[citation][nom]abel2[/nom]Amen. That thing is fugly. There is no way it can compete with a console that sits in it's place to be played. It looks like a portable gaming unit that has to have a mother unit to be played. I mean where are we looking here? At the fancy huge display in my hands or at my tv or both? And I'm not sure how many people are actually buying into this tablet craze. I believe it is a fad that will soon die off because who really wants another device to carry around which finds its place somewhere between a smart phone and a laptop. I use my phone to make calls, I use my laptop to do work. I would use an iPad as a... I wouldn't use an iPad.[/citation]
i want you to look at a game like zelda, where swiching items means you ahve to pause the game, this tablet makes it so you never have to pause to do that crap again.
or think of a pc game you cant imagine playing without a keyboard because of all the hotkeys. well here you go, its probably possible to play an mmo with this control pad alone
there are uses, and good ones too. that justify the tablet built in.
[citation][nom]cknobman[/nom]Actually I thought you were quite nice in the way you chose your words.Personally I feel the Wii U is a POS. With no online ecosystem to back up their console there is very little they can do to win too many PS3 or Xbox 360 users anyways. Also if your going to go after "hardcore" gamers and try and get some PS3 and Xbox 360 users its a pretty stupid move to use a 4 year old graphics chip (yes when the Wii U is release in 2012 the r700 architecture will be approximately 4 years old) that does not even support the latest version of direct x. Sorry Nintendo unless some major changes take place the Wii U will be even a bigger failure than the 3DS is shaping up to be.[/citation]
3ds isnt a failure, wait till games come out for it.
i dont play online on the 360, because i wont pay for live, and the ps3, thats mostly for the exclusives. i would honeslty play more games on the wiiu than either of those two if how the online works is how im hearing (more like a pc than ps3 or 360)
[citation][nom]LolsSector[/nom]You should keep in mind that the new Wii U still supports the old controllers. For me, the only thing that would maybe get me to buy a Wii U is the graphics update. (I actually love some of the old casual Wii games...) The new controller isn't really the main reason why i would buy it.What i don't really understand about Nintendos E3 announcements is why they are holding back info on the hardware specs. If you want to get developpers on board now (so you have something to show when the release day comes), why not put the word out there that you have a console that is up there with PS3 and XBox360, maybe even slightly better and still mostly compatible hardware wise with at least one of them.As a developper, that would be the news i'd expect to hear, to see that it does not need a lot of work to release games that are developped for PS3 and 360 now on the new platform and that you just need to invest some extra time to use the possibilities of that new tablet controller somehow.[/citation]
because hardware specs probably arent final. like going 3 core or quad core, or using the 4XXX or the 5XXX line of gpu, possibly even a 6XXX but 5XXX would be more powerful and cheaper. things like that are why they haven't released hard numbers, when the specs are finalized, they will most likely start mass production and we will get the stats.
