-Pyromaniac-
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I think we're due for another John Harker drive by 
They're always good.
They're always good.
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The Wii U Speculation Thread VI: The Undiscovered Country
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Did Wii revert back to 32-bit? Don't recall. Think GameCube was still considered 64-bit, but there was some question about where the bit-size was being measured. Maybe Wii U is 64-bit, again. *shrugs*
I think we're due for another John Harker drive by
They're always good.
lol indeed...Although maybe his next drive by will be "Hey guys...no more rumble in the controller. They took it out. Bye."
Yeah, they always manage to dodge that bullet, giving cryptic info.
Maybe they were in talk with Nintendo, and Nintendo was fine with UE3 because it fits their hardware goals, it's quite possible actually.
Awww. Now that's something that would bother me. I like my rumble feature!
-Pyromaniac-
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haha, rumble is so last gen anyway.
I will just say on a personal level, I hope e3 calms most of this tech spec.
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Sure, I am
CrAzYLeGzLU
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I think just simply waiting to see for yourself what the games look like is the best approach at this point. We're just so damn close.
Trying to compare the power levels here from past generations of systems is so subjective between people in the know that it's turning this place into a mad house with people's emotions getting built up one post then crushed the next.
Trying to compare the power levels here from past generations of systems is so subjective between people in the know that it's turning this place into a mad house with people's emotions getting built up one post then crushed the next.
-Pyromaniac-
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I'm indifferent to just about everything overall, when it all comes down to it. Nintendo games in HD is the only box nintendo really needs to check to get money from a lot of people anyway. Well that and online.
CrAzYLeGzLU
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I'm at the same point. Just give me Nintendo games in HD a decent online setup and I'll be happy. Decent third party support is just extra at that point.
Unreal Engine 4 is in very few peoples hands at this point compared to what it will be in a year or two. Ive expressed my opinion on UE4 in prior speculation threads. That being barring Nintendo doing something completely stupid it should run. Will it run sexy enough that Epic would want to demo it? No,No and more No
Gahiggidy
My aunt & uncle run a Mom & Pop store, "The Gamecube Hut", and sold 80k WiiU within minutes of opening.
If my contest ends up happening, I might need someone to pick up some prizes from the Nintendo World Store. (I'm thinking 5 coffee mugs). Would you have the free time?
-Pyromaniac-
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indeed. More would be great, but no sense if anyone getting worked up, not that anyone here is. E3 is a week away. hyyyyype.
that's more or less what I was saying!
i forgot! this is the 512-bit generation coming up, isn't it?
interesting, lol, that being said I was just asking because I was wondering whether you've had any hands on time with the wii u.
Most of my time is developing ideas and concepts. I am moderately technically inclined but when it comes down to the finer details of things I nod my head and say yep
it's a simple yes or no question.
If I am criticizing Geoff for even considering potentially speaking out of turn I dont think you can expect me to then speak out of turn
bgassassin
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This goes back to what I was saying in that this would be a feature issue, not a power issue.
Yes. It would be a really big oversight on their part. That said I would be more inclined to believe the GPU has the necessary features than it doesn't.
This is one of the best non-answers I've ever seen.
do you see yourself buying the system? I know you frequent this thread but you may just be interested for other reasons. seeing as you've been around dev-kits and seen to an extent what its capable of I'd like to know how you feel about it personally.
Oh I fully plan to buy the system. I cant miss out on Zelda and Mario. I have at least 7 titles I will buy at launch and it could go up depending on any surprises. My Gaming habits are Primarily PC/Nintendo but Ill make exceptions on traditionally PC preferred titles if they make it worthwhile
nice. I think its funny how you're a developer but no one hounds you for information. you're pretty much a stealth insider in these threads.
That would be pretty amazing.
Actually, I'm a bit surprised at Sega. I figure the best time to release a Sonic game is at the launch of a Nintendo system. I don't know why they never take advantage of this. It's not like Nintendo has been launching consoles with Mario lately.
