Author Topic: Nintendo 360 console thread(GI rumor:possible final name...Nintendo) (Read 44185 times)

Diunx · « **Reply #360 on:** April 20, 2011, 01:20:37 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on April 19, 2011, 11:47:37 PM

I kinda doubt this will work. There will still be little incentive for people to buy third party ports on the Wii2. The online infrastructure will probably be some bullshit just watch, and the stigma of the Nintendo name will carry on. I see this selling well during the holidays before falling to third place before the PS3, which seems to be soaring lately.

The only plus would be Retro getting to do something as epic as they're capable of doing. Perhaps an FPS, or an adventure game. But most likely the main "mature" launch game outside of GTA will be Conduit 3 lol

lol there's a conduit 2?

Trent Dole · « **Reply #361 on:** April 20, 2011, 01:39:13 AM »

Quote from: Diunx on April 20, 2011, 01:20:37 AM

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on April 19, 2011, 11:47:37 PM
I kinda doubt this will work. There will still be little incentive for people to buy third party ports on the Wii2. The online infrastructure will probably be some bullshit just watch, and the stigma of the Nintendo name will carry on. I see this selling well during the holidays before falling to third place before the PS3, which seems to be soaring lately.

The only plus would be Retro getting to do something as epic as they're capable of doing. Perhaps an FPS, or an adventure game. But most likely the main "mature" launch game outside of GTA will be Conduit 3 lol

lol there's a conduit 2?

Out today/yesterday, yeah.

naff · « **Reply #362 on:** April 20, 2011, 03:43:37 AM »

I do know Chinatown Wars debuted on DS, haven't played it though. Guess I figured (maybe incorrectly) it wouldn't have shit on Vice City.

maxy · « **Reply #363 on:** April 20, 2011, 07:40:26 AM »

from the other forum

Quote

IGN's Fran Mirabella is stating developers with kits are saying the controller looks like a standard controller (GameCube / Dreamcast) but with an LCD and touch screen fused in the middle.

Dreamcast resurrected by Nintendo

magus · « **Reply #364 on:** April 20, 2011, 08:00:59 AM »

maybe this is the time that we finaly get ridden from annoying nfags

MCD · « **Reply #365 on:** April 20, 2011, 08:19:36 AM »

No more dildo

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #366 on:** April 20, 2011, 12:39:21 PM »

Sound's awesome to me, as long as the thing isn't actually 6 inches. Kind of excessive. I'd be okay with 4 inches.

Wonder how they are going to implement pointing/motion into it though.

Damian79 · « **Reply #367 on:** April 20, 2011, 06:57:37 PM »

Who is exactly doing that?

Mrbob · « **Reply #368 on:** April 20, 2011, 08:04:22 PM »

Looks like I'm buying a Super Wii by default:

http://kotaku.com/#!5794000/microsoft-and-sony-targeting-2014-for-new-consoles-leaving-nintendo-in-the-clear

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #369 on:** April 20, 2011, 08:06:01 PM »

The Xbox360 will be 9 years old by then.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #370 on:** April 20, 2011, 08:45:40 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on April 20, 2011, 08:06:01 PM

The Xbox360 will be 9 years old by then.

The PS3 and 360 (w/ Kinect) are $300 right now. Sales of the 360 are brisk enough where Microsoft probably doesn't want to launch right away anyway. Maybe they'll strive to ensure that the first iteration of the new Xbox 3 doesn't RROD/DRE after a few months of moderate use. Sony is probably desperate to recoup as much of their multibillion loss as they can.

Polari · « **Reply #371 on:** April 20, 2011, 11:38:06 PM »

Return of the VMU, fuck yeah. I've been waiting. Nintendo better get some Four Swords up in this bitch so I can rape Sceneman of his gems like old times

pilonv1 · « **Reply #372 on:** April 21, 2011, 12:39:19 AM »

Considering these consoles are $299, you could easily get 2 more years out of them at $199, let alone $149. Q4 2014 would be great for me.

maxy · « **Reply #373 on:** April 21, 2011, 01:31:07 AM »

From 4chan,reliable as launch 360

I wouldn't be surprised if streaming to 4 controllers turns out to be true.Nintendo won't make something just for one player.

