Are you kidding? You don't agree? The Gamecube controller feels like it's an extension of your hand. It's glorious.
Correct.
Good job on the google search, it seems it was enlightening.
AND have technically amazing versions of Mario, Zelda, Metroid, etc etc etc.
That is a Nintendo system that will sell.
Another 3DS revision is likely if they are announcing anything. I dont think E3 is the place for them to show off QoL.
Wii U is done and buried, cant see a major revision
If it was a new console, we would have gotten leaks from developers like every other new console reveal build-up.
It's definitely QOL.
Battery life for one, ergonomics for another.
Who is going to make these Technically Amazing Nintendo games? All Nintendos dev teams have been living in PS2-era tech for the last 10 years. You can't just throw power at a developer and expect then to immediately produce software commensurate with that power. It takes a lot of time. Honestly the current WiiU games seem right on pace with PS3 games from 1 1/2 years in. Nintendo knows gameplay better than anyone, but graphics they have a lot of catching up to do to even catch PS3 era stuff.
The 360 and PS3 weren't supercomputers just because they were PowerPC. Sony and Microsoft went with x86 for a specific reason, it is easier to program for.
Ok? How is that different, aside from one VR set has you hold the screen in your hands, and the other has you stick it on your face?
Yeah, that's the funny thing. Nintendo has backed themselves into a corner, no third party developer will follow them again.Third-party developers? For Nintendo hardware?!
RE: GamePad-less SKU. I've argued quite a bit in the past that I think it's worth a shot. However, if you believe Iwata at the last investor's meeting, his assessment of the Wii U's failings is that they aren't emphasizing the GamePad enough. Based on that, my assumption is that they are probably not going to ditch it. That is unless there's been enough pressure from investors. But it sounded like Iwata felt they needed to double down on the GamePad.
I hope not, the dissapointment will be grand but people are already setting themselves upI am perhaps being overly optimistic here, but I have to think that nobody is really buying into the notion that this hardware reveal will be anything significant.
Most likely a new handheld.
If it is a new home console, I suspect it will be a rebranding and spec upgrade
to the Wii U. What I mean by this is that the operating system will stay the same
but there will be an increase to memory and a vastly upgraded CPU/GPU that
can produce PS4 level visuals. The system will also obviously be totally backwards compatible with Wii U games. Have this new system debut at no more than $350 so
it's still cheaper than a PS4.
Then Nintendo can announce a megaton price drop for the current Wii U down to
$100 to clear the stock.
I dunno, vita tv did fuckall.I'm still guessing a gamepad-less Wii U. I think the potential sales benefits (especially since the current sales are so poor) outweigh the market confusion of some games not working.
RE: GamePad-less SKU. I've argued quite a bit in the past that I think it's worth a shot.
RE: GamePad-less SKU. I've argued quite a bit in the past that I think it's worth a shot. However, if you believe Iwata at the last investor's meeting, his assessment of the Wii U's failings is that they aren't emphasizing the GamePad enough. Based on that, my assumption is that they are probably not going to ditch it. That is unless there's been enough pressure from investors. But it sounded like Iwata felt they needed to double down on the GamePad.
Most likely a new handheld.
If it is a new home console, I suspect it will be a rebranding and spec upgrade
to the Wii U. What I mean by this is that the operating system will stay the same
but there will be an increase to memory and a vastly upgraded CPU/GPU that
can produce PS4 level visuals. The system will also obviously be totally backwards compatible with Wii U games. Have this new system debut at no more than $350 so
it's still cheaper than a PS4.
Then Nintendo can announce a megaton price drop for the current Wii U down to
$100 to clear the stock.
Actually I've been curious about your definition of 'home electronics' since the first time you used it. Now I know. Not that I agree with it, but at least now we have some common ground. So a 'modern desktop' / 'modern laptop' is what you've been referring to. Just to make it clear, you're not referring specifically to Windows PCs, are you?Now you're just being difficult, you know that when I said computer I mean either a desktop or a laptop.
Which begs the question, are game consoles computers? If yes - why (and why the heck a toaster wouldn't be one)? If no - why not.Again, being difficult, context is key here. We are talking about computers.
There is a pretty big difference in looking at a screen in your hands (even a 3D one) and experiencing a true virtual environment.
Really?I never said they were. You claimed that people don't make games for supercomputers implying that supercomputers are the only use PowerPC has anymore. I provided you two examples of products using PowerPC processors specifically for gaming that are still being sold today as consumer products. Easier to develop for isn't some blanket statement you can make about all PowerPC processors. Easier for whom? PC developers? Console exclusive developers like Nintendo are accustomed to developing on PowerPC architecture.
You used IBM's supercomputers as proof that it isn't dead, as if its use in such devices is relevant to consumer devices. As for the 360 and PS3 they were released in 05 and 06, and were being designed for a while before that back when PowerPC was still being pushed for personal computers while today it isn't. It isn't like they could have replaced the architecture mid generation, so of course all 360s and PS3s sold to day are PowerPC, but they have been succeeded by machines that are x86 because PowerPC is no longer relevant as far as home devices go.Lol... You're suggesting that Nintendo the only one that still uses PowerPC which is completely false and also arguing that it's not as modern which is also completely false. Type in IBM supercomputer into google.
2DS XL incoming.
Ohhhhh, so we've been talking about home electronics all this time.. You should've said so. In home electronics ARM is pretty much the sole new design.
IT'S COMING.
Nothing will revitalize the Wii U
Really?
You used IBM's supercomputers as proof that it isn't dead, as if its use in such devices is relevant to consumer devices. As for the 360 and PS3 they were released in 05 and 06, and were being designed for a while before that back when PowerPC was still being pushed for personal computers while today it isn't. It isn't like they could have replaced the architecture mid generation, so of course all 360s and PS3s sold to day are PowerPC, but they have been succeeded by machines that are x86 because PowerPC is no longer relevant as far as home devices go.
Compared to the rest of the bunch, it's brand sparkling new ; ]Even then, that's been around since 1986.