The rumored PPI put it higher than an iPad 2, but outside the range of a Retina Display.
And the original iPad and the iPad 2 use the same screen resolution, BTW. Only change was who made the panel because the panel became thinner.
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Wii U Speculation Thread The Third: Casting Dreams in The Castle of Miyamoto
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The rumored PPI put it higher than an iPad 2, but outside the range of a Retina Display.
And the original iPad and the iPad 2 use the same screen resolution, BTW. Only change was who made the panel because the panel became thinner.
GhostTrick
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Expect some changes concerning the screen at E3 though. E3 2011 & 2012 padlet screens won't be the same. But it doesn't mean its overall quality witnessed last year won't be present or even better in two months heh
What do you mean ? Resolution ? Technology ? Quality ?
Father_Brain
Banned
An E3 2011 reveal would have made sense, had they stuck to what I'm guessing was their original plan to launch early in FY 2013 (no later than July). They didn't.
For what it's worth, it's completely unprecedented for new hardware to be shown in playable form two E3s in a row before launching in any territory.
GhostTrick
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I don't know if it will improve, but the screen on the padlet is subject to slight changes. Not huge changes don't get me wrong
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The Euro was introduced way too high from the very beginning. A lot of economies had massive troubles because of the ridiculously high market introduction of the Euro. You can see the effects of it (as well as the rampant curruption) in Greece, Spain and Italy (save us Monti).
I personally expect the WiiU to come in at 350 or 399 Euros. The 3DS was 250 at launch, and if I recall right, the Wii was 250 as well when it came out. With the Tablet Controller the price seems realistic.
Now I don't want to justify the price as being adequate, as I don't know the WiiUs specs or pack in contents, but anyone asuming a console that packs in a freaking tablet controller with a 6 inch screen with modest specs to come in at less than 300 Euros is simply delusional.
Now, going by historic price comparisons, this would mean the US price being 350 to 399 Dollars. Which even if we lowball the specs of the console (aside from the utterly stupidity of being worse than 360 and PS3) should seem reasonable for at least the first year on the market.
I don't know if it will improve, but the screen on the padlet is subject to slight changes. Not huge changes don't get me wrong
As long as they improve the light matrix on the screen, and add some analog triggers, they can keep everything the same for all I care.
The clouding in the photographs could be a problem of the photosensors though, as most images were shot in low light situations, which would cause the camera sensors to bleed out the light in a way the human eye would never see it.
Analog triggers should become standard, as it would make the UPad the perfect entry level steering wheel.
Hmm.... Yeah i see. I didn't even think about the PPI.
I need to sleep now. But when i wake up i wanna post in a new and fresh thread, guys!
Gebt Gas!
TheGreatMightyPoo
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I don't know if it will improve, but the screen on the padlet is subject to slight changes. Not huge changes don't get me wrong
Guesswork or from sources???
*giggles*
Speaking of old ports... Batman AC will be a year old port when it finally hits Wii U, but what are the chances of the game being some sort of Game of the Year Edition? Arkham Asylum had a similar release about a year later.
Soul destroying, maybe.
I don't know if it will improve, but the screen on the padlet is subject to slight changes. Not huge changes don't get me wrong
How about telling us what these changes are?
I don't know if it will improve, but the screen on the padlet is subject to slight changes. Not huge changes don't get me wrong
so 3ds screen-quality bad or ds screen-quality bad?
Ouch !
Seriously, i need a US-Businessman-Buddy who will buy some nice high-tech goods for me in exchange of french delicacies when he'll come here
I'm fed up with the Euro-Dollar discrepancy
Aha!I don't know if it will improve, but the screen on the padlet is subject to slight changes. Not huge changes don't get me wrong
Holographic 3D Headmountdisplay with 4k res confirmed by IdeaMan!
Cool!
off to kotakuHQ
I'm just warning that my tone is like that sometimes.
I'll be posting less anyway. Trying to learn Java.
Not in terms of features, but in its characteristics. It was said by Nintendo to third-parties a moment ago, don't know if the latest DRC available to them include these modifications.
-Pyromaniac-
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My spec predictions:
GPUZ
COREZ
RAMZ
CASHHHHHHHH
there you go.
GPUZ
COREZ
RAMZ
CASHHHHHHHH
there you go.
You adorable French bastard! Spill the beans - mon cher amis.I would have indicated if it was guesswork
Sad thing is. This is all we really know.
So in other words, it could be anything, resolution, size, materials. So when the change inevitably happens (perfectly normal since it's been a year since we saw prototypes) you can claim that you were right all along.
It's amazing. I've never seen such masterful use of Barnum Statements. You have an entire community eating out of your hands.
