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[Kerub]

85 days isn't that much after all. Tomorrow it will only be 84 days.

I think I'm going insane.

 

[TheExplodingHead]

I've never been on to believe the whole small case = small power argument, but I have been thinking about this as well. On one hand, I wouldn't put it past nintendo's hardware wizardry to get something capable of running UE4 in such a tiny box. On the other hand...it's a pretty friggin small box. Personally I hope they learned from the 3DS design debacle and just redesign the whole thing to look different from the Wii. Give it racing stripes, speed holes, something.

Agreed, but "beefing up the HW" to accommodate UE4 probably involves increasing clock speeds on CPU/GPU, bus bandwidth, RAM speeds, and better probably "bigger" cooling (heasinks, fans, etc). All of which will produce a LOT more heat. So the console will have to get probably an inch or so taller, and an inch or two longer, along with very powerful case fans, maybe in multiple locations.

We have to remember, the GCN chipset never generated very much heat. Which isn't the reality of muti-core architecture these days unless it's 32nm or smaller.

 

[frostbyte]

Yeah guys, new day new thread! We be up in this b****!

excitement over, any new news or are we going in circles as usual?

 

[guek]

Absolutely not. SF Command's story felt like 100% terrible fanfiction.

Honestly, I think every game series needs something like SF command. A bastard child that's kind of under the radar where the craziest shit happens. It wasn't a big game in the franchise so no one really cares, but it's fun to point back at it and say "what the hell were they thinking??"

 

[Nibel]

While I'd love a new wave race, F-zero does sound like a better deal to me.

Sign this, people!

 

[AceBandage]

Thanks man....how fitting were gonna get married in nintendo clothes. Lol

...
Oh please be joking...

 

[bgassassin]

200 posts in less than one hour. All of you should be ashamed.

 

[BlackJace]

How do you think are the boxes going to look like? I hope we get something really minimalistic, not only design wise, but also in temrs of size. Seriously, the 3DS box could have been 70% smaller and still would have had enough space for the systme, the dock and the charger.

PS: Photoshoppers, start working!

PPS: I have a random question for you guys. It has nothing to do with this thread: How do you become normal "Member"? Do you have to post for a certain amount of time? How does it work? Couldn't find anything via google or the FAQ.

Sigh fine.

 

[Boss Doggie]

I'm surprised there's no speculation thread like this for the other two consoles.

 

[Nibel]

200 posts in less than one hour. All of you should be ashamed.

I think most of us are hyped about the new thread :lol

New thread means new luck to us!

 

[Wiz]

200 posts in less than one hour. All of you should be ashamed.

but...it's Nintendo.

 

[ffdgh]

I'm surprised there's no speculation thread like this for the other two consoles.

our speculation runs on.....hopes and dreams. with facts ever so often

 

[Ivan A Nguyen]

I think I just found out what I'm going to be setting my house's count down timer to. Is that timed for the Nintendo press event or just the opening of E3?

 

[guek]

Agreed, but "beefing up the HW" to accommodate UE4 probably involves increasing clock speeds on CPU/GPU, bus bandwidth, RAM speeds, and better probably "bigger" cooling (heasinks, fans, etc). All of which will produce a LOT more heat. So the console will have to get probably an inch or so taller, and an inch or two longer, along with very powerful case fans, maybe in multiple locations.

The current case already has several fan openings. I know very little about heat dissipation though. I mostly just want the case to change because I'm afraid people will confuse it with the old Wii. Keep the Wii U name, whatever, just make it visually distinguishable upon first glance.

 

[AceBandage]

I'm surprised there's no speculation thread like this for the other two consoles.

They tried one for the Durango, but no one posted.
Though, to be fair, we know about the Wii U right now.
Everything for the other two is 100% rumor.

I think I just found out what I'm going to be setting my house's count down timer to. Is that timed for the Nintendo press event or just the opening of E3?

I believe it's a rough estimate of the E3 conference, since we don't know exact times just yet.

 

[Hero of Legend]

I'm surprised there's no speculation thread like this for the other two consoles.

They haven't been unveiled yet, we started with the Cafe thread before E3.

 

[bgassassin]

I think I just found out what I'm going to be setting my house's count down timer to. Is that timed for the Nintendo press event or just the opening of E3?

Just the opening of E3 for now.

 

[BY2K]

200 posts in less than one hour. All of you should be ashamed.

You should be ashamed not to have posted more!

 

[lordfroakie]

I'm surprised there's no speculation thread like this for the other two consoles.

