Nintendo 360 console thread(GI rumor:possible final name...Nintendo)

[maxy]

System officially confirmed by Nintendo







Rumors

We have confirmed with multiple sources that this new home system is capable of running games at HD resolutions. There are conflicting reports, however, as to whether its graphics will be comparable to those on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 – meaning it could surpass or fall short of those systems. Either way it will offer competitive specifications. Moving to HD should greatly help Nintendo and its new console in getting more multi-platform triple-A titles like Portal 2 or Mortal Kombat. This, in turn, will strengthen Nintendo's historically poor relationship with third-party publishers/developers.

In fact, Nintendo is already showing publishers the system in an effort to get them interested and allow them plenty of time to start developing titles in anticipation of the system's reported late 2012 launch. This advance support marks a change from when the Wii launched. At that time, several Westernpublishers were outright surprised by the announcement, and it affected the software support for the platform.

"Nintendo is doing this one right," said an anonymous source. "[It's] not a gimmick like the Wii." What else, beyond graphics, this may infer about the system is unknown. What kind of controls the system will support (we imagine a need for both classic analog configurations and motion controllers) or what level of software and infrastructure Nintendo will provide for online gaming is also unknown. However, it's a positive sign that the system might be more than just an HD Wii.

We contacted a Nintendo representative regarding this information, and while they wouldn't comment on it or the company's E3 plans, they did sign off with a intriguing "stay tuned."

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/04/14/new-nintendo-console-at-e3.aspx

Rumors also say that AMD is working on a chipset for console company,to be released in late 2012.It fits in AMD roadmap...


Next gen
HD Zelda


Kotaku

StephenTotilo  — New Nintendo Console Debuting At E3 This June, Launching In 2012, More Powerful Than Xbox 360 and PS3Nintendo's next console will debut at E3 in June, moving the maker of Mario and Zelda into the HD era. The news, first reported by Game Informer today, confirms rumors that have been swirling for months in the wake of slowing game releases from Nintendo.

Furthermore, we've heard that the machine will be more powerful than current-gen systems, meaning Nintendo, currently backing a Wii that is weaker in horsepower than the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, will be showing a new console that is more powerful than those current competitors.

We've asked Nintendo for comment and will let you know if they shock us and spill the beans. Update: Nintendo responded to our inquiry with a standard "Nintendo does not comment on rumor or speculation".

E3 kicks off on June 7, though Nintendo's E3 press conference may occur the day before, if tradition holds.

Also,french site that leaked PSP2 specs says this

The next Nintendo console would be equipped with a joystick "very original," insists the source

http://www.01net.com/editorial/531636/toutes-premieres-fuites-sur-le-successeur-de-la-wii/




IGN

According to multiple reports today, Nintendo will reveal a new console at E3 this coming June.

Game Informer first reported that the console is capable of running games at "HD resolutions." Our sources have said the the console is significantly more powerful than the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and that Nintendo's intent is to recapture the hardcore market.

Nintendo is reportedly showing the console to publishers to garner interest for a late 2012 launch.

Sources tell IGN that Nintendo will release a pre-announcement this month with a full reveal expected at E3 and that the console will be backwards compatible with current Wii software.

http://wii.ign.com/articles/116/1161875p1.html

Nintendo's Wii successor is set to utilise an entirely new controller and will be more powerful than Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, well-placed international industry sources have told CVG.

CVG sources understand Nintendo plans to officially unveil the console, which will feature full HD visuals and graphical capabilities beyond Sony and Microsoft's current hardware, at E3 this June.

Leading games publishers have already been briefed on the new console, we understand, and launch titles from third-party developers are in the works right now.

What's most exciting about the Wii successor however is its all-new controller, which industry sources have indicated is not simply an upgraded Wii Remote, and will even feature a built-in HD screen.

Our sources did not specify whether or not the controller displays will feature any other functionality, such as that of the DS's touch screen, but it's easy to imagine the sort of innovation an extra screen could bring to Wii 2 games.

"Nintendo's plans sound unreal," one source said. "Publishers are already planning launch titles and it's all very exciting.

"The hardware is even more powerful than current HD consoles and backwards compatible with Wii. The controller will be all-new and has a HD screen on it."

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/298241/news/wii-2-has-all-new-hd-controller-out-2012-sources/

-Controller screen resolution of 800x500.
-Can play games, watch movies, and more without turning on the TV by just streaming them to the controllers. Can stream to multiple controllers at once.
-Each controller acts a terminal, with the console doing all of the calculations to reduce latency, controller cost, and bandwidth requirements.

