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[Foot]

Ill update periodically, didn't want anyone else to steal it

Japanese Release Date: 12.8.2012
Two Bundles
Premium (32 GB HDD) 30,000 yen
Home Type (8 GB Flash) 25,000 yen

Thanks to Keviin for these details
- Supports full 1080p
- “GPGPU” used
- Main memory: 1GB
- System memory: 1GB
- Total memory is 2GB
- Games only use 1GB of main memory
- System memory is for the OS
- Can use the browser while playing
- Game discs are 25GB
- Discs run at 22.5 MB/s
- Uses up to 75 watts of electricity
- Typical power usage is 45 watts
- Reconfirmed: import Wii VC and WiiWare
games

Premium version includes an HDMI

EDIT:
Nintendo Network Premium announced, 10% of Download Software a year.
Only for 32 GB Bundle Owners, Free until December 2014

Wii U GamePad will come standalone at 13,440 yen
Pro Controller – 5,040 yen
Accessories
GamePad stand – 315 yen
Charge and Play stand – 1,890 yen
Games
New Super Mario Bros. U – 5,985 yen
Nintendo Land – 4,935 yen

CONFIRMED: New Super Mario Bros U will be a launch title

It will launch in Black and White

Edited by Heyheyharold, 12 September 2012 - 11:58 PM.

[iShuys]

Release date Demember 8 in Japan?
Price for Japan = £251 ($405).

Edited by iShuys, 12 September 2012 - 11:25 PM.

[Keviin]

Iwata shared the following information:
- Supports full 1080p
- “GPGPU” used
- Main memory: 1GB
- System memory: 1GB
- Total memory is 2GB
- Games only use 1GB of main memory
- System memory is for the OS
- Can use the browser while playing
- Game discs are 25GB
- Discs run at 22.5 MB/s
- Uses up to 75 watts of electricity
- Typical power usage is 45 watts
- Reconfirmed: import Wii VC and WiiWare
games

Japan comes first. During a presentation
hosted by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata
today, it was revealed that the system will
be sold in two bundles: a Black 32GB
Premium Set (31,500 yen) and White 8GB
Basic Set (26,250 yen).
The Premium set comes with the console,
GamePad, AC adapters, HDMI, and 32 GB
HDD. The Basic option comes with the
hardware, a GamePad, and 8GB. Each will
be available on December 8.

Taken from Nintendoeverything.com

[Nollog]

Nintendo Network Premium is also something which came out of it.
December 2014 means something, and 10% off eShop purchases.
500 means something too.

Furthermore:
Games to cost around 60 dollars, and more casual games (nintendo land is the example) is around 40-50 as wii games were.

Nintendoland not packed with the console in Japan, but you could say the same about Wii Sports and the Wii too.

Also, analog face buttons (I think). This would hint toward analog triggers too surely. Or I could have mis-interpreted Iwata.

150 dollarish second controllers.

Edited by Nollog, 12 September 2012 - 11:30 PM.

[Penguin101]

Iwata shared the following information:
- Supports full 1080p
- “GPGPU” used
- Main memory: 1GB
- System memory: 1GB
- Total memory is 2GB
- Games only use 1GB of main memory
- System memory is for the OS
- Can use the browser while playing
- Game discs are 25GB
- Discs run at 22.5 MB/s
- Uses up to 75 watts of electricity
- Typical power usage is 45 watts
- Reconfirmed: import Wii VC and WiiWare
games

Japan comes first. During a presentation
hosted by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata
today, it was revealed that the system will
be sold in two bundles: a Black 32GB
Premium Set (31,500 yen) and White 8GB
Basic Set (26,250 yen).
The Premium set comes with the console,
GamePad, AC adapters, HDMI, and 32 GB
HDD. The Basic option comes with the
hardware, a GamePad, and 8GB. Each will
be available on December 8.

Taken from Nintendoeverything.com

1GB OS Memory?!? That's crazy, we're talking Windows 7 quality here!!! I better hope teh browser can be used while gaming, with 1GB I hope complete multi-tasking is available, TBH I hope the second controller can play a movie while you play a game on the gamepad with that memory. Kinday hoped that only 512MB would be dedicated.