I dont frequent the thread often enough. I think the last thread was the first time I actually managed to make the list of top posters and half those posts were correcting burntpork (rip). The last time I talked about system power BP and others melteddown and warped stuff even after correcting them.
I prefer the quiet life
On high/highest settings*. Gears of War doesn't push UE3 to its highest potential, for example, but was able to run UE3. This is sort of what I expect from the Wii U. If the feature set is there on the Wii U's hardware, then it'll be able to run UE4 on a toned down setting. If it can't, then it's either Nintendo's fault (I don't know why they'd do this), or just some crazy business decisions.
Gahiggidy
My aunt & uncle run a Mom & Pop store, "The Gamecube Hut", and sold 80k WiiU within minutes of opening.
Here is a post I made earlier tonight describing it:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=38289573&highlight=#post38289573
Thanks for the offer to help. I'll PM you later this week if it looks like people are interesting in the Bingo contest.
bgassassin
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I tried to get him to start back, but he won't give in to peer pressure.
Start to run out of topics you can discuss with ease.Ideaman has given a pretty good rundown on the controller and of course Harkers teases.
The Online and OS are probably really the last big set of surprises outside of just blatant spec release and thats stuff that Nintendo is keeping close to its chest outside of its most trusted people
I think only microsoft's new console will be able to run UE4 at max settings, they'd be monster consoles, and with Wii U not being one, and the economical situation Sony is in, the only left is Microsoft. And that is bad for business, very little developers will try to do something in that console, with dev cost rising so much.
Aaron Strife
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Yeah. Early adopters would be looking for something to play, and Sonic would be the next-best alternative to Mario.
For the last two Nintendo home consoles, Sega's released a Sonic game close to launch - Sonic Adventure 2: Battle for the Gamecube and Sonic and the Secret Rings for Wii. Both were huge hits. I imagine that would only be magnified as an actual launch title.
Who's this guy and what he did?
I think he's the guy who leaked updated controller pics with the analogue sticks.
Hobbestetrician
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He Tweeted the pic of the new controller.
JohnTinker
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Probably not a great thing. Wasn't this recently rumored to be a launch window title and not a day 1 release?
That one big list rumor claimed it was launching in the launch window rather than at launch but the list itself was so full of lies that have to assume it all was
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Given how powerful I think WiiU will be. I'm not surprised that UE4 won't run on the machine.
There's going to be a lot of disappointed folks come E3 this year.
There's going to be a lot of disappointed folks come E3 this year.
Neither am I surprised.
But I think a lot of the people here have pretty realistic, tempered expectations.
To keep from getting too disappointed, it's probably best if everyone kept their expectations low. I'm not expecting UE4 to run on the Wii U, but an updated version of UE3. I hope I'm wrong.
Gahiggidy
My aunt & uncle run a Mom & Pop store, "The Gamecube Hut", and sold 80k WiiU within minutes of opening.
Here are my expectations...
Gahiggidy said:This how I think/believe/hope the Wii U will fit into the hierarchy of console performance:
^^^
With Xbox 360 on the scale at 0 and its successor at 100. Wii U would fall at 65% and PS4 at 85%.
i meant the question being 'antonz, aren't you a dev'
see i would have answered just yes or no to be a dick, instead of giving a thoughtful response like you did, hence my reply to your response, and this one explaining it.
I'm thinking somewhere around 20 to 40. So put me down by 30, I guess.
Where's the Wii at on that scale, BTW? Haha..
I'm sure we'll see some modified version of UE 4 on Wii U when the Nextbox and PS4 come out, as long as there's a large install base and audience there. Epic isn't going to let money get away like that...actually forget just Epic, think about all the hundreds of games this generation that ran on UE 3!
that usually doesn't bode well.
it's especially not good if it's coming from people who were splintered off from making beyond good & evil 2.
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