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Wii U Speculation Thread 2: Can't take anymore of this!!!
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linko9
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They have in the past (e.g. for the GC, I believe?), but not as of late. I may be wrong on this.
And the new revision that may or may not be incoming had its GPU downgraded and its ram halved, right?
Of course, no doubt about it, it comes with a corded controller too "nes style".
bgassassin
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^ XD
New CCPro confirmed.
Not since GC. And they didn't seem to want to do it then when looking at their performance estimate.
New CCPro confirmed.
Not since GC. And they didn't seem to want to do it then when looking at their performance estimate.
Forsaken82
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-Pyromaniac-
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Their marketing should focus around a guy checking off boxes of features, guy being reggie.
Father_Brain
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He can correct me, but I'm pretty sure that was just pessimistic speculation on his part. Personally, I find it incredibly hard to believe that Nintendo couldn't secure a timely port of RE6, considering how good their relationship is with Capcom these days, and I'd bet a modest sum that he's wrong on that particular point.
The doom part will come if COD port for Wii U has unsatisfactory controls due to no click sticks. Not getting a RE6 port is a minor problem compared to crappy COD controls.
you're mistaking clicks with wiimote a noble feat...
-Pyromaniac-
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Be interesting to see what this all means.
For me there is something interesting they could do - the (world's first?) region free content delivery service. There's so much stuff on US and UK TV that I would like to watch but of course I have to wait for the good old antiquated media model to deem us worthy of viewing it (Assuming nefarious means are out of the question).
I'm happy to pay for content coming from the US, just let me have it!
JonathanPower
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I was talking just about consoles there and it's a given that the PC version should look better with more expansive hw available, but RE4 is not an isolated case of bad Pc ports, the PC version of Mass Effect 3 does seem to look worse than the xbox360 version.
Then if the Wii was a succes and it won i don't get why all this people are crying so much if the Wii U will follow the same evolutionary route.
The market 6 years ago is not the same market today.
i sure hope if there's cod for wiiu that they give the option to use both and see who gets trumped...lol
All the other consoles have crappy COD controls, the Wii U can too now.
This. It would serve me no surprise if there was no RE6 on Wii U, and no GTA V either.
The only way this is even possible is if they're playing ME3 PC on an Radeon HD2600 Pro.
-Pyromaniac-
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now that would be funny.
herzogzwei1989
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Man I just hope that Wii U's GPU turns out to be one of the higher-end RVxxx GPUs, for the sake of developers and gamers alike.
nintendors
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THIS 100000000000 times,,,I'm sick of going between my Wiimote to my DualShock to X360 Joystick >.<*
JonathanPower
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I think there is gonna be no Xbox 3 and you (not me you) can permaban bet on this, they are developing Halo 4 for the 360 and for sure do not want to have attention on anything else.
ClovingWestbrook
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lol what? Come on man.
JonathanPower
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Yeah, that's why their giving the Tablet controller.
He's certainly not the first to suggest it. I think there will be a new system, but I believe it will be far less powerful than many think.
snowdog1971
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Yup, I agree. I'd say that he was referring to Tomb Raider, Bioshock Infinite or GTA V but the latter has a fair bit of dev time to go before it's released and Nintendo would have certainly made sure they were one of the first Western developers to get their hands on a dev kit. And Take Two made a few quid from Chinatown Wars on the DS so it's not as if the GTA franchise is a complete stranger to Nintendo platforms.
And given Nintendo's relationship with Capcom lately combined with the fact that Capcom would port the game to a kitchen toaster if they could get away with it I'd say that Resident Evil 6 for the U is a no-brainer.
Forsaken82
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The 360 GPU was based off of an X1900 chipset (correct me if im wrong) and that has since seen BF3, Crysis 2 and Rage among other games. Why are people so skeptical about what can be done with a GPU base that is easily 2-3 generations superior?
Even if it was running off of a 4350 base which i think is actually shittier than the X1900, I can only assume it will see at the very minimum, graphical advancements made within the last 2 years.
I personally expect the worst case scenario would be something as subtle as something like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYWhKUoz8ww&feature=related (and by this i mean dx 9 - dx11)
bgassassin
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ClovingWestbrook
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Yes, and people also said that yesterday was a lock to release a redesigned 3DS. People say moronic things daily, doesn't mean we should give such comments any type of valid or serious response. All evidence, including rumors, suggest that Microsoft is indeed reading a new console. How powerful it is or isn't doesn't matter. They're doing it. It will be the third Xbox. To suggest otherwise is lunacy.
You are partly wrong. Xenos had alot of similarities to R520, but the thing that was most important(unified shaders) was different.
Forsaken82
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makes my argument even more valid considering that was a weaker GPU
I don't think there is a single RV700 chipset that performs worse than the R520 (the 710 is debatable i think)
JonathanPower
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Dude please listen, i just went back from the future and there was not Xbox3 at E3, this is more evidence for you right here.
They are developing the NEXT ATI generation of GPU for the next xbox, just like they did with the R600 for the xbox360 ATI is getting good money from MS for this, so be patient and you will not be disappointed, unless you are expecting to see the xbox3 at E3.
Ryoma-Echizen
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You mean AMD, Ati brand is dead.
themadcowtipper
Smells faintly of rancid stilton.
Just what they want you to think, much like the Incas, they are bidding their time before they strike.
AceBandage
Banned
Yeah, I know gamers love to have their consoles melt on them...
AceBandage
Banned
"We can confirm that we are working on the Wii U console."
Ryoma-Echizen
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For Nintendo GDC is a low profile event(hardware related), they only care about E3 and their own events.
More realistically.
AceBandage
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"We can confirm that we are."
themadcowtipper
Smells faintly of rancid stilton.
I can confirm that they confirmed the previous statement that you confirmed.
I just find it funny that they announced the Wii U last year and we know pretty much the same thing then as we do now. They've released virtually no new information in all that time. I really wonder what the point of announcing it last year was. Hell, they're not even letting third parties talk about it. It's crazy.
AceBandage
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I think E3 was more for developers than it was for fans.
bgassassin
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And/or copying what they did with Wii.
themadcowtipper
Smells faintly of rancid stilton.
Welcome to a new Nintendo hardware release, they always do this.
AceBandage
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Well they failed there, considering they had a ton of games to show with the Wii reveal.
StreetsAhead
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The rumors/leaks probably forced their hand in revealing as much as they did.
Being a public company, Nintendo also has a responsibility to report certain things for its investors so that they can make investment decisions.
Regardless, we likely would have seen it at TGS anyway.
Since the conference we've learnt a few things, though. NFC, account-based on-line, NiN.
not back when it was known as the revolution
AceBandage
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But that was a private demo only shown to a select few.
The first E3 with the system was massive.
bgassassin
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You're forgetting E3 2005 Ace.
AceBandage
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Did they actually show any software at that?
I'll be honest, I don't remember an E3 before 2006.
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