Totally hyped that the PREMIUM console will only be £249.99

Plus I can get an extra £20 I can get an extra 32GB in SD card memory

EDIT: I also heard that Iwata said the WiiU is 20x the Wii power

Edited by Penguin101, 12 September 2012 - 11:29 PM.

[thehappening]

well we all know that other 1gb of ram wont totally be used for OS and will be opened upto devs in a 3DS like way not all of it just some i mean and its a gpgpu design CLEARLY USING POWERPC 400S BROADWAY -FIED and a embedded gpu working together as a gpgpu oh look theres your flops and calling cpu weak makes you not good as its a gpgpu not a cpu and a gpu thats a ape way of looking at specs

1GB OS Memory?!? That's crazy, we're talking Windows 8 quality here!!! I better hope teh browser can be used while gaming, with 1GB I hope complete multi-tasking is available, TBH I hope the second controller can play a movie while you play a game on the gamepad with that memory. Kinday hoped that only 512MB would be dedicated.

Totally hyped that the PREMIUM console will only be £249.99

I THINK SOME OF IT WILL BE ACCESS MEMORY AND APP MEMORY FOR APPS THAT RUN WHILST GAMES ARE PLAYING AND DISC CATCH FOR BETTER MEMEORY MANAGMENT AND LOADING SPEED AND ALSO SOUND RAM FOR THAT DSP I DONT THINK ITS 50?50 DIRECT SPLIT I THINK IWATA IS KEEPING THE EXPLANATION SIMPLE

[iShuys]

The price may be more in Europe, Australia, and who else am I missing? Oh, umm, the U.S.A

[Keviin]

^ is that good thehappening?

[Foot]

This is how the memory works

1 GB System Memory: Used for the Hardware, OS, etc.
1 GB Game Memory: Used for Game Textures, quality, etc. (Which is AMAZING!!!)

[Nollog]

This is how the memory works

1 GB System Memory: Used for the Hardware, OS, etc.
1 GB Game Memory: Used for Game Textures, quality, etc. (Which is AMAZING!!!)

Also, if it becomes an issue in the future, they could allow use of the system memory if they really wanted to.

[Keviin]

This is how the memory works

1 GB System Memory: Used for the Hardware, OS, etc.
1 GB Game Memory: Used for Game Textures, quality, etc. (Which is AMAZING!!!)

Is it that amazing? isn't it 'only' 2x Xbox360?

@nollog, wow,.neat detail. I doubt we need 1GB for OS.

[Foot]

Is this what the "GPGPU is?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPGPU

Is it that amazing? isn't it 'only' 2x Xbox360?

@nollog, wow,.neat detail. I doubt we need 1GB for OS.

The XBox 360 had 512 MB shared between the System and Games, so this is like a 4x difference!

Edited by Heyheyharold, 12 September 2012 - 11:40 PM.

[Keviin]

^I suppose, but I don't understand that carp lol.

[Nollog]

Is it that amazing? isn't it 'only' 2x Xbox360?

@nollog, wow,.neat detail. I doubt we need 1GB for OS.

Ya, they did so with the 3DS so no reason for them not to do it on the wii u if it's really needed.

Also, The OS of miiverse along with having things like browsers and voicechat on in the background would need a lot of ram.

Is this what the "GPGPU is?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPGPU

It either means that, or dual gpu.
I've heard GPGPU refer to dual gpu more so than what wiki says.

[Keviin]

Don't worry about Nintendo Land. Wii Sports wasn't a bundle in Japan either!
Controllers
GamePad – 13,440 yen (includes adapter)
Pro Controller – 5,040 yen
Accessories
GamePad stand – 315 yen
Charge and Play stand – 1,890 yen
Games
New Super Mario Bros. U – 5,985 yen
Nintendo Land – 4,935 yen

Ya, they did so with the 3DS so no reason for them not to do it on the wii u if it's really needed.

