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TOPIC: Multiple Sources Confirm New Nintendo HD Console
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.video.nintendo.wii/t/6f7387492d9df2a9
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Sat 16 Apr 2011 15:21
From: parallax-scroll
Get ready for the Nintendo Wii 2, reports say
(Mashable) -- Nintendo could be revealing a HD successor to the Wii
console this summer, according to new reports.
There hasn't been a new gaming console since the launch of the Wii and
PlayStation 3 in November 2006. However, Microsoft has breathed new
life into its console, the Xbox 360, thanks to the Kinect. The Wii,
which has been best the best-selling console for years, is about to
lose its first place position.
While Nintendo intends to respond to the Xbox threat by cutting the
Wii's price next month, it looks like the gaming company has another
trick up its sleeve: a brand new HD console.
According to Game Informer's sources, Nintendo plans to unveil a new
console at the E3 conference in Los Angeles in June or potentially
sooner.
Very little is known about the rumored console, not even the name (Wii
2? Wii HD? Wii 360?), but it's likely to be more powerful than the
Xbox 360 or the PlayStation 3, according to Kotaku.
Nintendo has apparently been showing off the system to third-party
developers so they can prepare titles for the console's eventual
launch in late 2012.
The Wii captured the hearts and minds of casual gamers with its
innovative controller system and its lower price point, but the specs
and visuals of its rival consoles are far stronger, giving them
greater longevity.
Microsoft has also mitigated the Wii's advantage with causal gamers,
thanks to Kinect. Perhaps that's what is driving Nintendo's rumored
decision to be first on the market with a new console.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/gaming.gadgets/04/15/nintendo.wii.2.mashable/index.html
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Sun 17 Apr 2011 03:55
From: The Closer
Here are some real facts;
Controller
- 6" touchscreen, not HD, not multitouch
- D-Pad, L, R, two triggers, others
- 'Front-facing camera'
- A sensor roughly analagous to the Wii sensor bar is incorporated in
the controller - i.e. some kind of IR beacons/transmitters. Purpose
isn't clear.
Specs
- Custom triple-core PowerPC
- AMD/ATI GPU. 'Probably' derived from R700 series.
- RAM unknown
- Developer quotes: graphics capabilities "roughly equal to those of
the Xbox 360", performance "over the Xbox 360, but just a notch"
Misc
- One other 'huge surprise' about the system
Taken from:
http://www.01net.com/editorial/53166...-pour-manette/
http://www.01net.com/editorial/53168...s-de-la-wii-2/
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