed at E2.
AceBandage
Banned
This guy gets it.
Alright guys, it's been a long day. Anything interesting to talk abou-
JEBUS
btw, is there any way you could prove to a mod that you're a reputable source, Ideaman? Access to a work related email that would connect you to the industry would be enough and you wouldn't have to reveal it to anyone but a mod. I don't ask because I doubt you, it would just be nice to have that extra level of reassurance.
So, as promised, i'll give you an information concerning the Wii U ram.
This is heavily linked to my initial post
In the specific context where i gathered this information (read the Warning part here), i can say that the retail version of Wii U will absolutely not have less than 1 GB of ram. You can ditch this 760mb of ram rumor and never look back.
The exciting bonus: From what i know, i'm also pretty sure that it will not have just 1 GB.
This is reported in a Rev4 dev kit frame, so maybe the later versions will change even more the ram situation. But whatever the amount of memory current dev kits have, i'm talking of the retail version*
*Yes, dev kits often have a different amount of ram for debugging and other things, but even if it may be the case for Wii U, my sources are able to know how much ram the real Wii U is expected to have, for the moment ! You can guess how.
Edit: more hints a few posts below
More to come about the padlet, before the end of the week
To be more precise, i was quite surprised by the amount of ram expected in the retail version.
I think this message is a bigger hint that the previous one
JEBUS
btw, is there any way you could prove to a mod that you're a reputable source, Ideaman? Access to a work related email that would connect you to the industry would be enough and you wouldn't have to reveal it to anyone but a mod. I don't ask because I doubt you, it would just be nice to have that extra level of reassurance.
WIBBLE.
Just re-reading this bit of IdeaMan's first post after he said that his RAM information links heavily back to it. I'm even more sure that it's 2GB.
snowdog1971
Banned
Bah! Beat me to it!
hahaha no this time =P
and regarding Ideaman, you're free to belive him or not.
I'm pretty sure all of us are taking everything with a grain of salt
especially if those are good news.
We will know in a few months if he's telling the truth or just trolling
so if he's doing the latter he better prepare to be crucified >
AceBandage
Banned
256MB of RAM.
Single Core Intel P1 processor.
ATI 250 GPU
Single Core Intel P1 processor.
ATI 250 GPU
OrangeGrayBlue
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Going from 88 MB to 2 GB in one generation is quite a leap.
The idea earlier suggested of having the console run a GC/Wii game on the tv and another on the Upad is interesting. I think it would be a great feature and it makes sense. If one of the main draws to the console is being able to watch TV and still use your game system, you should also be able to use your tv to play one game whilst a sibling/friend/whatever plays another. It's the same line of thinking, really.
The idea earlier suggested of having the console run a GC/Wii game on the tv and another on the Upad is interesting. I think it would be a great feature and it makes sense. If one of the main draws to the console is being able to watch TV and still use your game system, you should also be able to use your tv to play one game whilst a sibling/friend/whatever plays another. It's the same line of thinking, really.
BlackNMild2k1
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Actually, you're reading it wrong.
He said that if Nintendo was targeting 4 to 5 GB in the retail console, that they would target the higher amount in the Dev kit. Meaning that they would use 10GB RAM instead of 8GB RAM since they want to double the higher amount, not the lower amount.
The problem i have with (the credibility of) Ideaman, is that he seems to be acting like some sort of superstar fanboy. He likes the attention (or should i say, craves it), is "playing" the part. While not under any NDA himself, speaks in riddles that can be easily understood without actually saying them (why doesn't he just say "2 GB"? Why the charades?) as if it would really matter when faced with his source. And the way he communicates, doesn't feel like a former journalist in his 30s or 40s. Also the info he provides, is basically echoing whatever has been decided as concencus earlier in this topic...
So i'd be really relieved and happy if he could -one way or another- get verified by a mod, but i wouldn't know how. He's an EX-game journalist. Or maybe if he could give some info only others who have a devkit could confirm (like Lherre), it would be so much easier to believe him.
So i'd be really relieved and happy if he could -one way or another- get verified by a mod, but i wouldn't know how. He's an EX-game journalist. Or maybe if he could give some info only others who have a devkit could confirm (like Lherre), it would be so much easier to believe him.
Thunder Monkey
Banned
I have the same issue. I like my vague info credible. I expect the same out of IdeaMan that I did out of Arkam or lhere. Even if the latter two are in development and the former isn't.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Meh...I think he's just trying to make the thread a bit more fun. It's a long way until E3. If he's real, I'd much rather him slowly leak stuff between now and then instead of doing it all at once.
AceBandage
Banned
Even if he's not real, at least it's conversation.
StreetsAhead
Member
It'll look exactly like this and people will hate Nintendo forever.
http://dolphinsnacks.com/screenshots/supermariogalaxy/
bgassassin
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I have no problem with him sharing things, but I do feel he's been kind of pretentious in his affect on the thread.
GameplayWhore
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Everyone should be held to the same standard, yeah.
Even though I personally hold a belief that IdeaMan is closer than Arkam (there was no 'h' in his name? huh, never noticed), I found it a little disheartening that the reaction to Ark was "He's reporting lower specs than what we previously heard? HE'S A GOD DAMNED LIAR!", whereas the reaction to IM is largely "He's reporting higher specs than what we previously heard? Hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng!".
I know this doesn't apply to everyone who reacted to either of the two, but there seemed to be quite a bit of a preponderance of such reaction. Confirmation bias is always, always an ugly thing.
On another note: Hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng!
SquiddyCracker
Banned
All I care about is a Wii U strong enough to get third-part ports that run on the same engine as on the competitor's console.
I would love the WiiPad used properly with multi-plat titles such as Bioshock, Portal, or Skyrim.
I would love the WiiPad used properly with multi-plat titles such as Bioshock, Portal, or Skyrim.
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