Theres a nextbox one but who cares about that "console"

Edit: March should go by faster, not sure about the other months. Guess ill keep myself busy with the gaf game

 

[Hot Coldman]

I'm surprised there's no speculation thread like this for the other two consoles.

Not that surprising.

-Many are done with their Wiis, whilst people still using their 360/PS3 a lot
-Console already unveiled and then barely mentioned since, creating an air of mystery around it
-Nintendo fanboys are the looniest, c'mon son

 

[Nibel]

They tried one for the Durango, but no one posted.
Though, to be fair, we know about the Wii U right now.
Everything for the other two is 100% rumor.

But even those unconfirmed Project Café threads have been on fire until E3..

 

[HylianTom]

I think I just found out what I'm going to be setting my house's count down timer to. Is that timed for the Nintendo press event or just the opening of E3?

I think the opening of E3. We don't have an announced time for the Ninty conference yet.

 

[NeoRausch]

...
Oh please be joking...

Just the shirts man, just the shirts.

no cosplay stuff or the likes.

 

[guek]

I'm surprised there's no speculation thread like this for the other two consoles.

Well there's less information available for the other two upcoming consoles. There's also the fact that nintendo's always been such a wild card, it's fun to speculate. Oh, MS and Sony might very well do something drastic next gen as well, but we have no real evidence that would propose such a turn of events.

200 posts in less than one hour. All of you should be ashamed.

Hey, I just got here! That's why it's not 250 yet ^^

 

[guek]

dp

 

[HylianTom]

Just the shirts man, just the shirts.

no cosplay stuff or the likes.

Love it.

(If I could get my guy to dress like Link (he's a dead-ringer for him), I'd do it in a heartbeat.)

 

[tsab]

ok in 2 weeks is Daylight Savings Time.
dodge an hour there

 

[Hero of Legend]

You think we'll hear something around April 25th on the one year anniversary of the Wii Successor confirmation from Nintendo?

What event was that? It wasn't for the fiscal year since that would've been a month prior, I guess it was an investor's meeting that's monthly or something?

 

[AceBandage]

ok in 2 weeks is Daylight Savings Time.
dodge an hour there

Happened today for the US.

You think we'll hear something around April 25th on the one year anniversary of the Wii Successor confirmation from Nintendo?

What event was that? It wasn't for the fiscal year since that would've been a month prior, I guess it was an investor's meeting that's monthly or something?

The 2011 Fiscal Year Investors Meeting. We'll likely hear more about the Wii U, like with did at the last Investors Meeting.

 

[TheExplodingHead]

The current case already has several fan openings. I know very little about heat dissipation though. I mostly just want the case to change because I'm afraid people will confuse it with the old Wii. Keep the Wii U name, whatever, just make it visually distinguishable upon first glance.

We've already heard reports of the GPU overheating and needing to be underclocked at one point. So the only way around that is to lower clocks for retail, or go for a smaller nm and keep the current case.

But I totally agree with distinguishing this console visually from the Wii.

 

[ffdgh]

ok in 2 weeks is Daylight Savings Time.
dodge an hour there

huh? it happened already lol

 

[Eggplant Wizard]

While I'd love a new wave race, F-zero does sound like a better deal to me.

Why can't it be both? Obviously only one can be a launch title, but that just means the other gets more time in development.

Is there any way there won't be a racing game at launch? Every Nintendo console besides 64 (which still had Pilotwings) has had one.

 

[HylianTom]

If I had to choose between more-power-plus-lotsa-RROD vs less-power-but-uber-reliable.. I'd be tempted to choose the latter. They'd better uber-cool this thing.

 

[guek]

You think we'll hear something around April 25th on the one year anniversary of the Wii Successor confirmation from Nintendo?

What event was that? It wasn't for the fiscal year since that would've been a month prior, I guess it was an investor's meeting that's monthly or something?

Uh, probably not anything on that particular date. I doubt it's significant. I believe there's an investor's meeting at the end of the month that begins the new quarter or something along those lines. We heard about NFC at an investor's meeting though, so its possible we'll hear something new at the end of the month. As always though, don't get your hopes too high. We all thought GDC was a lock for information...

 

[Coolwhip]

Add the desert picture in the OP. It's perfect.

 

[Rösti]

You think we'll hear something around April 25th on the one year anniversary of the Wii Successor confirmation from Nintendo?

What event was that? It wasn't for the fiscal year since that would've been a month prior, I guess it was an investor's meeting that's monthly or something?

