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Thunder Monkey said:
The challenge comes in skirting the bounds. Trying not to piss off a mod, while still saying something disgusting, reprehensible, or just plain fun (friends on meat hooks).

You burn too hard, and you end up prematurely dead.

You don't want to end up going out like "I'd kick her in the back of her knee and anally rape her." guy.
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Yeah im new so I don't know how discreet or straight up I have to be lol. That's why I'm trying to be careful right now haha.

So If anonymous developers are all that count, I heard one say the Wii U has a 1 TFLOp GPU and it can run Samaritan level graphics at 720p, 30fps, with light GamePad usage.

So it must be true then!

Hint*
the anonymous source is me
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Donnie said:
But look at one of the examples you mentioned, RE4 which sold very well on Wii. Yet instead of further mainstream titles Wii owners got on rails RE based shooting games, which sold much worse than RE4 did. At no point did they think "well a last gen port of our mainstream RE game sold much better than these on rails shooters, hmm how about we release something else similar to RE4?", it amazes me the way these companies think.
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Believe me.

I've talked about that insanity forever.

I look at the success of a port of RE4 and think "Hmmm, Wiimote seems to be popular with TPS style games. PORT MAX PAYNES, GTA'S AND ADD POINTER STUFF!"

Alas common sense seems to have no bearing on the moves or motives of those in control of these companies.


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Yeah im new so I don't know how discreet or straight up I have to be lol. That's why I'm trying to be careful right now haha.

So If anonymous developers are all that count, I heard one say the Wii U has a 1 TFLOp GPU and it can run Samaritan level graphics at 720p, 30fps, with light GamePad usage.

So it must be true then!

Hint*
the anonymous source is me
;)
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Your source lacks credibility.

Spankings are in order.
 
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Thunder Monkey said:
Believe me.

I've talked about that insanity forever.

I look at the success of a port of RE4 and think "Hmmm, Wiimote seems to be popular with TPS style games. PORT MAX PAYNES, GTA'S AND ADD POINTER STUFF!"

Alas common sense seems to have no bearing on the moves or motives of those in control of these companies.
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Common sense, game companies, and games industry don't mix. It's scientific fact the three cannot coexist.

Thunder Monkey said:
Your source lacks credibility.

Spankings are in order.
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Can I get them evenly on each cheek to even out the color tone?
 
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Donnie said:
But look at one of the examples you mentioned, RE4 which sold very well on Wii. Yet instead of further mainstream titles Wii owners got on rails RE based shooting games, which sold worse than RE4 did. At no point did they think "well a last gen port of our mainstream RE game sold better than these on rails shooters, hmm how about we release a new game similar to RE4?", it amazes me the way these companies think.
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Well, they did release a shitty port of another game using a modified* RE4 engine much later on.


* "modified" in this context means "somehow made appreciably worse"
 
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Is it possible that the announcement of the Wii U launch date and prices will be similar to the way the 3DSXL launch date was announced? i.e release 5-8 weeks from announcement in all territories? If we have an early september conference we are probably looking at mid october to early november for launch in all territories. If it is late september then it will be Mid October to early december launch for all territories.
 
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Fine since the thread got closed.

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I Stalk Alone said:
Is it possible that the announcement of the Wii U launch date and prices will be similar to the way the 3DSXL launch date was announced? i.e release 5-8 weeks from announcement in all territories? If we have an early september conference we are probably looking at mid october to early november for launch in all territories. If it is late september then it will be Mid October to early december launch for all territories.
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I actually think this will be the most probable scenario; first the release date and price is announced through a Nintendo Direct for Wii U and then through a PR.

After NDA is lifted, the media and retailers will do the rest themselves.
 
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I Stalk Alone said:
You are saying a mod blew a gasket over an interview and closed your quality thread?

why did you post the thread? just to copycat cloving steamer?
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I honestly don't see how we can't have a discussion on that interview.

Seriously people. Just stop acting like dicks. For fucks sake it's damn easy!

Just don't be dicks to one another!

Occasionally I do it.

Pissy moods, but I try to reign that shit in. Usually with stupid jokes or celebrity adulation. I think I said something rude to USC-fan the other day, and for that I apologize.
 
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Thunder Monkey said:
I honestly don't see how we can't have a discussion on that interview.

