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Devs to CVG - 'WiiU CPU < PS360'; Nintendo - 'We don't focus on specs'
- Thread starter Sho_Nuff82
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east of eastside
Banned
bet you it's PowerPC A2 (tricore with fewer VMX units)
Again, a thread? seriously? this has ben discussed to death!
Because we need to know once and for all if Wii-U is a joke or not for teasing rights for half a decade to come
opticalmace
Member
I don't really believe this, but would be kinda funny if true. IMO.
Uno Venova
Banned
You might be onto something here.
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
Nah, Nintendo is loving this. If it's true then expectations are being put into check, if not then they have the chance to blow away us gaming enthusiasts at E3 because most won't be expecting much power-wise.
radioheadrule83
Banned
No.
And to the OP... you didn't see this exact story in any of the other 3 active threads? I'm pretty sure I've seen both linked to in the OP posted multiple times in multiple threads.
djplaeskool
Member
Shots fired.
AceBandage
Banned
Maybe people who are developing games for a system like to stay in favor with the console makers. Leaks tend to be people who break NDAs and are not being greatly influenced by a need for Nintendo, Sony, or Microsofts favor or sales from the game coming out.
Quite fascinating really.
The only non contradictory story is IGN. So, both the 720 and Ps4 are going to sport a 6670 GPU. Brace yourselves guys!
SolarPowered
Member
I'm kinda annoyed by it all, but this is basically free marketing for Nintendo and their new system won't be nearly as outdated as the Wii. They are riding a pretty comfortable wave of tears right now...
Not bad. "Gamecube Overclocked" is hard to top, though.
Neogaf: BELIEVE
StealthGoblin
Banned
If these are true, Nintendo are building another Nintendo box. A box that'll sell cheaply, make all of their franchises look good but be rather useless for 3rd parties.
Cerebral Assassin
Member
Well he is anonymous, he must be telling the truth.
Outside of Red Steel 2, I think Ubisoft did pretty well on the Wii.
You have it exactly backwards. Many GAFers are ignoring the positive statements from credible sources while clinging to these anonymous rumors because they dislike Nintendo.
That quote makes me somewhat skeptical of that source, honestly. What developer worth anything would give that quote to the media?
How would being anonymous get him attention? If he was "Mark Rein from Epic" that would be a way to make others recognize you and also draw more hits to the website you are leaking to.
SteveWinwood
Member
Because I don't want to wade through what? 470 pages of crap? Megathreads are dumb. New news new thread.
There have been like ten different threads on these kinds of vague rumors on how powerful or weak the Wii U is going to be in the past week.
I get the "new threads for new news" thing, but I can't be the only one who feels this is kinda excessive.
We'll know more at E3. Is it so hard to wait two months?
I get the "new threads for new news" thing, but I can't be the only one who feels this is kinda excessive.
We'll know more at E3. Is it so hard to wait two months?
Uno Venova
Banned
nice
Hmm, why are you bringing that thread in here, and twisting words no less.
Gahiggidy
My aunt & uncle run a Mom & Pop store, "The Gamecube Hut", and sold 80k WiiU within minutes of opening.
IT'S NOT. IT IS 40% LARGER THAN Wii. without the gcn controller ports. or memory card slots.
Arguably it was worse, since we had megatrolls like tjhooker and drohne running amok. Drinky Crow was more active back then too. Still, this is getting pretty ridiculous, and it's likely to continue on this course for another 2 years probably before it starts dying down.
Yeah, it's a bit of a mess right now. Definitely looking forward to getting some closure at E3, though.
Well, look at the Wii. I'm not saying it's the right strategy, but Nintendo's first and second party titles can carry a system.
I'm not going to draw any conclusions. I'm worried about all the consoles remaining stagnant. We'll have to wait until E3 to see if the games look better than Current Gen or not.
Escape Goat
Member
stay close to the fire, hunker down and pray for daylight.
MattyGrovesOrMe
Member
Nintendo's lack of focus on specs should really stop surprising people. This is from a 1989 newspaper story. The product that's "technologically superior to the Game Boy" mentioned is the Atari Lynx.
Apparently, it is.
GAF may not be at its best in the shitstorms right before a new generation, but it is at its most entertaining.
They like money. The weakest hardware wins, I thought people understood that by now.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
The same source concluded, bluntly: "I suppose you don't need sophisticated physics to make a Mario game."
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
Or maybe, as a Japanese developer, Nintendo is reading the writing on the wall and realizing most western developers are not ready for even higher development costs.
Hell, aside from a select few major publishers around the world, nobody is.
I agree that it sort of makes me pause too, but I wouldn't be surprised if the same biases/fanboy ravings we see online carried on into people's livelihoods. We're dealing with a very immature industry.