Wii U Speculation thread IV: Photoshop rumors and image memes

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Sorry, didn't see these posts. Wow @ the supposed Wii amount.


Okay, forgive the possibly dumb question, but when you're playing a game on any of these systems, does the game theoretically utilize all the RAM inside the system? In other words, the PS3 has 512 total MB of RAM, some of which is used by the OS. But once you start playing, say, God of War 3 or whatever, is the console then utilizing all 512 MB of RAM?

I'm probably phrasing this horribly...

Sounds clear to me. And no that amount is still allocated to OS. So you can see another hurdle PS3 devs had to deal with (I can't remember if XDR or GDDR3 had the larger chunk, but I bet it was XDR) and why optimizing it is important for all consoles.
 
Sorry, didn't see these posts. Wow @ the supposed Wii amount.


Okay, forgive the possibly dumb question, but when you're playing a game on any of these systems, does the game theoretically utilize all the RAM inside the system? In other words, the PS3 has 512 total MB of RAM, some of which is used by the OS. But once you start playing, say, God of War 3 or whatever, is the console then utilizing all 512 MB of RAM?

I'm probably phrasing this horribly...

No. That's the whole point of it being reserved.
 
Sounds clear to me. And no that amount is still allocated to OS. So you can see another hurdle PS3 devs had to deal with (I can't remember if XDR or GDDR3 had the larger chunk, but I bet it was XDR) and why optimizing it is important for all consoles.

Right, that's what I originally thought. I mean, if that's the case, then that sorta makes PS3 games look all the more impressive, considering they had less to work with than the 360.
 
I'm just wondering just how good can a Launch Line-up can a console have.

There has to be heavy hitters in there.
 
Right, that's what I originally thought. I mean, if that's the case, then that sorta makes PS3 games look all the more impressive, considering they had less to work with than the 360.

Figured you did, but for some reason I changed my post. But yeah they did some nice thing on PS3 early on when you factor that in. It also plays into my argument of why the next consoles needing a "ton" of memory is unnecessary.

*looks at DICE*
 
Rayman 2 Wii-U edition

Be careful when you invoke that name. One thing we learned this gen is that Rayman mainline games bomb while Rayman spinoff party games become megahits. If there's any Rayman related game on Wii U, you might want to prepare for a Rabbid deluge…

"killer freaks" notwithstanding
 
I was surprised nobody actually created a thread from the Shane quote already.

I wish we'd just keep everything in this thread. The only people who will believe any good rumors about Wii U post in this thread anyway.

It'll either turn to shit or die within three hours. I mean, look at the first reply. Personally, I think it's best for everyone not to make Wii U threads unless there's concrete news.
 
I wish we'd just keep everything in this thread. The only people who will believe any good rumors about Wii U post in this thread anyway.

It'll either turn to shit or die within three hours. I mean, look at the first reply. Personally, I think it's best for everyone not to make Wii U threads unless there's concrete news.

More people to eat crow pies, is all.
 
Originally Posted by Shane Satterfield:
One thing that i can say without getting in any trouble is that the launch line-up for the Wii U is going to surprise people. It's going to be pretty damn good.

Yesssss!!! So awesome to hear this.
 
No, that game was one of a kind and never will be done again.

More like SMB3 pt.2 so far.

Oh! It's a real game... I thought Mighty Poo was maybe referring to the Wii U demo thingy and calling it 2. And I was jokingly wishing for a real new version of SMB2. Shows you how much attention I pay to things.

Ah, Nintendo is kind of boring sometimes. I don't think lightning is going to strike twice.
 
At which point they'll find some way to twist it into being bad.

They always will.

Let's say the games like Batman and Assassin's Creed have noticeably better textures and novel use of the controller, they'll be like "old games, LOL".

Then they'll cry away from the computer when they realize they are the definitive versions but we won't see it.
 
SONY on the ropes makes WiiU threads bad news for everyone
I really believe Nintendo is playing for keeps and makes Nintendo haters nervous :3

People will always be jealous of Nintendo because they ARE videogames and have one of a kind development teams.

If they were actually shitty, there would be no reason to go out of your way to denounce them.
 
Would have still been cool to see one last big summer Wii game announced. Like I don't know, Metroid 20th Anniversary Collection or something cool like that. But since it was purely a 3DS briefing I'm guessing E3 better be 99% geared toward Wii U content.

And on the OS memory print speculation, if the OS is anything close to 256-512MB in retail units their definitely going to be doing a lot of elaborate streaming features/functions and or have a sort of "dynamic interactive Gamercard" built into the core OS, which could be cool.
 
God you are negative, Pork.

I find your lack of faith disturbing. Has E3 2010 not teach you anything?

Not "negative," but trying to keep my hopes in check. If it's really that good, then that'll just make the nerdgasms that much stronger. I want my pants to be soaked in nerdjizz.
 
If it's really that good, then that'll just make the nerdgasms that much stronger. I want my pants to be soaked in nerdjizz.



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