Fourth Storm
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I would have indicated if it was guesswork
Multitouch perhaps? Somebody had once said that for resistive screens it's a matter of software rather than hardware. I could see Nintendo adding that in just to "check the box" since pinch to zoom is pretty established at this point, and Nintendo mean to advertise the Wii U as a lifestyle device as well as a gaming machine.
DefectiveReject
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a winner is you.
Your prize is a wiiu
Only problem is... you have to collect it from BurntPork
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Ouch !
Seriously, i need a US-Businessman-Buddy who will buy some nice high-tech goods for me in exchange of french delicacies when he'll come here
I'm fed up with the Euro-Dollar discrepancy
It really is bizarre how US prices are translated numerical instead of real world worth of currency.
I allways laugh when US people complain about their prices. The PS2 was almost 500 Euros 900.000 Lira when it launched in Italy (back then local small retailers in South Tyrol would only sell you the PS2 with one launch game bundled). This was price gouging by local businesses that profited from a regional decree that prohibited large electronic chains to set up shop there (which was since scrapped for the most part) but it still doesn't change the fact that when Sony announced the 599 pricetag of the PS3 many Europeans, myself included thought about importing it from the US as even with shipping it would cost us less than our pricings.
UK only really is cheaper with software though. With hardware there is literally no savings after shipping costs are applied (not counting discounts and special offerings of course)
Specs wise, this is my optimal Wii U honestly and a nice step above the current gen, especially if the GPU has a godlike feature set.
The other stuff is super specific, but since I don't dabble in game announcement speculation (going in blank is so much more fun), I can only say good stuff there. Also, Retro's making an action adventure/StarTropics.
[/wishful thinking]Basically, Nintendo warned third-parties (at least where my sources are working) that there will be slight changes on the DRC screen. Changes that you'll notice so it's not an invisible modification. I need to confirm this information first (i think i talked about that privately with someone from GAF a few weeks ago), i was just answering to snow, that the screen he saw at E3 2011 seems not to be the screen he'll see come E3 2012. It's rather right or wrong actually, they could have fixed the padlet screen with, let's say, Sharp, one year ago, and the thing could not change from then (just tiny refinements).
Still no multi-touch nor haptic nor 3D on the DRC at the end of march, for big third-parties.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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Wii U processors to be designed by Ubisoft confirmed.
Maybe the change is something along the lines of analog triggers, or clicky pads just to "tick the box"?
Ideaman, do you have any info on Subscreen lag? Is there some/none/don't know? I realise that gyros seem to have inherent lag but I'm meaning the screen. If you have the same scene showing on main screen and Subscreen are they in perfect sync? This is one of my biggest concerns.
I think you'll be shit out of luck then. That would require a pretty hefty jump to go from 720 to 1080 and double the framerate all the while having the controller have to display something.
Ideaman, do you have any info on Subscreen lag? Is there some/none/don't know? I realise that gyros seem to have inherent lag but I'm meaning the screen. If you have the same scene showing on main screen and Subscreen are they in perfect sync? This is one of my biggest concerns.
Fourth Storm
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Maybe the screen itself clicks. :O haha
About 5x power jump from 360...pretty much what IGN was saying not too long ago. I don't believe it.
-Pyromaniac-
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nintendo can't afford the hardcorezzz, what do you think this is.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
I'm pretty certain that Nintendo and users at E3 all confirmed absolutely zero noticeable lag.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
The other stuff is super specific, but since I don't dabble in game announcement speculation (going in blank is so much more fun), I can only say good stuff there. Also, Retro's making an action adventure/StarTropics.
I know there are like 3 of us on the board that want this more than anything.
i do remember the same but are we sure that UPad was actually streaming wireless?
i mean, we do know there was actually a cable: was it there just for battery and security reasons?
No apparent lag for this case for my sources projects, but it could be different for other titles. The video streaming tech seems to be rather efficient. It's more about the resources draw of the padlet when rendering a complex 3D scene (usually another view of the main screen) that there is an hindrance for these developers, in a v4 dev kit/all the other parameters that i explained context.
I'm going to post this so that my guess seems less pessimistic.
http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.php?p=1635529&postcount=924
http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.php?p=1635529&postcount=924
snowdog1971
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Yup, it was before Apple started using Retina displays, so it would have been the iPad 2 I think. We're talking about June last year.
Tears of joy. The show would be officially "good" for me. *sigh*
The iPod touch 4th gen was using Retina at the time, but not the iPad 2.
AceBandage
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Your gifs are killing my internetz at loading, but they are awesome
You need a new computer. lol. How much RAM does your computer have?
and what is the ratio of your PC's RAM to Wii U's RAM?
It has no effect on my laptop at all... while I have 20 tabs and a stream open, along with Skype.
ViewtifulJC
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Lord Ghirahim
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That's a 22MB gif.
Yes.
Yes.
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