[magus]

"Nintendo is doing this one right," said an anonymous source. "[It's] not a gimmick like the Wii."

clearly this show that this is a fake

[Stoney Mason]

We have confirmed with multiple sources that this new home system is capable of running games at HD resolutions.

 

[Eel O'Brian]

fall short

summarized

[Great Rumbler]

I'll wait a few years after launch to see if anything came out that I want.

[maxy]

It begins

Kotaku

StephenTotilo  — New Nintendo Console Debuting At E3 This June, Launching In 2012, More Powerful Than Xbox 360 and PS3Nintendo's next console will debut at E3 in June, moving the maker of Mario and Zelda into the HD era. The news, first reported by Game Informer today, confirms rumors that have been swirling for months in the wake of slowing game releases from Nintendo.

Furthermore, we've heard that the machine will be more powerful than current-gen systems, meaning Nintendo, currently backing a Wii that is weaker in horsepower than the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, will be showing a new console that is more powerful than those current competitors.

We've asked Nintendo for comment and will let you know if they shock us and spill the beans. Update: Nintendo responded to our inquiry with a standard "Nintendo does not comment on rumor or speculation".

E3 kicks off on June 7, though Nintendo's E3 press conference may occur the day before, if tradition holds.

Also,french site that leaked PSP2 specs says this

The next Nintendo console would be equipped with a joystick "very original," insists the source

http://www.01net.com/editorial/531636/toutes-premieres-fuites-sur-le-successeur-de-la-wii/

[MyNameIsMethodis]

itll look better than 360 but wont touch ps3 

[Great Rumbler]

Wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo was the first of the three with a new console. They've been making crazy money, but the Wii is starting to fade. MS and Sony are still trying to recoup major loses from their current consoles, so I fully expect them to be a bit slower [and more conservative] with their next consoles.

[Stoney Mason]

It's very feasible and makes some amount of sense.

Just a personal take. But I'll never be an early adapter on a nintendo home console again. They'll have to prove to me that they are serious about third party support and their online stuff before I buy in again.

[maxy]

itll look better than 360 but wont touch ps3 

Geohot is touching PS3 right now


I think this is the real deal

IGN

According to multiple reports today, Nintendo will reveal a new console at E3 this coming June.

Game Informer first reported that the console is capable of running games at "HD resolutions." Our sources have said the the console is significantly more powerful than the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and that Nintendo's intent is to recapture the hardcore market.

Nintendo is reportedly showing the console to publishers to garner interest for a late 2012 launch.

Sources tell IGN that Nintendo will release a pre-announcement this month with a full reveal expected at E3 and that the console will be backwards compatible with current Wii software.

http://wii.ign.com/articles/116/1161875p1.html

Updating OP

[Eel O'Brian]

itll look better than 360 but wont touch ps3 

[MyNameIsMethodis]

i just want to keep everyones expectations in line

Nintendo on Wii : more powerful then xbox !!!


Nintendo on DS: More powerful than Gamecube!


Nintendo on 3DS: More powerful than wii!

[Beezy]

meh

[Stoney Mason]

I really hope this doesn't force MS and Sony to rush out new consoles.

I have a feeling you will get a new 360 (or whatever they are going to call it) announcement next E3. Probably the one after that for the PS3. That seems about the right schedule. It technically is time for new consoles. It's been a long generation. What will happen though is that software support will continue for the old consoles still much more than it did in prior generations because they still aren't all at mass market dirt cheap prices like in older generations.

[maxy]

I really hope this doesn't force MS and Sony to rush out new consoles.

There is nothing to rush,bring them on.

Nintendo late 2012
Sony late 2012,early 2013
MS late 2013,early 2014

I have a feeling that next gen MS console will be the last to launch...

[MyNameIsMethodis]

last to launch always makes the least sales so i agree

[Himu]

i just want to keep everyones expectations in line

Nintendo on Wii : more powerful then xbox !!!
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Nintendo on DS: More powerful than Gamecube!
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Nintendo on 3DS: More powerful than wii!
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Not defending NIntendo but...when did nintendo say any of this?

[MyNameIsMethodis]

several times but i dont have links from 2004 and 2005.

[Himu]

I'm not sure if Nintendo officially said that wii was more powerful than xbox. News sources ASSUMED it was about on par in terms of power.