Seriously people. Just stop acting like dicks. For fucks sake it's damn easy!

Just don't be dicks to one another!
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The interview was a joke; full of misleading and even wrong information; why should we have a discussion over such an interview? It neither has any news or any valuable analysis.
 
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I Stalk Alone said:
You are saying a mod blew a gasket over an interview and closed your quality thread?

why did you post the thread? just to copycat cloving steamer?
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Nope, i'm talking about the guy having a fucking meltdown, calling the Wii-U toxic or something?

And are you saying I made the thread wrong? From what I could discern, Dean Takahashi has made quite a name for himself, but I don't know how much of that is accurate.

If it's really that poor of an article, say so, state why and move on. There's no reason to keep shitting all over Takahashi, or taking potshots at the source without anything backing it up.
Has he made bullshit statements before? Is his website not reputable?

And I would have never even thought about posting it until I saw it on VG247, a site I respect, and usually writes their stuff without snark, personal editorialism or bias.
Apparently, some of that respect was misplaced.
 
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Where do you get that stuff?

Also, what's with the sudden gang-up on SnesFreak in the now closed thread?

EDIT: You know what, Thunder, I don't want to know where you get these.
 
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walking fiend said:
The interview was a joke; full of misleading and even wrong information; why should we have a discussion over such an interview? It neither has any news or any valuable analysis.
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What are ya talkin about? That interview just confirmed the Wii U is 3 Wii's, an iPad, an iPhone, and a GameCube duct taped together!
 
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BY2K said:
Also, what's with the sudden gang-up on SnesFreak in the now closed thread?
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Snesfreak has quite an inflammatory way of putting his dissatisfaction into words, let's not act like this has gone by unnoticed.

Dragging up older posts is complete bullshit though. But then again, you guys do that too. I should know.
 
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Hoo-doo said:
Snesfreak has quite an inflammatory way of putting his dissatisfaction into words, let's not act like this has gone by unnoticed.

Dragging up older posts is complete bullshit though. But then again, you guys do that too. I should know.
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Sometimes, I've been banned for it.
But yeah, trying to derail that thread by making it about me.
By exaggerating things like that, that's pathetic.
Glorified G said:
I find it ironic that majority of your posts is a defense to anything negative about Nintendo, and you made a post in the past about you wanting Sony to become a joke/irrelevant.
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And now we have people trying to do the same thing in this thread.
 
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BY2K said:
Where do you get that stuff?

Also, what's with the sudden gang-up on SnesFreak in the now closed thread?

EDIT: You know what, Thunder, I don't want to know where you get these.
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I have ways to make it all
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... some of them legitimate. Others?

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Not so much.

I have mastery over the minds of others through means both large
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and small
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If that's not enough?

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Fuck off dude.

I'm tired now.
 
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snesfreak said:
Sometimes, I've been banned for it.
But yeah, trying to derail that thread by making it about me.
By exaggerating things like that, that's pathetic.

And now we have people trying to do the same thing in this thread.
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you're gonna get banned. you need to stick to this thread and the nfl thread, lol
 
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What's taking those folks who got to go to the Nintendo event in NYC to post some reactions? Don't they have smart phones or iPads they could come here and post while being there? Sheesh. :p
 
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darthdago said:
1st thx for the answer!!

I only thought so cos AMD referred to the GPU as GPU 7 and that GPU 7 from AMD is CrossfireX either way through onboard graphic + additional GPU or through 2 GPU's - all to boost performance.

BTW why is everyone always saying WiiU is to small??
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Gpu 7 equal r700. Which is the gpu code name from amd. Wiiu only have one gpu.

Wiiu case volume is small. This is because the wiiu doesn't use much power at all, at most likely 40-50w. About half what the xbox360 slim uses. So the case does not have to be big.

As you see this doesn't leave much power for the gpu/CPU. Really best case the wiiu is about double the raw power of ps360. Which I is very good considering the console size and power usage. Double the power at half power consumption. Of course this is best case, it could be worse.
 