[citation][nom]negadeath[/nom]As usual they can do no right. It was a mistake to go after the casual market, it's a mistake to go after the normal market, and so on. A few points need to be made:-The Wii remote has not been abandoned, they work with the new system. As mentioned in the article the system will not support four of the new controllers, right now it looks like 2 at best. What are players 3 and 4 going to use? Wii remotes.-Only one game has been shown and it's early as hell. The writer acknowledges he has no hands-on experience. The hardware is still being finalized. Isn't it a bit early for the doom and gloom? There's going to be another E3 before this thing launches, by then we'll have all the details and see actual software.-This isn't a tablet. Tablets are portable and don't have many buttons, if any. Tablets generate their content with internal hardware. This is a controller with a screen that streams video from the console. It has analog inputs and buttons in a classic layout to go along with the touchscreen. It does not have the hardware to work independently. Right now they estimate it won't even work outside the room the console is in. Yes it's a fatty but hands-on reports also indicate it's more comfy and lighter than it looks. Also it has time for further comfort tweaking.-Early reports indicate it will have a good deal more ram and a gpu a couple generations more advanced than the 360/PS3. That means that if a 3rd party game is ported (and if they don't butcher it) the system should have the definitive console version (actual non-upscaled 1080p, more AA, less slowdown, etc). It also should be a lot closer power-wise to the 720/PS4 when they launch than the Wii was to 360/PS3..in theory. Again way too early to tell.-It takes imagination to think up new gameplay concepts to go with new inputs. Someone who only plays Duty Calls:Current Day Skirmish 12 may lack that, for which I sympathize. An early mockup of a Ghost Recon game had an interactive map on the controllers screen that the player can use to plan out strategies along with voice chat. So imagine that while your main screen is still up on the TV you can plot out squad waypoints and enemy positions on the touchscreen with your finger, all of which would appear on your squad mates map. Not all that useful when compared to a mouse and keyboard setup but it would be when compared to a controller. For in-house party games it allows for asymmetrical multiplayer. An ubisoft game has an example of one player playing like it's an RTS with the touchscreen and the other playing like it's an FPS. The RTS player sets up enemies and ambushes and the FPS player has to fight through them (sorta like the Commander mode in BF2/2142).-In the same sentence the writer both admonishes it for dropping the retirement home players and goes on to mention they aren't buying games. So what should they do then? You do realize the Wii was their first casual console right?-Kinect is less clumsy than a tablet. Bwah? Have you even used the kinect? The whole argument against motion gaming was that it is LESS accurate than a controller. The "table" has buttons. Did you ever use a tablet and bemoan the fact that you couldn't wave your hands in the air to make it work?This could turn out to be a complete disaster. It could also turn out the other way. It's FAR too early to write them off.[/citation]
i was planning to write all that, THANK YOU for saving me that trouble, i want to go on to say that ubisoft only had 3 months to work on the game you are talking about, and it looks as good as s first generation 360 game... thats only 3 MONTHS of work and its at 360 level, cant wait to see where it is in about a year more of dev time minimum.
[citation][nom]kinggraves[/nom]Alright, I made sure to read all of your article.So, you don't seem to have gotten any personal usage of the device and are basing your opinion off the information pulled from "colleagues" combined with your own initial assumptions. You then go into how the controller will be uncomfortable, even though the people who actually tried it out said it's actually not clumsy at all for such a large device. You also state how it will alienate people using the current WiiMote, even though the WiiMote will likely be compatible with this device. You then follow by disproving the worth of your own opinion saying how it's a great idea to toss the Wii crowd and move in another direction. Afterwards you question the gaming market knowledge of one of the oldest console hardware developers still operating, who just got done with an incredibly successful system that created an entirely new demographic. Next you claim that developers aren't sure what to do with it because they have no idea what's inside, then point out that not a single developer thinks it can succeed, despite the fact that they aren't even sure yet what they can make with it and wouldn't have a clue yet whether or not it will succeed. Your conclusion is the most intelligent part of this piece, as it states the obvious fact that no one would buy a Wii at the moment when they could wait for the next generation.You're right, first impressions are really spot on, this is exactly what we've all come to expect from your pieces before even reading it. Most readers likely assumed you had written it just by reading the title.I think the controller looks gimmicky, but I thought the same about DS and Wii, and they made their investments back on those. I think that only Nintendo will fully utilize it, but that's more a fault of unimaginative developers who just want to make one game and port it to as many things as possible. Companies like EA and Activision do not LIKE having to deal with extra factors, they want everyone with the same controller with the same buttons so they can program and bug test less. It isn't as if Nintendo can't release a classic controller for this system as well though.BTW for those still complaining about Nintendo's limited networks, read some other articles and realize that by next year, people may not be so eager to put their credit cards and info onto accounts just to game.[/citation]
the fact is that most developers who arent the madden team, or other sport game, or actovision dev are excited about the concept of the new screen, and some even have said in interview that people who arent devs are coming up with ideas that are great. if the devs can t thing of something when normal people can they should get the @#$& out of gaming.
i realy want to know who he talked to...
[citation][nom]bobusboy[/nom]"Someone get some Ibuprofen"You take Acetaminophen for a fever not Ibuprofen......[/citation]
both work, i have a 500 bottle next to me