[Definitive] Nintendo Wii Thread

[Ji@nBing]

How do you know they are crippling themselves graphically?!  They didn't even release the damn specs for the cosnole.

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They said it would only be 3x more powerful than the Gamecube. The Xbox360 and PS3 are clearly much more powerful than that.

[Am_I_Evil]

They said it would only be 3x more powerful than the Gamecube. The Xbox360 and PS3 are clearly much more powerful than that.

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yeah....and Nintendo's never understated system power before... :rolleyes:

they always originally say their new system is less powerful than it actually is....

[Erich]

They said it would only be 3x more powerful than the Gamecube. The Xbox360 and PS3 are clearly much more powerful than that.

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They have simply said, graphics aren't a concern, for all you know, they could be beating the ps3 and xbox360 specs wise, altho unlikely, it's all possible :p

[Bant Veteran]

its supposedly 2-3 times more powerful than the gamecube.... which is plenty imo.

xbox360 and ps3 are claming HUGE numbers in power, and they probably will be powerful. but they are also gonna eat it in manufacturing costs...sony is what, 80 billion in debt?

think about how cheap nintendo's console can be manufactured, think about how cheap it will be to buy....THATS how you get the console into every home.. offer a huge library of games extremely cheaply.

i think they hit the nail on the head.

[Laughing-Man]

Either that or something seriously interesting is going to be revealed later.

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Exactly, you hit the nail on the head. What they did seems like a teaser trailer for a movie. They won't show you much, but later they show you more with offical trailers and the finally you can see the whole damn movie.

[Eli]

I think I'm going to get an X360 and Revolution in the end. I love the idea of playing old school games.

Also those mini gameboys *drool*. I'll buy two....one for each hand.

[thedoors27]

Is the stream going to be playing anything else????

:s

[Ji@nBing]

its supposedly 2-3 times more powerful than the gamecube.... which is plenty imo.

xbox360 and ps3 are claming HUGE numbers in power, and they probably will be powerful. but they are also gonna eat it in manufacturing costs...sony is what, 80 billion in debt?

think about how cheap nintendo's console can be manufactured, think about how cheap it will be to buy....THATS how you get the console into every home.. offer a huge library of games extremely cheaply.

i think they hit the nail on the head.

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Kids aren't going to care about price when mom and dad are paying. They just want the one that has the best graphics.

[Laughing-Man]

They said it would only be 3x more powerful than the Gamecube. The Xbox360 and PS3 are clearly much more powerful than that.

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Did you ever think they could be being descrete and mean:

GameCube = 1 PowerPC

Revolutoin = 3x powerful x 1 PowerPC = PowerPC with 3 cores

They are using IBM and ATI just like the Xbox360 is using. I doubt they would tell either IBM/ATI to make a significantly less powerful console.

[username]

Kids aren't going to care about price when mom and dad are paying. They just want the one that has the best graphics.

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then the sega master system would have prevailed and gamegear...

the one leaked specs said it had quad cores...

[jerry]

Kids aren't going to care about price when mom and dad are paying. They just want the one that has the best graphics.

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But its most likely that parents would buy a cheaper console than one that costs close to $400. If its cheap, its also a pretty good gift. :whistle:

[Bant Veteran]

its not a kids market. its an all ages market.

[jerry]

Btw, did they say any release time frame for the GB Micro ? :unsure:

[iconboy]

im a little fuzzy on the nintendo confrence, but from what i hear they didnt show any specs for the revolution, didnt show the controllers, showed a smaller version of the current GBA (which i feel is already small enough, and which also makes me believe that they wont show GBA2 at this years E3), were vauge about their wireless plans and tried not to emphasize graphics. Look I love Nintendo, if you dont believe me, look at my sig, but can someone -ANYONE here, pleasee explain to me what nintendo has to be excited about this year? Mario baseball!? Having to buy another version of the same gba hardware?

If you asked me if Nintendo doesnt show something truley revolutionary soon, they risk dropping the ball here and really dissapointing everyone and their customer base shrinks every year as kids grow up and younger kids become more tech savy and opt for more versatile hardware instead of bright colours ;)

As for the comment about the graphics,. I HOPE revolution is as powerful as the xbox or ps2 because i gotta tell this will haunt the Rev for its whole life. very early on any game that came out to ps2 and xbox were assumed to be better on the xbox and that was just a small difference in power, imagine a game coming out for xbox and ps3 and being majorly dumbed down just to run on revolution- I hope this isnt the case, but regardless of what nintendo says they can only float a console on their own software for so long.

[NymphEtaminE]

wat more can i say but..

Pokemon XD, Serious business...

rofl

[x-byte]

its supposedly 2-3 times more powerful than the gamecube.... which is plenty imo.

xbox360 and ps3 are claming HUGE numbers in power, and they probably will be powerful. but they are also gonna eat it in manufacturing costs...sony is what, 80 billion in debt?

think about how cheap nintendo's console can be manufactured, think about how cheap it will be to buy....THATS how you get the console into every home.. offer a huge library of games extremely cheaply.

i think they hit the nail on the head.

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:yes:

[Bant Veteran]

gamespot is offering the conference streamed now

[Ji@nBing]

But its most likely that parents would buy a cheaper console than one that costs close to $400. If its cheap, its also a pretty good gift.  :whistle:

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Are you kidding me? Kids are spoiled brats these days. They get whatever they want.

its not a kids market. its an all ages market.

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Yeah, but they are a siginifigant part of the market.

[Joel]

ANYONE here, pleasee explain to me what nintendo has to be excited about this year?

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Zelda for GCN.

[x-byte]

Geist also

[Am_I_Evil]

"OMG!11!!1 Businesses dON't Car3 abt prOFit5!!!!"

after saying that i don't think anyone gives your statements any type of credibility....

real quote:

Profit doesn't mean much. These comanies don't care a whole lot about making money on the consoles at this point. They just want to have the most poular one. The numbers speak for themselves. Nintendo was 3rd in sales last round, ie: they lost.

:blink:

[Ji@nBing]

after saying that i don't think anyone gives your statements any type of credibility....

real quote:

:blink:

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It was a poor choice of words and I've already explained what I meant in subsequent posts. If you want to take it at face value, go ahead :rolleyes:

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WOW OMG! the DVD FLOATS IN!

[Gamenews]

WOW OMG! the DVD FLOATS IN!

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Hahahah, finally someone with a sense of humor.

[Erich]

WOW OMG! the DVD FLOATS IN!

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Lol I was on a call at work and just laughed at a customer when I read that.