I remember them issuing a press release: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2011/110425_4e.pdf

And it was in conjunction with the Financial Results Briefing for Fiscal Year Ended March 2011: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/events/110426/05.html

 

[Gianni Merryman]

I'm surprised there's no speculation thread like this for the other two consoles.

Well, actually WiiU has been already announced for almost a year - well, sort of... - and it's going to launch in a matter of months, whereas there's been nothing official yet about next MS and Sony's consoles, so I don't find it that surprising really.

By the way I reckon Nintendo followers for some reasons generally do enjoy this kind of stuff more than others.

 

[bgassassin]

Agreed, but "beefing up the HW" to accommodate UE4 probably involves increasing clock speeds on CPU/GPU, bus bandwidth, RAM speeds, and better probably "bigger" cooling (heasinks, fans, etc). All of which will produce a LOT more heat. So the console will have to get probably an inch or so taller, and an inch or two longer, along with very powerful case fans, maybe in multiple locations.

We have to remember, the GCN chipset never generated very much heat. Which isn't the reality of muti-core architecture these days unless it's 32nm or smaller.

I think the latter is due more to the GPU now, but I'm sure you'd agree with what.

I also think the "beefing up the HW" that some of those articles have mentioned probably aren't focused right. I think it's more about making sure the GPU has the functionality to achieve those effects not so much as all of a sudden the GPU has 1000+ ALUs as well.

 

[NeoRausch]

Love it.

(If I could get my guy to dress like Link (he's a dead-ringer for him), I'd do it in a heartbeat.)

I've got a 1-up. Mushroom shirt for me and a yoshi shirt for the missus. Cause...first wedding day needs to be the green wedding day.

 

[lordfroakie]

-Nintendo fanboys are also gay, c'mon son

fixed

 

[guek]

We've already heard reports of the GPU overheating and needing to be underclocked at one point. So the only way around that is to lower clocks for retail, or go for a smaller nm and keep the current case.

But I totally agree with distinguishing this console visually from the Wii.

Fo sho. I hope they really surprise us.

If I had to choose between more-power-plus-lotsa-RROD vs less-power-but-uber-reliable.. I'd be tempted to choose the latter. They'd better uber-cool this thing.

Well the RROD had little to do with the 360's powers and more to do with overall shoddy worskmanship and design iirc. It could have totally been avoided if the product wasn't so rushed.

Add the desert picture in the OP. It's perfect.

I was thinking the same thing. I love that pic...

 

[Boss Doggie]

What's a durango? That sounds like an animal.

 

[wsippel]

Hmm, I don't recall seeing your post, nor replying to it. And yes, I read the specifications of this and thus I wrote "fit Nintendo's interests". Certainly wouldn't something you have to work with so much be something Nintendo would choose, but maybe a different type of this technique has been developed for Wii U, one that functions like Blu-ray with a few extra tricks up its sleeves, but without any high licensing costs.

How does a rewritable format fit Nintendo's interests? ADA has three things to set it apart from Blu-ray: Rewritability, a filesystem optimized for backups, and a cartridge for added protection. Remove those three things Nintendo certainly isn't interested in and you end up with - you guessed it - Blu-ray. Because that's exactly what ADA is: Blu-ray-RW for professional backups.

 

[AceBandage]

What's a durango? That sounds like an animal.

Supposed code name for the Nextbox.

 

[lordfroakie]

What's a durango? That sounds like an animal.

An autobot that transforms into a console/tablet/radio/tv

 

[boiled goose]

New thread.
Hype continues all the way to E3.

 

[guek]

What's a durango? That sounds like an animal.

It's the only country-fried console endorsed by a clown

 

[Wiz]

I've got a 1-up. Mushroom shirt for me and a yoshi shirt for the missus. Cause...first wedding day needs to be the green wedding day.

Those 1-up mushroom shirts are stylin'. Got me one of those a couple years ago. Nice choices.

 

[Übermatik]

If I had to choose between more-power-plus-lotsa-RROD vs less-power-but-uber-reliable.. I'd be tempted to choose the latter. They'd better uber-cool this thing.

I like your prolific use of the word 'uber'.

 

[HylianTom]

Fo sho. I hope they really surprise us.

Well the RROD had little to do with the 360's powers and more to do with overall shoddy worskmanship and design iirc. It could have totally been avoided if the product wasn't so rushed.

I was thinking the same thing. I love that pic...

Okay.. I often have to resist yellng lyrics from Rhythm Heaven's Love Rap, and here you are saying "fo sho!"

As far as hardware stability: my main worry comes from rumors of Nintendo changing the guts, beefing them up. I hope they have time to test test test before finalizing.