Also, The OS of miiverse along with having things like browsers and voicechat on in the background would need a lot of ram.

It either means that, or dual gpu.
I've heard GPGPU refer to dual gpu more so than what wiki says.

Double GPU sounds really powerful .-. thanks!

Edited by Keviin, 12 September 2012 - 11:44 PM.

[Eskimo_sam]

I must say I'm back on board for wii u now

[Penguin101]

So um I'm usually good on understanding hardware. Put can someone please tell me what a GPGPU can do, from what I gather it's a CPU and GPU built in together? I presume this allows the separate CPU to do more?

[thehappening]

^ is that good thehappening?

its looking rosey very rosey those going mewntal at the low flops on cpu are not getting its a gpgpu design both the gpu and the cpus all work together as 1 system YES I KNOW THAT SOUNDS OD ALL GPUS WORK WITH A CPU no its gpgpu as in there all working together as a kinda super chip gpu and cpu can co process and gpu can do cpu tasks and act more like a cpu and cpu helping graphics can send data to the gpu with ease

broadway always had a graphics data burst pipe we now have 3 1 per core so the 3 cpus can be part of the graphics pipe line and act like part of the gpu and visa versa the gpu compute shaders can act like or assist the cpus

i still think some of that second 1gb is for helping stream data to the main ram and also maybe handle sound dsp code LIKE GAMECUBES ACCESS RAM DID this is looking so GAMECUBE 2 IN DESIGN

gpgpu coding across gpu and cpu can really be efficient and can seriously boost gaming performance ION net books over clocked run heavy games even with that tiny ataom single core cpu because the code can be optermized for gpu compute coding

So um I'm usually good on understanding hardware. Put can someone please tell me what a GPGPU can do, from what I gather it's a CPU and GPU built in together? I presume this allows the separate CPU to do more?

theres no separate cpu the tri core powerpc and the gpu act as one MASSIVE threading compute media graphics engine and this gpgpu is bulit for gaming not low end performance like a net book or whatever ,gpgpu can seriously improve performance and allows a lot of threading and a lot of co processed code gpu and cpu act as one engine room there not 2 seperate guys anymore there a gay loved up cpl living together and eating from 1 plate

Ill update periodically, didn't want anyone else to steal it

Japanese Release Date: 12.8.2012
Two Bundles
Premium (32 GB HDD) 30,000 yen
Home Type (8 GB Flash) 25,000 yen

Thanks to Keviin for these details
- Supports full 1080p
- “GPGPU” used
- Main memory: 1GB
- System memory: 1GB
- Total memory is 2GB
- Games only use 1GB of main memory
- System memory is for the OS
- Can use the browser while playing
- Game discs are 25GB
- Discs run at 22.5 MB/s
- Uses up to 75 watts of electricity
- Typical power usage is 45 watts
- Reconfirmed: import Wii VC and WiiWare
games

Premium version includes an HDMI

EDIT:
Nintendo Network Premium announced, 10% of Download Software a year.
Only for 32 GB Bundle Owners, Free until December 2014

Wii U GamePad will come standalone at 13,440 yen
Pro Controller – 5,040 yen
Accessories
GamePad stand – 315 yen
Charge and Play stand – 1,890 yen
Games
New Super Mario Bros. U – 5,985 yen
Nintendo Land – 4,935 yen

CONFIRMED: New Super Mario Bros U will be a launch title

It will launch in Black and White

iv worked out the disc load speed its 2.5 x faster than ps3s bluray i bet some of that ram is also a disc cacth like gamecube for even faster loading say 4 x ps3 it would only need 32mb or so to do that i hope so

[Keviin]

^so in short, the Wii U is really powerful? Like, next-gen worthy? What you said seems way more than the often speculated current gen 1.5, like Wii was in comparison.

[Eskimo_sam]

^so in short, the Wii U is really powerful? Like, next-gen worthy? What you said seems way more than the often speculated current gen 1.5, like Wii was in comparison.

no just makes it par with current gen! which is a fantastic outcome