-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Wii U Speculation Thread 2: Can't take anymore of this!!!
- Thread starter ClovingWestbrook
- Start date
- Status
More like never
I think we will never get the consoles specs, look at Wii and 3DS...
Yup.. people will have to dissect the console to get more info..
ReyVGM
Member
They did release specs prior to the Wii. They don't do it anymore because they aren't racing to have the best tech and no matter how good or efficient it is, there will always be people downplaying it.
So my guess is they just avoid releasing them and let people judge its power by how well it looks or runs.
This is pretty common; you should watch footage of other shooters like BioShock Infinite for example.
Could be an ingame cinematic
R
Rösti
Unconfirmed Member
Next stop actually is the Record Date for Year-End Dividends for the 72nd Fiscal Year on the 31st of March.
When the Notice of Dividend will be issued I don't know. Last year it was published on the 25h of April, with a total dividend payment of 39 642 million yen. The upcoming notice will be included in the proposals for the 72nd Annual General Meeting of Shareholders in June (exact date unknown, could be after or before E3).
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/schedule/index.html
pieatorium
Member
No I'm pretty sure thats one of its features, they use the beep motion tracker thing from the movies and not much else.
DeFiBkIlLeR
Banned
..and if Microsoft and Sony do the same for their next consoles, you can bet it's because that the rumours of them being only a modest update in power are depressingly true.
If they were truly groundbreaking in terms of capability, you can bet both of them will shouting the tech specs from the roof, just like they did @E3 in 2005.
Just saw the CryEngine 3 tech trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTCTlLhzNTc
At 34 seconds in the clip, video shown reminded me of the Japanese Garden demo for Wii U. It wasn´t the same footage but the look was similar.
CryEngine 3 used for the Garden demo, maybe?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTCTlLhzNTc
At 34 seconds in the clip, video shown reminded me of the Japanese Garden demo for Wii U. It wasn´t the same footage but the look was similar.
CryEngine 3 used for the Garden demo, maybe?
It really does look quite similar.
but the video shown on showfloor (flavor reel) was based on UE 3.5, so that one is running on WiiU.
Gianni Merryman
Member
Yes, architecture visualization reminds vaguely of Zen garden's demo, and just after that, the city traffic simulation makes me think of that other street life demo - although that was working using a street-level view.
There's hardly any evidence of it, yet it would make an odd coincidence indeed.
tanooki141
Member
Can any of the wise members of Gaf tell me how normal it is for Nintendo to start contracts with these middleware developers for use with third party games?
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/29467
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/29460
I know that this is a normal practice but is this more than they have done before or revealed before?
(I'm hoping this says something positive about third parties on Wii U)
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/29467
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/29460
I know that this is a normal practice but is this more than they have done before or revealed before?
(I'm hoping this says something positive about third parties on Wii U)
Had the same feeling when watching it.
Sniper Ghost Warrior next instalment. First one was decent (good if we consider the publisher). New one looks interesting.
herzogzwei1989
Banned
That was utterly amazing. I hope Wii U can run that.
Yeah that part reminded me of the Wii U Japanese Garden demo for sure.
Learned: nothing.
Rumors: everything will be awesome.
Nope they stopped with Wii....
AndyMoogle
Member
Nintendo won't say anything about the power of the console. At most they will say that it's capable of 1080p rendering, like Reggie said at the last E3.
Nintendo doesn't give a fuck about telling specs to anyone. It doesn't really matter either if we know them or not. Let the games speak for themselves.
Nintendo doesn't give a fuck about telling specs to anyone. It doesn't really matter either if we know them or not. Let the games speak for themselves.
Thanks. They kind of stolen an idea I had when I was younger :lol
It's hopeless, but a Wii U version with the Wii U Zapper could be fantastic. It was one of my ideas but back then, it was more of a GBA-based attachment.
eBay Huckster
Member
/late and also kind of OT
So wait, if I feel like investing in Nintendo and I'm not Japanese, would I have to buy their ADR? (I'm not particularly well-versed in investing if you can't tell :lol)
So wait, if I feel like investing in Nintendo and I'm not Japanese, would I have to buy their ADR? (I'm not particularly well-versed in investing if you can't tell :lol)
I would expect that a multiplatform game would only move the HUD information to the Wii U pad at quite a late stage of development; best to have all platforms as consistent with one another as possible for as much of the development time as possible.
They only really *started* with the Gamecube. With Nintendo, obliqueness about specs is the norm, not the exception.
ReyVGM
Member
First time as far as I know. I mean, first time they offer it for free for everyone to use.
m.i.s.
Banned
Well, put it this way, if Nintendo did divulge technical details, would we have two threads and almost 40,000 posts? Would we need a speculation thread at all?
Grampa Simpson
Banned
80000 posts, and the nintendo haters would be arguing that nintendo is irrelevant anyway despite the specs instead of arguing that the system will be no more capable than the PS360.
I don't see why it would be necessary for Nintendo to release the full system specifications of the Wii U. It would only serve as a distraction and give the media and fanboys plenty of ammo to criticize Nintendo,especially when Wii U is believed to not be a graphical beast. There's no real benefit for Nintendo to release it.
Wii U is more about the controller than better graphics anyway. Besides, Nintendo views HD and graphics as mere tools, whereas Sony seems to perceive them as what makes the experience. Nintendo's core values are just different. Of course, that won't stop Nintendo from making the most out its own hardware's capabilities.
Wii U is more about the controller than better graphics anyway. Besides, Nintendo views HD and graphics as mere tools, whereas Sony seems to perceive them as what makes the experience. Nintendo's core values are just different. Of course, that won't stop Nintendo from making the most out its own hardware's capabilities.
Grampa Simpson
Banned
Once any other company announces the spec, they spend all their time talking about how much better their specs are. If Nintendo doesn't release them, they can stay out of that game.
JosephManderley
Member
Honestly - I think we'll be waiting for a Chinese worker to smuggle a Wii U out of the factory and sell it to a tech blog before we get any specs.
so true...
....look at the N64 it had a lot of M/18-rated games and shooter and still considered a kiddie console...
*Beati pauperes spiritu*
yeah it's dead on to the jackassery that is the internet and stubborn, closeminded gamers
Nope.
yawn... how much longer until something leaked or announced =__=
I'd say about 88 days from now.
lol, yeah that was groddamm awesome. a not-usable 3ds smuggled out off the foxconn building. that kind of shit can cost you your life (or job) over there.
that guy is probably dead by now.
I'd say its about time to just give up on info from GDC. Move on to expecting too much from E3.
That's a good point. I can see why Nintendo wouldn't want to end up in a situation like Sony did with the PS3.
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
cyberheater
PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 Xbone PS4 PS4
Nope.
Indeed...
- Status