[Stoney Mason]

The Nintendo fanboys are out in full force in that GAF thread. 

The hypocrisy is so delicious. After years of claiming graphics don't matter (which I am actually on the side of to a degree) suddenly they are jizzing about getting good looking games.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

heres my theory

xbots where so small last generation but there were alot of nintenfags who mustve felt betrayed by the announcement of the wii, so instead of being nintendo fanboys they migrated into being Xbot fanboys because they where still butthurt nitnendo fanboys at heart because sony push the poop in on nintendo so many times.


wow makes som uch sense.


so now xbots will lose out again because Nintendo are going to be on cutting edge again

rip xbo 360

[Brehvolution]

It's nintendo so I don't care.

[iconoclast]

Potential Wii backwards compatibility is already a negative. No motion controls pls.

[TakingBackSunday]

god, pluto methodis already

and also, cool I guess.  You always know Nintendo has done something GAF dies.

Wii backwards compatibility is already a negative. No motion controls pls.

Not saying I don't want motion controls, but I don't think BC 100% confirms that the successor itself uses the wiimote form factor.  Could just be a wireless solution – put it wii game, turn on wiimote, console finds the signal and connects to it.

[Third]

Not really interested. I know that Nintendo will approach it the sames as the 3DS. Meaning: overpriced, underpowered ghetto hardware that's at least one generation behind of its competition.

Mark my words.

I also hope it flops the same as the 3DS.

[maxy]

Oh yes,Nintendo is back

Ninthings can finally praise HD

Quote from some twitter

It will also do 1080p resolutions.

Amazing

[Corporal]

I kind of want to see an AMD-box. Just out of interest. Their drivers... I mean I'm really a good-natured guy. However, should I ever catch the ones responsible for that piece of software you can be sure they'd be making the news.

And those guys would be supplying hard-and more importantly software to a platform controlled by the strcmp-using geniuses at Nintendo.

It'd probably be the end of civilization as we know it.

[TakingBackSunday]

I don't understand a word of the above post.

[magus]

i want motion control but i want

1) motion control that actualy works,not that motion+ shit that goes out of calibration every 3 minutes
2) games that use the thing 2 years after the release of the console

[MyNameIsMethodis]

I don't understand a word of the above post.

not surprising that a nintenfag can't understand technical details

[Corporal]

I don't understand a word of the above post.

  I. AMD drivers on Windows = complete poopie
 II. AMD being rumoured to develop chipset for console maker
III. Nintendo being rumoured to be said console maker
 IV. Nintendo used strcmp, a string compare function, to compare cryptological data, thus showcasing an utterly appalling lack of understanding of basic programming concepts
  V. Both companies building interdependent code

I + II + III + IV + V = ?

[MCD]

Wii

Now with HDMI

YAY

[Van Cruncheon]

I. corporal is clueless
II. ...
III. jews!

I + II + III = WAT

[TakingBackSunday]

Yeah I'm a bit confused myself.

[choco parfait]

Seems kind of early for a new console. Especially with rumors that they're about to price cut the Wii. I would have expected them to ride the price cut out until next year's E3, announce the console and a Fall release date and BAM... it prints money once again.

[Van Cruncheon]

totally idle speculation: if it's amd, wotcha bet it's a fusion platform device -- maybe a dual- or quad-core brazos with the on-die 6310. YOU READ IT HERE FIRST

[TakingBackSunday]

maxy, is there any more talk regarding that french site?  Honestly I'm more interested int the controller than anything else.

[ferrarimanf355]

totally idle speculation: if it's amd, wotcha bet it's a fusion platform device -- maybe a dual- or quad-core brazos with the on-die 6310. YOU READ IT HERE FIRST

Drinky

[ferrarimanf355]

i just want to keep everyones expectations in line

Nintendo on Wii : more powerful then xbox !!!
(Image removed from quote.)

Nintendo on DS: More powerful than Gamecube!
(Image removed from quote.)

Nintendo on 3DS: More powerful than wii!
(Image removed from quote.)

That's not the Ridge Racer 3DS title, taco.

[TakingBackSunday]

yeah, not to mention Nintendo never said that the DS was more powerful than the Gamecube, or the 3DS was more powerful than the Wii.  methodis trolls be awful

[duckman2000]

Well, I for one can't wait to see some of the same duders who bitched about the PSP2 being too powerful flip right around and dig the power. Which, I bet, won't be all that high.