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Earendil said:
Take this with a grain of salt, but here's a supposed feature set for NiN

Free Online Services
DLC
Online Shop containing Virtual Console, Indy, Freeware and Full Retail Titles
Weekly Discounts
Cross Platform Communication with 3DS, PC, Smartphones and Tablets (at later date)
Video Chat with friends
Account System
Message Boards
Achievements (will be posted on Miiverse, not mandatory)
Multiple Levels of Security*
Web Browser w/flash support, private browsing, on (controller)screen keyboard
Multimedia services including Netflix and Hulu
in-game access to Miiverse and Browser

There's no source listed other than it from the Investor meeting.
http://www.ign.com/boards/threads/t...k-achievements-virtual-console-etc.452555920/
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Where have you been sense E3? Only thing on this list that hasn't been confirmed is Freeware.
 
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USC-fan said:
Gpu 7 equal r700. Which is the gpu code name from amd. Wiiu only have one gpu.

Wiiu case volume is small. This is because the wiiu doesn't use much power at all, at most likely 40-50w. About half what the xbox360 slim uses. So the case does not have to be big.

As you see this doesn't leave much power for the gpu/CPU. Really best case the wiiu is about double the raw power of ps360.
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Given some of the purported improvements in design on the GPU versus that of the PS3 or 360 I'd say that's selling it short by one arbitrary number. 3x the general performance, with a few modern features. I still don't think you can just look at an early SDK to know what a part finalized in 2012 is going to look like.


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someone asked about being weird?
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I don't think so.

I'd probably remember.
 
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USC-fan said:
Wiiu case volume is small. This is because the wiiu doesn't use much power at all, at most likely 40-50w. About half what the xbox360 slim uses. So the case does not have to be big.

As you see this doesn't leave much power for the gpu/CPU. Really best case the wiiu is about double the raw power of ps360. Which I is very good considering the console size and power usage. Double the power at half power consumption. Of course this is best case, it could be worse.
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Those were prototype cases by the way. Just reminding you nothing is final.

The last devkit before Gamecube launched played retail games at half the frame rate.
 
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USC-fan said:
Gpu 7 equal r700. Which is the gpu code name from amd. Wiiu only have one gpu.

Wiiu case volume is small. This is because the wiiu doesn't use much power at all, at most likely 40-50w. About half what the xbox360 slim uses. So the case does not have to be big.

As you see this doesn't leave much power for the gpu/CPU. Really best case the wiiu is about double the raw power of ps360. Which I is very good considering the console size and power usage. Double the power at half power consumption. Of course this is best case, it could be worse.
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My bet is also similar.

My reasoning is two fold:
1. Wii U is going to be under $300, and Nintendo will have a reasonable profit margin on it.

So if consider WiiU insides being similar to the PS3, it will put it at $249; now if we assume $50 extra due to the GamePads screen and extra functions, we will now have Wii U at 299 and PS3 level of hardware.

However, they most probably will be able to have a better performing device at the cost of PS3 due to the technological advancement.

I think this will make apparent the maximum Nintendo has set for.

2. Wii U should be at least %50 to support an extra full output for one GamePad and be able to get ports of current gen. Probably almost another %50 to support the second GamePad.

I think this will set the minimum Nintendo has aimed for.


So I believe the device will be between 50% to 100% more powerful than current gens depending on Nintendo's expected margin of profit and how much they have been able to optimize the performance of the base level hardware at a cost similar to PS3/360.
 
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Thunder Monkey said:
Given some of the purported improvements in design on the GPU versus that of the PS3 or 360 I'd say that's selling it short by one arbitrary number. 3x the general performance, with a few modern features. I still don't think you can just look at an early SDK to know what a part finalized in 2012 is going to look like.
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To get to that 2x number, that would be throwing out the early dev specs and using the latest and greatest gpu design from amd.

Now how likely they went from a four year old card to a 2012 is another topic. I was giving best case.
 
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USC-fan said:
To get to that 2x number, that would be throwing out the early dev specs and using the latest and greatest gpu design from amd.

Now how likely they went from a four year old card to a 2012 is another topic. I was giving best case.
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latest rumor that we have is from Totilo[?] who said his sources say the RAM is 2GB and the GPU is very powerful, while the CPU doesn't reach up to the GPU level.

So at least the GPU is powerful apparently.

What's interesting, is that even thinking of 360 games being portable to Wii was a joke, despite Wii coming a year after 360; but at least now although Wii U is coming a year earlier, it is disputable that at least some early games may be portable; I think it's just a great advancement by itself!
 
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