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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Nintendo claims Wii U and next-gen won't have 'drastic' disparity.

    Nintendo president Satoru Iwata says the Wii U and nex-gen consoles won't have as large a gulf as the Wii and PS3/360.
    Jul 03, 2012 12:30pm PDT
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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Nintendo claims Wii U and next-gen won't have 'drastic' disparity.

    Nintendo president Satoru Iwata says the Wii U and nex-gen consoles won't have as large a gulf as the Wii and PS3/360. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      Nintendo is pretty much fucked. They are releasing a current gen console at the end of a generation cycle... : JohnnyRey
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        Hows things in wrongville? : MoreVespeneGas
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          I could absolutely be wrong, but as of today nintendo hasn't shown me anything that would make we want a ... : JohnnyRey
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            Yeah, and the 360 doesn't do much for me as a platform. 360 = fucked? : HockeyJohnston
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              Now you are just being silly. My point is I already have a 360 and a ps3, why would I also want a WiiU, w... : JohnnyRey
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                My silly was intentional, with the purpose of mocking you. : HockeyJohnston
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                  Oh ok, so you didn't really have a point, and just wanted to troll. Got it. : JohnnyRey
                  • You didn't get my point? I could reiterate it, if you like :P : HockeyJohnston
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                    He wasn't trolling, the point seems to have -=swooosh=- gone over your head : MoreVespeneGas
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                      I understand what he was trying to do, but it really doesn't work. my opinion seems to be what the majori... : JohnnyRey
                      • Yup. I mean, honestly, how hard would it be for MS/Sony to add a touch screen controller like the Wii U R... : Yumcheese
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                        ALRIGHT WHO THE FUCK LOLED ME? OH HELL NAW s0n : JohnnyRey
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                          Ur mom? Stuff? : Yumcheese
                          • lol! : JohnnyRey
              • because new mario. and zelda. : uebersoldat
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        It remains to be seen how powerful the PS4/XboxNext will be... Honestly i doubt we'll see a massive leap... : ShadowdaneThis person is cool!
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          No console will ever be locked at 60fps - developers will always be willing to sacrifice performance down... : ZekThis person is cool!
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            yah true, just saying it would likely be possible some titles due favor 60fps over 30fps. : ShadowdaneThis person is cool!
            • some tities favor 60fps too : MoreVespeneGas
          • yah true, just saying it would likely be possible some titles due favor 60fps over 30fps. : ShadowdaneThis person is cool!
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            Unless they make it a requirement to pass certification. : razlebol
            • Which would be kind of awesome actually... at least for the consumer. 60fps is really nice... : GwyndionThis person is cool!
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          this is also a good point - really how much better will the next gen consoles be? That will be another fa... : JohnnyRey
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            Yep. I'm still pretty damn amazed at how good these new consoles games look as they come out. If the Wi... : atom519This person is cool!
            • It really comes down to what MS & Sony decide to do. If they're specs are way beyond the Wii U, it puts ... : disembodied potatoThis person is cool!
            • "Unless the next gen consoles from MS and Sony have some interesting technology that is missing from the ... : Kristian Joensen
          • The problem this time is nintendo haven't really shown much that satisfies their faithful day one purchas... : disembodied potatoThis person is cool!
        • Unreal Engine 4. Wii U doesn't support it, new consoles will. : Zoopy_Iscariot
        • I will be pleasantly amazed if the next gen consoles flatly require 1080p @ 60 or even get it into say 80... : DinKThis person is cool!
        • so wii u can play next generation of games? : asafasaf
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        Nintendo makes good games. People that like them will buy the hardware. : capt trippsThis person is cool!
        • Another good point. For me, the "good games" from nintendo I can count on one hand, and I don't know if b... : JohnnyRey
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          Hows things in wrongville? : Toth21This person is cool!
          • How is this wrong? There's a new Pikmin coming. I fucking love Pikmin. I'll be buying a WiiU just to play... : kikilupoThis person is cool!
        • Haha, pretty much. All they have to do is announce a new Zelda and Metroid game and I'm there day 1 with... : timmieThis person is cool!
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        Johnnyrey once again makes baseless assumptions and comes to bizarre conclusions. Great job : Mr.SEX
        • i agree with johnnyrey in a way..i think nintendo has served themselves up a Dreamcast-like finale. : deathofratsThis person is cool!
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          Thanks for the personal attack, I guess discussing games is taboo now. Like I said before, this is ju... : JohnnyRey
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            well it was fairly baseless! you called it a current gen console (there are no specs that have been confi... : Mr.SEX
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              1) It IS on par with current gen. This is from Reggie himself. 2) Yes, that is my opinion based on wh... : JohnnyRey
              • I should note also that I absolutely have an open mind, esp with the WiiU. I really hope nintendo shows u... : JohnnyRey
              • for point 1, where are you getting that btw? i can't find it : Mr.SEX
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          Then its a baseless set of assumptions that a lot of people are saying these days. I don't think its spec... : Toth21This person is cool!
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            And they aren't really assumptions of conclusions, its simply my opinion based on the data we have TODAY.... : JohnnyRey
            • *or : JohnnyRey
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        ^You could argue the Wii was a full generation behind as well and we know how well that did. : kaijuseijin
        • If you can't see how that was unique then you are blind. I'm not saying I have any idea how the WiiU will... : Toth21This person is cool!
        • you could argue the same about the Dreamcast, and we know how well that did. : deathofratsThis person is cool!