[TakingBackSunday]

I don't think any sane gamers (ie: most of the bore's community) bitched about the power of the NGP 

Power is a good thing.  It's when it gets in the way of accessibility/affordability when it starts to bother me.  One of the things I dislike about the 3DS.  But I got it for 40 bucks so nevermind 

[Purple Filth]

Loving the 180s from nfans in the GAF thread 

[duckman2000]

I don't think any sane gamers (ie: most of the bore's community) bitched about the power of the NGP 

Power is a good thing.  It's when it gets in the way of accessibility/affordability when it starts to bother me.  One of the things I dislike about the 3DS.  But I got it for 40 bucks so nevermind 

I'm not talking about Boritos.

[Van Cruncheon]

we need a version of the "it prints money" gif with sad face iwata/miyamoto looking on forlornly as it just spits out dust

[Eel O'Brian]

it prints migraines

[Purple Filth]

we need a version of the "it prints money" gif with sad face iwata/miyamoto looking on forlornly as it just spits out dust

there was a ps3 version of the pic that sucked up money, so that could be adjusted.

[archie4208]

What happened to the blue ocean mantra Nintendo was spouting half a decade ago? 

[Purple Filth]

What happened to the blue ocean mantra Nintendo was spouting half a decade ago? 

the ocean turned red

[Oblivion]

Haters destroyed forever.

[Oblivion]

Wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo was the first of the three with a new console. They've been making crazy money, but the Wii is starting to fade. MS and Sony are still trying to recoup major loses from their current consoles, so I fully expect them to be a bit slower [and more conservative] with their next consoles.

Why would you think this after seeing the NGP?

[Trent Dole]

we need a version of the "it prints money" gif with sad face iwata/miyamoto looking on forlornly as it just spits out dust

there was a ps3 version of the pic that sucked up money, so that could be adjusted.

'It eats Money!  :'(' So great. Also if the HDWii (WiiHD? ) goes beyond 720p I will be shocked.

[EmCeeGrammar]

I really hope they don't forgo the wand.  I like that thing.  I'm thinking they'll just bundle a nunchuck set with a classic controller in every box.

[Great Rumbler]

What happened to the blue ocean mantra Nintendo was spouting half a decade ago? 

the ocean turned red

Now that MS and Sony have committed to casual-friendly waggle gameplay, Nintendo will release a powerhouse system packed with hardcore titles. All according to plan.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I think the only one who was claiming that the Wii was on par with current generation tech was notorious bullshitter Johnny Nighttrain aka Johnny Nightfraud.  Everyone at the time was jizzing all over themselves about how it would change the way gaming was done forever.

I have no actual faith in the new Nintendo system.  Nintendo's strategy of low end tech coupled with a gimmick so as to help hide obscene profit margins has worked so well that it makes no sense for them not to repeat that.  We'll see something on the low end of the PS3 (aka the far low end of the 360) with a stupid new gimmick for a $250-300 price tag.

[pilonv1]

Who would be surprised if this was actually just a Wii revision with some sort of upscaling function?

[TakingBackSunday]

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/298241/news/wii-2-has-all-new-hd-controller-out-2012-sources/

What's most exciting about the Wii successor however is its all-new controller, which industry sources have indicated is not simply an upgraded Wii Remote, and will even feature a built-in HD screen.

Our sources did not specify whether or not the controller displays will feature any other functionality, such as that of the DS's touch screen, but it's easy to imagine the sort of innovation an extra screen could bring to Wii 2 games.

"Nintendo's plans sound unreal," one source said. "Publishers are already planning launch titles and it's all very exciting.

"The hardware is even more powerful than current HD consoles and backwards compatible with Wii. The controller will be all-new and has a HD screen on it."

[naff]

The hardware is even more powerful than current HD consoles and backwards compatible with Wii.

You'd really hope so, 6 years later....

The controller will be all-new and has a HD screen on it

I know they tried the 'connect your GBAs to you GC to play your GC through your GBA' thing already. I tried it. It sucked.

[TakingBackSunday]

It sucked because you had to buy 20 dollar cables for one connection.

And obviously you never played Four Sword Adventures.  Game is fucking awesome.

[Stoney Mason]

I hope they do well. I hope its a great system that gets great software and entices me to purchase it. Like I said though the problem is I felt I was suckered in with the Wii. So it will take some convincing to get me on board this go around and believe the "hype".