Epic is actually really good about wanting to let as many people as possible use their tech - I read a thing recently where, to encourage more indy gamers to use Unreal, they've raised the amount that a game has to make before any royalties has to be paid to them. So I'd be more surprised if they don't license it, if people are like "hey, can we play with this?"
What I meant to say is that I see the Wii as a being self contained in it's success. Just because it was extremely popular with the casual gamers does not mean that the Wii successor would do as well, or even close as well.
I'm generalizing the casual market but from I've known, the casual market don't go out of the way to pay from something they already have.
Also, I'm not impressed nor do I have any urge at all to buy a Wii U...from what I've seen. I see potential...but nothing really ground-breaking. This is a very bad sign because I'm a rabid Nintendo Fanboy. Not even kidding.
if only it has 128g of flash memory then it'll be ok, 64g could do as well, but 9gb, that's just to little for current standards
It seems they're gong with external HDD, so I expect to see Nintendo branded HDDs out there
Only time will tell if the wii2 is successful, it doesn't exist now to compare it to current hardware so no one can say whether it's powerful or not. SONY themselves said they're not rushing the PS4 just cuz of this, and after this year E3, they don't have to (neither does M$)
While some can say the new controller is a gimmick, it's a proven concept, not a gamble like the wiimote could have been considered. After Apple, every device manufacturer wants a touch screen in their product. It's a natural progression for consoles. Mobile gaming is a huge success, even Sony is getting on it, and M$ will soon.
who the hell uses and Ipad for work? at least the Iphone can get away with it because it's a phone. You could say I'm exaggerating, but like 80% of Ipad owners use it as a gaming device, mostly. the real porcentage is definitely close to that number and that's a whole lot of people. Nintendo is just getting on it and I see nothing wrong with it, I like the concept a lot
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See, I agree with you and that's the drum that I'll keep banging. In this day and age of powerful mobile devices that marry your living room and office, console makers would be fools to stay tethered to the living room.
As for storage, please don't tell me that they're talking anything less then 32 gigs? Even my Evo 4g sports an 8 gig SD card and that space is pretty much all but gone now. Perhaps they'll introduce a cloud based service? Are the external options going to be proprietary, or can we use whatever external option we as consumers see fit; ie, external usb flash drives etc? Come on nintey.
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there was a rumor it has only 9gb or so of flash memory... that's why it no having an HDD out of the box is a bad idea.
It has 4 USB slots so it can (so far) use any external HDD (modders have been doing this with the Wii for like 2 years now, Nintendo must have taken notice )
but they will surely come out with a Nintendo branded one.
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I can all but guarantee that you won't see any first cycle U games looking "significantly better" than third cycle ps3 games. On par is about right, at least for now. You won't start to see real separation -if any- until the second cycle of U games start to trickle out.
Last edited by dmills on Jun 9th, 2011 at 04:58 AM
This has never been true of any generational console release. Sure, there are "those" games but there are always games that show, quite clearly, the graphics jump between consoles. That goes for all systems except for the Wii. The Wii was not supposed to be a power jump like the SNES, N64, and Gamecube were. The Wii U is. Sure, we'll see a jump over the Wii, no doubt. But it's looking like it's not going to be a jump above the PS3 or 360, which is disappointed.
Some people say, "IT'S NOT ABOUT TEH GRAPHIX!!!!" Yeah, it is. It's about the entire package: not just graphics. You can't say that you were not charmed by the New Super Mario Bros. graphics. They were fun and part of what made the game so awesome. Same thing with the N64's Yoshi's Story: quite a splendid game (graphically and gameplay).
I want both content and graphics. I don't want the best, but I want a generational jump. Something between $200-$300 would be fine and should provide that jump.
Indeed- it's why I think Twilight Princess looked better than Oblivion. Oblivion had all the technical edges which it used to make stiff models and incandescent sheep in the sun. Whilst Twilight Princess- especially in its use of light- made far more out of less sheer power.
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I guess I am changing my stance from "completely uninterested" to "slightly curious", did some more digging and reading on it, and have a few interesting possibilities (also, the HD Zelda tech demo looked awesome, hope they make it a full-fledged game).
TBh alot of the controller functions seem like gimmicks to me, not to mention impractical. Holding the controller up to the screen to catch a ball obscures a decent amount of screen. Not smart imo.
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