        • Very true! I don't think being behind a generation matter much for a couple of reasons, mainly the fact t... : JohnnyRey
        • The Wii was at least two generations behind on the GPU side. : Kristian Joensen
      • you guys literally said this for every nintendo console. when are you gonna stop acting like you know so... : AllYourBaseThis person is cool!
      • We are all forgetting they are launching what looks to be a usable online service. : Darthbrooks
    • As disappointed as I am in the Wii-U's hardware (at least what we know), I would generally have to agree ... : atom519This person is cool!
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      I don't know how he can say that with a straight face at all. The WiiU has specs JUST AT the level of a ... : deathofratsThis person is cool!
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        Without knowing the GPU or the amount of the RAM for sure, it is extremely difficult to come to this conc... : eoladis
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          Yup all Nintendo has released is just this: CPU: IBM Power-based multi-core processor. GPU: AMD Radeo... : ShadowdaneThis person is cool!
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            im just going off what was shown at E3. Nothing looked impressive, like leaps and bounds beyond what cur... : deathofratsThis person is cool!
            • Will have to wait and see. Took MS & Sony quite a few years to really show what the 360/PS3 could really... : ShadowdaneThis person is cool!
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              Did you see what the Xbox 360 launch titles looked like? Do you remember how terrible those looked by tod... : Grape Flavor
              • I don't know man... I remember seeing Lost Planet on the 360 and thinking HOLY SHIT I didn't think a cons... : GwyndionThis person is cool!
          • Just because they are rumors doesn't mean it isn't true. There are different kinds of rumors, some are mo... : Kristian Joensen
        • People are going off of what reggie said, which is that it is on par with current gen. If it was better t... : JohnnyRey
        • I think just the fact that Epic, who creates a major game engine which was probably the most used engine ... : GwyndionThis person is cool!
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        Oh I guess you are doing this too. Surprising!!!!! : Mr.SEX
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          lol get over yourself. : deathofratsThis person is cool!
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            Try being a tiny bit self aware : Mr.SEX
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              ..says the guy actually getting worked up over a negative post made about a video game system. : deathofratsThis person is cool!
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                You're doing it again : Mr.SEX
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                  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/NICO_looks_at_himself.jpg : deathofratsThis person is cool!
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                    Great job buddy : Mr.SEX
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                        I can cut the sexual tension with a knife! : Rauol DukeThis person is cool!
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                          Rauol Duke, please be a bit more self aware. : deathofratsThis person is cool!
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                            yeah rauol duke, we're both way too cool and above all of this. look at how closely we're monitoring this... : Mr.SEX
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                              heh : geedeckThis person is cool!
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                                • smart dog, but not self aware. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-aware : deathofratsThis person is cool!
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                              you obviously aren't self aware enough or else you would have posted a dog looking in a mirror. http:/... : deathofratsThis person is cool!
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                                http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/36bb93/ : conandan
                                • he sounds very self aware. : deathofratsThis person is cool!
                                • look at that poor fuck. : sleepytea
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      Maybe true because it can at least do HD, but it won't have anything close to Star Wars 1313 or that Fina... : jeffmoeller
      • Yeah, the graphical quality of Star Wars 1313, Unreal Engine 4 and that Square/Enix tech demo seems to be... : GwyndionThis person is cool!
    • That's cool. What are they doing to do about no one buying 3rd party titles and Nintendo doing nothing to... : synapse19
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      Well, does it standardise on 1080p? Because unless they're going all-streaming (unlikely), the other two ... : nodeThis person is cool!
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        All release games from Nintendo will be 720p. : Fenring42
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          That's kinda sad given how easy even 1080p is to push for a mid-range GPU now. I really hope Sony and MS ... : nodeThis person is cool!
          • There are a few reasons why 720p instead of 1080p isn't a big deal: Most people sit too far away to tell... : EnhancedInterrogator
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      I think the gulf between WiiU and Durango/Orbis will be less about raw horsepower and more about how many... : snubble100
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        Case in point, my AGP system can play Max Payne 3!!! : kenclopzThis person is cool!
        • I'm enjoying the hell out of Trine 2 and Street Fighter 4 on the highest texture settings on my pentium 4... : EnhancedInterrogator
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      End this charade already and give us your great games on consoles that will represent them correctly. Her... : Neural ImbalanceThis person is cool!
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        They are giving us their games on a console that represents them correctly. Nintendo is a software compa... : timmieThis person is cool!
        • Huh, and this whole time knowing that they are the only company that makes money on there hardware led me... : Neural ImbalanceThis person is cool!
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      interesting, the Wii U is a good stop gap between the Wii and Nintendo's next console which would probabl... : InfernoAblaze
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        Did you have to read the entire thread to come up with something that original and clever? : capt trippsThis person is cool!
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          Actually, I hadn't thought about it that way. Could be very risky for Nintendo, but they could be the ... : EnhancedInterrogator
          • Thought about it at this E3 but even if Nintendo are planning to do this I don't see them being able to c... : InfernoAblaze
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      Nintenwho? lol RIP : abrasionThis person is cool!
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        Nintendon't~! : burning eye
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          Nintendongs : synapse19
          • so wii u can play the next gen of games? : asafasaf
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      CONFIRMED So, in following, here is what Nintendo's Online service offers.]: Free Online Services DLC : RuskiSnajper
      • There you are!!! : kikilupoThis person is cool!