Because making it easy for developers to create ports for multiple platforms is the way you encourage developers to make games for your platform.
I'm not convinced that image is authentic. Why would they put easy portability from Xbox 360?
I'm not convinced that image is authentic. Why would they put easy portability from Xbox 360?
Because making it easy for developers to create ports for multiple platforms is the way you encourage developers to make games for your platform.
Exactly why I want the "Cafe" or whatever to be able to render games in B/C mode at HD resolutions. If an emulator is able to do it, the official hardware should be too.
Has anyone seen the controller rumor? If this were true, it could be really interesting.
If the controller was basically a Nintendo DS with analog sticks that would be awesome. I hope by revamped R700 they mean die shrunk, cause the 4870 and especially the 4890 used a lot of power and ran hot as hell.
If it doesn't have a subscription free online component without friend codes then I don't really care how fast it is. But if by some miracle they added true KBM support and it had at least 512mb system ram and 512mb vram I might even ditch my PC for it. Nintendo sucks at securing their machines so we know it's gonna be opened up wide at some point.
They need some decent 3rd party developed games. With the Wii at this point, they don't have any.
even though ps3/xbox is ancient, what developers have been able to do on it today is nothing short of amazing. Other than graphical enhancements like AA/resolution, there's not a lot out there in the latest tech world in regards to A.I. Sound,Physics.
Games like Oblivion,Crysis,Fear have maxed out that type of tech years ago and it hasn't gotten anywhere since.
So hopefully Nintendo can push more than just better graphics. Would at least be nice to see more games with enemies that can do more than run behind box and attack relentlessly without fear or spot you, search for 20 seconds then give up and back to original positions only to repeat out loud "what was that?" when the player makes a noise.
Fck the graphics, give me a realistic environment of physics and A.I i can play in, preferably modeled after real places
Well, it hasn't gotten anywhere since because the consoles haven't really changed. Going to need true next gen hardware for that, and this ain't gonna be it. A new console with true next gen specs will have specs that just seem absolutely absurd compared to the older one, the way the NGP sounds. A true next gen console should have a CPU/GPU comparable to a high end gaming PC the day it's out. So we're talking 4ghz quad, dx12, 8gb ram, some ssd storage, a big HDD and bluray.
Does that sound like something nintendo will make?
Well, it hasn't gotten anywhere since because the consoles haven't really changed. Going to need true next gen hardware for that, and this ain't gonna be it. A new console with true next gen specs will have specs that just seem absolutely absurd compared to the older one, the way the NGP sounds. A true next gen console should have a CPU/GPU comparable to a high end gaming PC the day it's out. So we're talking 4ghz quad, dx12, 8gb ram, some ssd storage, a big HDD and bluray.
Does that sound like something nintendo will make?
A true next gen console should have a CPU/GPU comparable to a high end gaming PC the day it's out. So we're talking 4ghz quad, dx12, 8gb ram, some ssd storage, a big HDD and bluray.
In my opinion, if the next console released is able to do native 1080p, it already has a leg-up from the current offerings from Microsoft and Sony that really only render at 720.
Both PS3 and 360 are capable of rendering at 1080p. I don't know what you're talking about. Hell, even the original Xbox was technically capable of 1080i (which requires the game to be rendered at 1920x1080 just the same as 1080p).
Most games are only rendered at 720p because then they can use the hardware capabilities for something else. If the rumors are true and Nintendo's new system is on par with current-gen consoles, then most of its games will likely be rendered at 720p as well.
Still even so by comparision the rumours of what's in Nintendo's new console are underwelming. It sounds to me like Nintendo is going cheap again. A GPU I can buy today, a CPU not much better than what's in the five year old Xbox 360. I'm surprised price estimates are so high, from what I've heard so far I'd think that Nintendo could sell this thing for $300 and still make a profit. Well assuming the weird new controllers don't end up driving up the cost at lot.
You have to realize that Microsoft and Sony were selling
their consoles for a loss. The $600 PS3 cost Sony over $900 to make when it debuted.
Just because a new Nintendo console is likely to be a lot less powerful than what we assume Sony or Microsoft would put out doesn't mean Nintendo should sell their console for a loss.
He is meaning all games are rendered at native 1080p. Sure there are some games that do it now, but they are in the very small minority. Most games are 720p, and even a good portion are not even 720p natively and are upscaled to it.
Yeah and like I said, if the new Nintendo system is similar in power to the PS3 and 360, then it too will be rendering most games at 720p.
Yeah and like I said, if the new Nintendo system is similar in power to the PS3 and 360, then it too will be rendering most games at 720p.
Both PS3 and 360 are capable of rendering at 1080p. I don't know what you're talking about. Hell, even the original Xbox was technically capable of 1080i (which requires the game to be rendered at 1920x1080 just the same as 1080p).
Most games are only rendered at 720p because then they can use the hardware capabilities for something else.
Similar in power concerning RAM and CPU. Every leak points to an R700 chipset being utilized to drive graphics. You seriously think an HD4800 class GPU in a closed console environment won't be able to push 1080p graphics?
...Isn't that another way of saying, if it tried at 1080p, things would slow to a crawl?
I suppose you make up these rules? The rules to what dictates a "true next gen" console.
Your passive/aggressive shots at Nintendo are getting weak.
In my opinion, if the next console released is able to do native 1080p, it already has a leg-up from the current offerings from Microsoft and Sony that really only render at 720.
Even if Project Cafe has hardware exactly matching the 360 (the GPU obviously notwithstanding), I'll be extremely excited. Look at some screens of recent Wii games and then realize they are able to squeeze that much performance from a machine with only 88 megabytes of RAM.
Its not like I'm pulling these specs out of my ass, there's precedent for fairly easily categorized console generations, comparable to PCs of its time. I'm not trying to make a semantic argument. You generally have a ~5 year technological leap between the "true" generations, and the resulting consoles tend to be very similarly capable. You'll always have the outliers that dont seem to fall in line like the jaguar and dreamcast, and they always seem to inevitably fail. Nintendo with the wii was almost unprecendented because its far more in common with the last generation than the current.
Its been almost 5 years since the 360 - if it cant soundly trounce 2005 level tech, how can anyone consider it the next generation? Its just a very late entry to the current generation, even if its the most powerful of the bunch. It might even end up somewhere in the middle dreamcast style. And I'm sure nintendo will put out some great first party titles. But for those of us ready for the "real" next generation, this doesnt sound like its going to be it. I'm excited and all, but its not what I really want, I want the real next gen already.