Compression? Maybe the WiiU will have WinRAR on it, but minus the annoying as shit "YOU MUST PAY FOR THIS SHIT" message that pops up every time you want to go deeper into the .rar file.ssgt splatter said:
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Wow!, 8 GB of memory, that's a lot! Now, how much storage does it have? I assume 500 GB at this point. Yeah!, one TB is maybe too much yet.
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there's this thing called math, or at least do me a favor, and pick up your cell phone, and on your calculator type 50/300 then talk
OT: Nintendo don't go to the dark side of Microsoft, Sony, and Apple. Hardware manufacturers have realized for decades that standardization of components keeps costs down, and offering one option keeps costs even lower by lowering overhead of the entire production process. this, and profit mongering is what has kept Apple the leader in stupid prices since the IPod mini came out, and to a greater extent the IBook
8GB is the STORAGE. However, you can attach ANY external hard drive to it.:MichaelPalin said:
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/09/13/nintendo-wii-u-expandable-memory-tivo-integration-explained/
1 GB of RAM hell even 1 Gb (yes there is a difference, and its why your HDD/SSD are never the actual size they claim don't know it look it up) of RAM is a dream in development on a console general rule of thumb is to keep your footprint down to maybe 128MB whenever possible (this is why Bethesda Games get really laggy when you have a lot of stuff.Ishigami said:
when you actually consider everything that even a current gen console does look at the Xbox 360 the dashboard is constantly sitting in memory so that you can call it by pressing the XBox-button (sometimes referred to as the god button in XBox API land), and the XBox 360 even dedicates half of its real RAM to graphics along with a complete dual core processor, and in order to even get some of these facts you either have had to try, and develop for the 360, or do real in depth reading in the literature for the APIs.
At least Nintendo is actually stating that they are devoting 1 GB to system which even in terms of PC is just a little bit higher then normal, but then again looking at what the Wii-U "dashboard" experience is (web search while in game, receive updates, and info from friends, and more) giving 1GB to that, and the general system stuff is just breathing room to prevent lags, and freezes
I own a wii, and with the exception of the Resident Evil games I have on it, Last Story and Xenoblades, it never gets touched. Bought the 3DS when it was first released and since then the price has gone down and it even now has that little joystick thing. Again, there are few titles for it I enjoy. I will wait until the price goes down on the WiiU and for some good games before I even think about making a purchase (Bayonetta 2, you will have to wait)
Not excited for this in the slightest. It's barely better than current consoles (if at all), more expensive, it will be severely outdated by the PS4 and 720, and its launch lineup consists mostly of games that you could have bought by now on your current system if you wanted them.
No sale.
No sale.
No, I wasn't thinking about hard drive space. Though as I've been made aware of by an early poster I apparently don't fully understand how consoles work. I don't see how a pc can require 2gb of ram to run it but a console can get away with 512mb without choking to death on it.j-e-f-f-e-r-s said:
Regardless the system still doesn't seem to be worth the price tag, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't at all interested in it.
So I can hook up an external hard drive to this ***** for storage? Alright, the 8 GB might be worth it... the price tag is reasonable for a new console. But the line up of games needs to be more impressive.
Yes, there are several games. But most of them are games I can obtain in some form on other consoles. And what about when the new Xbox and Playstation come out? I'm hoping Nintendo's console will be able to hold it's own ground this time and not just be stuck in last Gen.
Nintendo always makes seven or eight excellent games that make their systems worth owning, but as of the Wii, I was pretty underwhelmed by all of their flagship titles. They're counting way too hard on people's nostalgia. They're really going to have to step it up this time around.
I'll say this though; I respect the hell out of Nintendo for always pioneering new ways for us to game.
Yes, there are several games. But most of them are games I can obtain in some form on other consoles. And what about when the new Xbox and Playstation come out? I'm hoping Nintendo's console will be able to hold it's own ground this time and not just be stuck in last Gen.
Nintendo always makes seven or eight excellent games that make their systems worth owning, but as of the Wii, I was pretty underwhelmed by all of their flagship titles. They're counting way too hard on people's nostalgia. They're really going to have to step it up this time around.
I'll say this though; I respect the hell out of Nintendo for always pioneering new ways for us to game.
I really feel like this is all sort of underwhelming what with the release of Steam Big Picture... the whole touch screen thing could just as easily be done with a mouse. I'll still probably get this; sometimes its better to play games on console, and that console may as well be the one that also has all the nintendo games I will inevitably buy.
Slight disappointment to me. I don't see $300 justifying the price of that controller with what looks to be another gimmicky thing. Might turn out to be cool, but its not enough for me at least to switch from Xbox/Playstation.
Fair enough, but the trend since then has been to increase prices. There are tablets that cost more than my rent, in fairness.Crono1973 said: