May 3rd, 2011
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As we get closer to Nintendo’s big E3 reveal of their next major home console, speculation on the specs of the machine have been all over the place. We’ve heard it will display 1080p HD graphics equal or better to those found on either the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360. The latest news now has the system dropping the HDD route in exchange for on-board flash based memory…
Kotaku is reporting – “The console, codenamed Project Café, will include 8 gigabytes of on-board flash-based memory, presumably for game storage. That quantity, while nearly 16 times the storage capacity of the Wii, is smaller than the 20GB of room available in the original, optional hard drives offered in 2005 for the Xbox 360. The amount of memory in the new Nintendo console would also be dwarfed by the 250 GB drives offered in current, high-end versions of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.”
The article goes on to say – “Nintendo’s disc format for the new console will hold 25GB of data, I’ve heard. That capacity is triple the size of the biggest DVD-style discs for Wii and Xbox 360 and comparable to the capacity of single-layer Blu-Ray discs on the PlayStation 3.”
Be sure to check out the full article at Kotaku for even more on the specs of Nintendo’s next console.
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Well it won’t be hard for Wii2 to exceed PS3 graphics w/o the use of a hard drive. I mean 360 has been doing it for years. I wonder if they’ll beef up their online service? Well let’s hope they don’t take ANY and I do mean ANY ques from Sony on that end. PSN…proof that free isn’t better.
Having a hard drive does nothing to graphical quality anyway; having strong GPU, CPU and RAM, does, though.
Nintendo seems to be going their usual ‘cost effective console’ route, with ‘just enough power’ and not pushing the boundaries of console tech like Sony does. Which is good for Nintendo money-wise, but not so good for us hardcore gamers.
Xbox live went down two weeks right before christmas one year. What game on the 360 has better graphics then Uncharted or killzone? Just two examples of the huge exclusive library that the ps3 has and every one of those games has better graphics then anything on the 360. Ok i may be wrong about that if you include little big planet but I’m willing to bet that it has better graphics then any 360 game lol.
Now onto the wii2, If it’s got no hard drive and stupid motion controllers again I’m definitely not buying one. This is a perfect opportunity for nintendo to make a powerful system and have the price a little higher because microsoft and sony aren’t going to have another system for a few years anyway. They could make a killing in profits because everybody will want to have the next best thing. Just like microsoft did, and thats why there are so many 360 fanboys. The 360 came out first and everybody went nuts buying them because they were cheap and it was the next best thing. If the ps3 came out first it would be more popular then the 360.
Just ignore him, if he isn’t trolling then he is in denial, either way I feel sorry for him.
you are another idiot, ps3 got the best graphics in the console war, do not say they dont moron, just go look at the proof
nah, uncharted Killzone 2 and 3, god of war 3, are only good engines and nothing else, probably if they had been released for Xbox 360 had better graphics.
games exclusive to the Xbox 360 in general used the old engines like Unreal engine, used in the game Gears of War, just because it was not so beautiful when Uncharted 2, and Killzone 3 because they use new and more modern engines. and only this
Sorry i have had both consoles.The 36o and ps3 are two different systems.The 360 has the stronger gpu.In theory the only way the ps3 can outperform the 360 is if the spu’s are implemented.Yes i did enjoy uncharted 2 and microsoft probably wont make a better game.Psn needs to get it’s act together while not perfect x box -live offers more fun experience.
Let’s just hope Nintendo don’t take any, and I do mean any, advise from Microsoft when it come to 1st and 2nd party game development…
All I can hope for is a launch lineup that juxtaposes that of the piss-poor 3DS. I wan’t the Wii 2 to launch with as many strong games as the Wii’s 2010 lineup. Do that, and I’m sold.
I want the next Nintendo console to finally be ‘hardcore’ again. The last Nintendo console I liked was the Super Nintendo. Things went downhill since then with their casual/children obsession and neglect of third parties, that all flocked to Sony/MS.
Nintendo has always been family based since NES days. In Japan the NES and SNES were called Famicom and Super Famicom respectively. Famicom being an abbreviation of ‘Family Computer’.
But I agree though, SNES was the best overall Nintendo console they’ve released thus far due to not only the amazing Nintendo exclusives but the wealth of third party exclusives from the days when Japanese developers such as Capcom, Square, Konami etc ruled.
i want hard drive… i like hard drives…
So…Wii 2 will use an 8GB SSD? Not a bad idea really, considering SSD is more durable than HDD. Downside being that high storage capacity SSD will be expensive as hell… I guess…
Hmm…. having a HDD while not essential, give developers more options to make the game technically better. HDD retrieve data much faster than disc formats so if the new Nintendo console does have a large Blu Ray style disc format, loading on it could be pretty slow. But I suppose they could use the on board flash memory for this since it’s standard.
Still I think HDD is much better as digital downloads are becoming much more popular and 8GB is nearly not enough.
I don’t like the look of this so far, there should be 250gb of storage in the next generation consoles AT LEAST.
Think of all the space that is used in the PS3 and the XBOX 360, and this thing is supposed to be more powerful.
I don’t fit into Nintendo’s niche. Their best crack at an extreme game was Dead Space Extraction which could’ve been ported for a GameCube. I also have no need for The Biggest Loser games and would rather do real jump-rope, or bowling, or martial arts than the virtual pseudo exercise crap. Fresh air and activity will always hold more power than firing up something named after the sound 5 year-olds make when they hit the Slip ‘N Slide. This newer technology sounds interesting, but I could care less on what Nintendo is doing.
i noticed i loved Nintendo when i was a kid. and if i was a kid today, i can see where i would love Nintendo.. but recently on wii im buying the games i bought 20 years ago. when i got snes i bought mario, zelda, and metroid. wii i bought zelda mario and metroid.
I concur with Zelda and Metroid, and you’re right it comes from nostalgia. Oldies but goodies.
leave it to nintendo to be innovative AND be a step behind. every console lacked something the others had. but it never hurt their systems.. well until wii not being hd. and n64 not having cd-rom fmv..
hdd is strange and can be handled weird. i had a 20gb 360 for 3 years and never filled half of it. and i downloaded a lot of games. then i get a 60gb ps3, and that thing was full in less than a year. with just game data! barely any downloads.
but i love nintendo machines. own everything they’ve made. they will make it work
If the thing handles 1080p native on multiplat games I’ll buy it. If it’s upscaled from 720p then it looks like I’m missing another zelda title.
2 Possibilities.
1) Fu*ken cloud gaming
2) It sports a SSD.
you know what? Hard Drive or not (the 360 has proven that its not “completely necessary”) if Nintendo can pump out their same stuff in full HD, I’m sold.
Honestly, have you seen standard Wii games played through Dolphin on a killer computer at 1080p? They look….. good. If they do that kind of output, and make it so you can ditch the motion controls in EVERY game if you want to, then I’m a day one buyer.
just for clarification of what I mean about ditching the motion controls: Donkey Kong was an amazing game…. except the controls. Don’t force us to have to shake the controller to do something Nintendo. Or at least let us turn that off, and remap the buttons. Donkey Kong Returns was horribly broken because of this, one of the most critical controls was mapped to a shaking motion. No… No… No….
If i wanted to shake something i would drop my pants. These motion controllers and kinect things are just useless. I don’t find jumping around trying to hit something that isn’t really there fun at all, and besides you look stupid while doing it.