Rumor: Concept Designs for Nintendo's "Project Cafe" Surface
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No, you're not the only one who may have an issue with portable consoles requiring you to also purchase a large block of plastic...somehow?Mahorfeus said:
Notice the screenshot is Mario Kart Wii? I might be wrong, but it looks like just a few screen caps of the game slapped onto a fake controller design. Plus, a controller like that would run you, like, $350. So four of them, PLUS a console? Nintendo has never been one for steep prices.
Now, this design is sort of a step in the direction of "family gaming" since you can all play at once, but It just looks fake. Someone just made this up and took the picture from their bedroom.
It just-oh screw this. Moviebob was right.
Now, this design is sort of a step in the direction of "family gaming" since you can all play at once, but It just looks fake. Someone just made this up and took the picture from their bedroom.
It just-oh screw this. Moviebob was right.
I'm just wondering how much the controllers would cost individually. I can almost guarantee they won't be cheap, unless they're okay with taking a hardware cost hit on the console and the controllers.
Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the whole "touchscreen controller" idea tossed around left and right with Nintendo Revolution speculation?
I mean, this was before it was even called the Wii.
Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the whole "touchscreen controller" idea tossed around left and right with Nintendo Revolution speculation?
I mean, this was before it was even called the Wii.
My reaction when seeing the screens and description: Most likely fake, and if even real I'm not sure if it would work well. For one thing, the controllers alone would make some deep cuts into your wallet (further, I'm not even sure if they would serve a practical purpose). If this console actually existed, it would most definitely cost more than the PS3 did at launch. Further, it actually seems like a system that would by its design mean there would be less potential for games on it. Why? Because this is Nintendo we're talking about here. Sure the system can try (if it existed) to say that its graphics will be better than either the 360's or the PS3's, and it probably can, but only the first-party Nintendo titles would really benefit from that. With every other title they would actually have to contend with the system more and it would be harder to make a game for this system than the Wii, meaning the third-party titles are going to be noticeably absent because of the high barrier point.
My reaction when we end up seeing what the actual product is: Meh. Nintendo home consoles haven't really interested me before, it probably wont interest me now, its only really their handhelds that keep me interested (even then, I think the 3DS may lose interest from both consumers and designers next year if Nintendo doesn't step their game up)
My reaction when we end up seeing what the actual product is: Meh. Nintendo home consoles haven't really interested me before, it probably wont interest me now, its only really their handhelds that keep me interested (even then, I think the 3DS may lose interest from both consumers and designers next year if Nintendo doesn't step their game up)
Ah, the internet, how I love it so.Aiddon said:
So, yeah, I'm pretty skeptical. If all those rumors are true, then the controller is basically a 3DS or something. Some rumors say that it will sell at around $400 and I find that ludicrous for Nintendo. The Wii started, and stayed, at $250, the Gamecube at $200. No way in hell this "Pii" will be $400 even with the supposed tech behind it, I just don't see Nintendo going that route.
It's less that and more that if they don't fix them then the new console is sunk. Middleware is one of the most important developments in the game industry in the last five years. It's one of the things that's making mainstream game development actually affordable and attainable again. It isn't quite there yet, obviously, but with some of these kits getting free or cheap indie licenses? [a href="http://www.udk.com/"]Unreal Engine 3 included[/a]? Just a matter of time. If Nintendo doesn't manage to get good middleware support, then they won't have developers, plain and simple.vxicepickxv said:
It looks like the controllers themselves would have to be packing some serious hardware, as well as the console itself pumping out all that streaming goodness. We're looking at some seriously buffed up specs if this is the case. And likely a big price tag.
Unless Nintendo has an ulterior motive to screw up every gamer's vision with tiny screens, those controllers are going to be as large as if not larger than the original Xbox controllers.
This isn't the first time a controller with video was conceived. Wasn't the PSP going to double as a controller for the PS2/3? And unless N has their own Kinect-like motion detector, no way a controller with that much hardware in it is going to have motion control.
I'm calling these shots as bogus.
This isn't the first time a controller with video was conceived. Wasn't the PSP going to double as a controller for the PS2/3? And unless N has their own Kinect-like motion detector, no way a controller with that much hardware in it is going to have motion control.
I'm calling these shots as bogus.
To me this looks fake, but for the sake of argument, let's assume it's real.
To those people saying the 3DS will double as a controller, take a good look at the controllers: They have 2 analogue sticks and 4 shoulder buttons. The 3DS has half of that. There fore, it WON'T double as a controller.
To those people saying the 3DS will double as a controller, take a good look at the controllers: They have 2 analogue sticks and 4 shoulder buttons. The 3DS has half of that. There fore, it WON'T double as a controller.
I was so hoping you wouldn't post these fakes. Still grabbing a Print screen to hold over your heads for bad journalism later on down the line.