43 replies to this topic

[Chinomanila]

Ok Nintendo need's to clear this up before e3. I am seeing this rumor all over the place and they are treating it like it's a fact.

[Tre]

I love new consoles. Rumors fly around and die off and then fly around again. It is so funny. I will like to say that anyone think that the specs will be known at E3 is in for a big disappointment. Specs won't be known until some tech site break it down after it is launched. They will spend no time on specs. I also want to say rumors are rumors. I can make a site up and create rumors everyday up until Nintendo's press conference at E3. Either buy it or not, I doesn't affect me. I don't care what other people are thinking about it. I've bought every console including Atari and Colecovision and Apple's fail Pippin.

[Robotic Sunshine Commander]

Ok Nintendo need's to clear this up before e3. I am seeing this rumor all over the place and they are treating it like it's a fact. I know its really stupid these guys saying all these things are just idiots with no knowledge about the system. Whoever they are ppl need to forget em!

Edited by hardcoreUfan, 02 April 2012 - 05:47 PM.

[Joshua]

You know what I think about this article?

[uh20]

hey, I have the original dev kit, I'm unnamed, and don't like Nintendo much, its April fools, might as well post some bad comparison so I can April trolls everyone with if anything, slightly skewed bad info
even then, this basically just sums up everyone's fears, Nintendo making another low end console, shouldn't happen

[Repsys7]

What people that are believing this rumour don't seem to quite understand, is the Xbox and PS3 came out like 6-7 years ago now, for the technology that is out now to be worse than them it would cost nothinggggggg...

We have advanced so far since then its not funny!

[Plutonas]

the article says : "There aren't as many shaders, it's not as capable. Sure, some things are better, mostly as a result of it being a more modern design. But overall the Wii U just can't quite keep up"

It means the gpu is weak and with less gpu cores (shaders..) or else, cuda, streaming processors.. Than xbox and ps3


As I said months ago, I want to see wii U with NO LESS than 500 shaders... if its less, then its weak... if its more or equal to 500, then its power!


I find this ridiculous, because Xbox have 48 unified shaders.. Cuda are much more powerful than AMD streaming processors... For example each amd shader or streaming processor can execute 1 command, but each nvidia core (Cuda), can execute multiple commands at the shame time.

even though, 48 shaders ATI brand are AWAY to few, at this date!!! If wii U comes with less than 500 shaders or more extreme less than 100 shaders!!! (hahahahahaha) I am gonna roll in the floor..
For example look this webpage with the specs of 4870 for example.. Scroll down and look how many Unified shaders this card got (960).. http://www.hwcompare...radeon-hd-6850/ Ati 1900xt or r600 have 48 on xbox and 64 in the PC... lol lol lol

And lets be realistic... WHY nintento pick r770 chip that all the chipsets of this model, got more than 600 unified shaders, and tweaked it in less than 48???????????? Many people say that if wii U comes with 400 unified shaders, it means power.. I say, if it comes with 500 shaders, it means feature proof and thats what we need, 500+

Even the cheaper and smaller model of r770 (AMD 4730) got 640 unified shaders, lets say that nintendo used that and cut some shaders, the minimum I am thinking is 400 in the wii U, at the worst scenarios. http://www.hwcompare...radeon-hd-6850/

Why for example they didnt used 3xxx series of ATI cards that comes with less unified shaders??? Here is an example of specs.. http://www.hwcompare.com/5955/radeon-hd-3850-1gb-vs-radeon-hd-6850/

Edited by Orion, 02 April 2012 - 07:49 PM.

[Gnomishek]

April fools ? Yeah, it certainly is. Otherwise Nintendo may just end up at the garbage of history. There's no reason to be THAT cheap.

[Joshua]

I'm wondering how much the Wii U will cost if it is indeed weaker than the PS3 and the 360?

$50

[BazzDropperz]

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Edited by BazzDropperz, 14 July 2014 - 01:22 AM.

[Nollog]

"The whole thing about the tablet controller is that you only get one of them, and you can only use one and it's not completely independent," noted the source. "The base console has to be on, and you have to be in range." Queried about other controllers, the source was clear: "Other controllers are just Wiimotes, or other Wii controllers. They may change the form factor or looks a bit, but it's the same controller."

Of course they are, the devkit upad's are still tethered.

[Keviin]

Don't think I even have to say this anymore, but this is sooooo false. First devkits were already stronger than PS360, and if Epic/EA/Crytek and all the big guys with amazing graphics say that it is powerful, I would much rather believe that.

[Stewox]

1. Horserainbow developer
2. April Fools
3. Fake

I have nothing more to say on this ... sorry -

Some random comments from those articles:
Some newbs buy it but mostly there are our communities checking it out and posting correct info.

Oh look, I was right.

"This week it's on par, next week it's so many times more powerful, the week after it's a bit weaker.

Rinse, repeat until E3."

ALSO the mainstream sites are fueling the fire and i think they're all in this ... i mean just look CVG ... it's getting everywhere, all other good info wasn't that popular aroound like this ... they want this drama for pageviews.

Edited by Stewox, 03 April 2012 - 05:55 AM.

[Reaper Pin]

Drama....?
"Nintendo, and the Painfully Long Wait Until E3 2012"
Starring:
Nintendo fans
Sony/Microsoft fans
Fanboys
Unknown Developers that pull sh** out of their a**
Know Developers that Praise the Wii U, But are still doubted
Reggie and His Body
Miyamoto and His Pikmin
Iwata and his Laughs
And the Wii U's Kimono.

COMING SOON.

Edited by KeyBladeWielder, 03 April 2012 - 09:21 AM.

[Holloweaver]

bah - they just want those shares to go down in price to make huuuge profits within a year or something...

[Nollog]

https://twitter.com/#!/NGamer_mag/status/187207750554628098

[Reaper Pin]

https://twitter.com/...207750554628098

What's this d**ks problem?
What the f*** does he even want?
I am really starting to get mad at these not good BS rumors, that, for some that's beyond me, are believed by some of the most blinded fanboys I've ever seen.
/rant.

Edited by KeyBladeWielder, 03 April 2012 - 10:15 AM.

[BeyondSmash]

If this rumor stays til E3 then E3 should blow people's minds.

EDIT: Also, so many tweets have "Wii U being worse than current gen".
Why would people remotely believe this?

Edited by BeyondSmash, 03 April 2012 - 10:57 AM.

[Nollog]

What's this d**ks problem?
What the f*** does he even want?
I am really starting to get mad at these not good BS rumors, that, for some that's beyond me, are believed by some of the most blinded fanboys I've ever seen.
/rant.

This dick's problem is that their source's information doesn't match the information of the source from the article we're discussing in this thread.

[Gameboysoadvance]

Known developers say positive things. Unknown developers and sources say negative things. Why is this?