lol that would be funny.
Nintendo would think "Goddamnit, now THAT has to be our bare minimum with the next console. Microsoft trying to put us out of business!"
Where is this news of xbox360-2 being 10-15x Wii U?
Sooo...
1996 (N64) >> 1999 >> (DC) = 3 years and a 10-fold increase in performance.
That comes out to to 3.3 times more power for each year.
2005 (360) >> 2012 (Wii U) = 7 years and a 2-fold increase in performance.
That's a 0.28 increase in power for every year. How is that possible? (This is a fucking nightmare).
^ XB3 being 15x Wii U would be fucking batshit crazy insane!
This system would be larger than a microwave oven.
This system would be larger than a microwave oven.
Cooking with the power of UE4.Would probably also cook food more evenly.
This system would be larger than a microwave oven.
Cooking with the power of UE4.
It'll be the only microwave with an AMD processor and ram.
Indeed. I think we're practically guaranteed to have laughs and drama in all directions. The word "shitstorm" comes to mind.
BTW.. did you catch my fantasy E3 teaser?
It's gonna be Reggie's "one last thing" this year!
Okay lets say that the next Xbox really was 9 or 10x more powerful than the 360, should we be afraid?
I mean the IGN article seems to be wrong about Wii U being 5x more powerful so that means its probably wrong about next Xbox being 6x more powerful.
Microsoft has the money to get whatever they want. They can take losses better than other companies.
It'll be the only microwave with an AMD processor and ram.
We always lagging behind... =/
Sometimes it's really hard to be a Nintendo fan u___u
So if MS could give me a really strong reason to squeeze in just one more platform by putting something out in 2013 that is 15x WiiU - YES PLEASE if its $399
It'll be the only microwave with an AMD processor and ram.
But you'll still need to pay to flavour the foods.
There's gingerbread houses and candied rainbows, and then there's this.
^ XB3 being 15x Wii U would be fucking batshit crazy insane!
Yeah it would need to be like well over 1200w with dual HD7990's and a magic CPU stolen from aliens or something![]()
and based Gods and UFO do exist
but hey dreams are real things too
They raised the price on Paprika again.
D:
When i promise something, i always deliver my little teddy bear
I just wanted to be sure that this info wasn't given already, and by saying "i try to catch-up before posting", i had some nice summary that avoided me to read through tons of new pages
And for your conclusions about the hardware, really, don't expect too much from it, but don't be disappointed in advance. From all i've heard, the guts aren't on par with current gen at all, and there's so much room for improvements, optimizations, and potential stretching of the Wii U capabilities that you'll say wow many times in front of your screen (for first-party titles in the first place obviously). I bet a video of myself running disguised as a Nintendo character in a Paris street by night that it will be the case![]()
Well, a 15-fold increase in power over Wii U would probably put such a system beyond an IBM Power 750 Express (excluding excessive amounts of Ethernet ports and similar of course) even, and that starts on a 4-core 3.7 GHz POWER7 format with 8 GB RDIMM DDR3, with power requirements of 200 V to 240 V ac. US starting list price is $23,739.00, though that of course incorporates a lot of things the normal consumer would have no use of, so a theoretical Xbox console with specs beyond these would probably be cheaper. And not to forget, default weight of this system is 120.0 lb (54.4 kg). I'd like to see a soccer mom pull that from her bag for her five year old son to play Call of Duty on.Definitely a little more than $399. This is starting to reach towards the lower end processing servers on my rack.
That's a 0.28 increase in power for every year. How is that possible? (This is a fucking nightmare).
And for your conclusions about the hardware, really, don't expect too much from it, but don't be disappointed in advance. From all i've heard, the guts aren't on par with current gen at all, and there's so much room for improvements, optimizations, and potential stretching of the Wii U capabilities that you'll say wow many times in front of your screen (for first-party titles in the first place obviously). I bet a video of myself running disguised as a Nintendo character in a Paris street by night that it will be the case![]()
Well let me give you an example.
Do you think we will continue doing 5 year generations?
Or will Xbox 720/PS4 be 10 year generation? If you're packing 9 or 10x more power than the current gen consoles, do they really need to put out a console every 5 years?
Let the Wii U speculation continue!
I think people have taken the "on par" part of that quote too literally - if it was indeed an accurate statement. I don't think it was meant to mean "exactly equivalent" as some people decided to take it.
Continuing with vague analogies would you personally consider it "in the ballpark" of the current generation HD consoles in terms of overall hardware power/performance though? Or out of the park.
Also is it normal for specifications to still be in flux and developers to not have final targets ~5-8 months prior to a system's release?
Thanks for the info, could you elaborate on how the guts aren't on par with current Gen but we'll say wow? Is the extra room for optimizations and such related to the efficiencies of newer technologies (DX10 vs DX9 for ex.) or optimization that could still be done with the dev kits? Sorry, not quite sure how to read your post.P
What, you thought that when i said "aren't on par", i actually stated Wii U capabilities were inferior ? If it's the case, just type ideaman in the thread 2 & 3 (search by poster) and you'll see that since my very first message, one of my goal was to confirm that the Wii U is clearly not on par with the xbox360 as some rumors reported, but superior. And not 1,1 or 1,2x superior. But not 5x either.
Could it be the case in which that extra power is used for the subscreen in a such extensive way that the overall system performance is comparable to 360? Or subscreen features couldn't require that amount of processing power?
Any measure of what is the % power that subscreen takes of the unit?
What, you thought that when i said "aren't on par", i actually stated Wii U capabilities were inferior ? If it's the case, just type ideaman in the thread 2 & 3 (search by poster) and you'll see that since my very first message, one of my goal was to confirm that the Wii U is clearly not on par with the xbox360 as some rumors reported, but superior. And not 1,1 or 1,2x superior. But not 5x either.
What, you thought that when i said "aren't on par", i actually stated Wii U capabilities were inferior ? If it's the case, just type ideaman in the thread 2 & 3 (search by poster) and you'll see that since my very first message, one of my goal was to confirm that the Wii U is clearly not on par with the xbox360 as some rumors reported, but superior. And not 1,1 or 1,2x superior. But not 5x either.
Wasn't today (the 26th) the day the rumored embargos ended? Does this mean they actually didn't?![]()
Are there any comparable streaming systems that would give some indication the processing power required to stream the data to the tablet?
What, you thought that when i said "aren't on par", i actually stated Wii U capabilities were inferior ? If it's the case, just type ideaman in the thread 2 & 3 (search by poster) and you'll see that since my very first message, one of my goal was to confirm that the Wii U is clearly not on par with the xbox360 as some rumors reported, but superior. And not 1,1 or 1,2x superior. But not 5x either.
Reading this message, it's like i'm a troll or something, i thought we were friends /sob
lol that would be funny.
Nintendo would think "Goddamnit, now THAT has to be our bare minimum with the next console. Microsoft trying to put us out of business!"
It could be the case in which that extra power is used for the subscreen in a such extensive way that the overall system performance is comparable to 360? Or subscreen features couldn't require that amount of processing power?