Wii U Speculation Thread of Brains Beware: Wii U Re-Unveiling At E3 2012
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Because he's not a professional analyst, he's a douche driving a porsche making up numbers on the spot like ioi. I had a confrontation with the man on this very board, where I said it was important for him to at least use the right sales numbers. He disagreed, saying that his predictions didn't have to be based on facts like that.
He occasionally posts something here especially when he gets hated on. He said something about not feeling sorry for the Team Bondi guys because they should've worked harder. Good times.
User Name Here
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Let's all hope Patcher is completely wrong about the Wii U. Although, he might not be too far off as far as third party support goes, if you look at the Wii. Then again..... The Wii not getting much third party support was most likely just due to it not being HD and the vast majority of it's users not being interested in "core" tittles.
Pai Pai Master
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God dammit, stop saying "Patcher."
Dreamwriter
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Big publishers put tons of people in their credits that had literally nothing to do with the game. They'll also hire a company to do localization, and everyone in that company will be added to the credits. Then there'll be an external testing team, they'll get credits too. Nintendo doesn't do that.
GameplayWhore
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I don't think it's realistically possible for third party support to be worse than it was with the Wii. From what little we've heard, porting is almost supernaturally easy, especially since the controller is much more similar than in the last generation (edit: to the controllers on competing systems, I mean).
MAtgS
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Ports alone doesn't mean much. Afterall, why buy a new console to play something that can be played on a console you already own?
I'm more worried about a GCN repeat than a Wii repeat.
Surprisingly, from what one can find skimming the usual places, the biggest Wii U supporter next to Ubisoft seems to be THQ. I see nothing from EA, Take 2/ Rockstar or Bethesda at this point. Nothing from EA seems exceptionally weird after last E3 and company statements over the last few months, but maybe they're simply unusually secretive.
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We probably won't see anything at launch from most of them.
AceBandage
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I actually got a rather curt PM from Patcher once.
I found it amusing.
Of course EA has a lot planned for the Wii U, but Nintendo isn't really letting anyone talk about things right now.
I mean, hell, even games we KNOW are coming to the system we don't hear about (Like the Arkahm City devs can't talk about any extra features and such).
I found it amusing.
Of course EA has a lot planned for the Wii U, but Nintendo isn't really letting anyone talk about things right now.
I mean, hell, even games we KNOW are coming to the system we don't hear about (Like the Arkahm City devs can't talk about any extra features and such).
woo and indeed hoo
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Nintendo ninjas!!!
Plus [and more likely, I expect] EA are probably still trying to keep Nintendo sweet so they will hand over the online keys to them. I have my fingers crossed that they are also consulting with Valve and will ultimately tell EA to sod off. An online service that is dominated by EA would be a disaster for the customer I fear.
Certainly true. Well, except for Ubi and THQ, of course. Both supposedly also have a couple of "unannounced AAA" games in the works that are either Wii U exclusive or omniplatform, including Wii U.
AceBandage
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It's not going to happen.
Nintendo will likely allow for an Origin like service on the Wii U.
However, they will never (repeat) NEVER, allow a third party to completely run their service from head to toe.
Epic president mike capps is pretty pro wii u
Yes, and they have the engine up and running for more than half a year now, but that doesn't mean they have an actual game in the works. I doubt it, honestly. But on the other hand, it's always good to have a game on a platform if you're trying to sell an engine for that platform. That's something Crytek seems to realize, and the main reason I expect a lot from their Wii U efforts. They need to demonstrate superiority to entice potential licensees after all.
He's pro anything where his engine runs on.
Shin Johnpv
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I'm going to predict Pachter's next prediction "Nintendo needs to release Wii-U 2 Super HD to stay competitive" He'll say it every year until the Wii-U's successor is announced.
Nope. Four years in, he'll claim that PS4 is actually Wii U 2 Super HD. Just like he recently claimed PS3 was the mysterious "Wii HD" he was always talking about.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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Developers will be very confused and possibly unable to port to a machine that has all of the standard features of a controller just because it has an extra feature that developers could ignore. That's some analysis right there.
The Move is reason the Wii died, don't you know?
The Move is reason the Wii died, don't you know?
He said this in an episode of GT Bonus Round a while ago. I thought he was joking, but then he started reasoning, so I'm not sure anymore. But I believe he thought Move would be successful back then, so yeah...
Pretty much. Even though developers were talking about this in depth, with Vigil stating they had the whole game displaying on the controller within minutes, then came to the conclusion that this feature was as cool as it was useless. Everyone said putting stuff already in the game like maps or inventories on the tablet is incredibly easy to do. It's just that most devs think they could do a lot more, and I personally consider that very encouraging. Devs can even do a quick-and-dirty port while still offering something unique, something of value. That simply wasn't possible on Wii.
woo and indeed hoo
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I know but there will still be this nagging fear until we know for sure
. I don't use Origin but given the horror stories from some of those who have I certainly have no desire to do so! In fact, I have only ever played a handful of EA games in the hundreds of video games I have played and in each case they may have initially pleased me but quickly turned me off. Ultimately they felt like they were games whose design decisions were made by focus group loving bean counters rather than creative types with an individual personality. Some people might like that approach [like some people like homogenised music and/or movies] but I found it aesthetically repulsive.tl;dr EA driven Wii U online? no wai!!11!!!
Thanks. I had just about banished those years of stupid pronouncements from my memory!
Grampa Simpson
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Did Pachter just predict that developers are too dumb to figure out the controller AND they hate Nintendo?
Grampa Simpson
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[Nintex];34052638 said:
Facts just confuse the issues, y'know?
Grampa Simpson
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I'm going to predict it will be called the Wii Ni.
AceBandage
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Careful guys.
AceBandage
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Complete with pretentious sunglasses.
I'm looking forward to the Biitles edition myself
Nintendo is living in the past, but Sony and MS adopted motion controls because Nintendo did. I mean, this doesn't even make sense. On it's face Nintendo has consistently been a trend setter in the industry. If you want to talk to a company living in the past talk to Sony about their controller.
AceBandage
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Well, obviously, Nintendo doesn't know what it's doing.
I mean, they only had two insanely successful systems last generation.
Sounds pretty accurate when you put it that way.
Yep, I predict that the PS4 will have an innovative new controller.
It's called...
The Dualshock 4!
Now with an all-new completely innovative and not at all shoehorned touchscreen!
I doubt it'll have a screen, but who knows eh?
Speaking of the DualShock I really hope they redesign it.
Finally there's something Sony can't blatantly copy from Nintendo. They love sticking with the same basic DualShock design.
-Pyromaniac-
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to be fair, the dude is pro anything he can get his engine on
Whenever I play DQ8 it feels like I'm using basically the same controller I was using in 1991.
Except not as comfortable.
PS4 Tablet controller confirmed. Nintendo might as well pack it up.
Saint Gregory
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Well they do have all of those unsold clamshell tablets just laying around
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