Polari · « **Reply #374 on:** April 21, 2011, 02:05:03 AM »

I like how whoever made that then took a photo of it on their computer screen to make it look more legit.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #375 on:** April 21, 2011, 03:34:17 AM »

bro that is so legit

Brehvolution · « **Reply #376 on:** April 21, 2011, 09:42:07 AM »

"Kinect got rid of the controller, but the N360 get's rid of the TV!"

/marketing

maxy · « **Reply #377 on:** April 21, 2011, 04:27:08 PM »

Copy-paste from gaf

Quote

- Retail cost between $350-400
- Manufacturing to begin this Oct.-Nov. with Winter as the earliest release, but likely to wait until 2012 to build up stock
- Based on revamped version of AMD's R700
- custom-built triple-core IBM PowerPC chipset, clocked higher than that of 360
- potential for stereoscopic 3D
- In terms of the design of the console itself, the overall size will be comparable to that of the original Xbox 360 and the system is likely to resemble a modernized version of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
- given the power of the system, could feasibly provide a virtualized console for each individual unit
- "Stream" is being considered as a final name
- Nintendo, of course, declined comment

http://gear.ign.com/articles/116/1163325p1.html

360,360,360...MS must be pleased

They should name it Nintendo 360

hehehe

No online rumors,again

MCD · « **Reply #378 on:** April 21, 2011, 04:59:00 PM »

You know maxy, I think you are sexy.

maxy · « **Reply #379 on:** April 21, 2011, 05:04:08 PM »

sexy is my middle name

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #380 on:** April 21, 2011, 05:10:19 PM »

Lulz at thinking IGN is at all credible anymore.

etiolate · « **Reply #381 on:** April 21, 2011, 05:30:26 PM »

This is sounding like they designed a Wii for petulant Brogamers rather than a new console.

maxy · « **Reply #382 on:** April 21, 2011, 06:09:05 PM »

Quote from: etiolate on April 21, 2011, 05:30:26 PM

This is sounding like they designed a Wii for petulant Brogamers rather than a new console.

Brogamers

Not sure why ninthings are upset with IGN,nothing outrageous in their rumors

$350-$400...nothing unexpected,$100 higher than 3DS
CPU,GPU stuff...nothing unusual
design...again nothing unusual,hot cpu+hot gpu=much bigger case
name...who cares,can change in a second

Internet is full with pictures

Some of this shit is bound to turn out true,just like in PSP2 case

Project Cafe is obviously real

1UP says,no friend codes

maxy · « **Reply #383 on:** April 21, 2011, 06:34:54 PM »

Quote from: dcharlie on April 21, 2011, 06:24:56 PM

lol - that HAS to be a joke right?

Innovation reinvented

PORT FROM PC!
UPDATES POST RELEASE!
INTERGRATED ONLINE !

CURRENT GEN PERFORMANCE AT CURRENT GEN COSTS!*

* - the cost at the start of the generation + state and Nintendo Tax.

In lots of occasions Nintendo publicly praised Xbox Live,maybe they will try to copy it...$$$

If you are copying 360,why not copy all?

Nintendo Kinect release imminent

Damian79 · « **Reply #384 on:** April 21, 2011, 06:46:53 PM »

So many posts with "we needed it 5 years ago". Gets a bit repetitive. :/

maxy · « **Reply #385 on:** April 21, 2011, 06:58:07 PM »

we needed it 6 years ago

Diunx · « **Reply #386 on:** April 21, 2011, 07:01:22 PM »

Might be repetitive but it is still the truth, I hope they charge for the revolutionary integrated online framework just to see the nintards reaction.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #387 on:** April 21, 2011, 07:03:51 PM »

I was under the impression that it's still significantly more powerful than the 360.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #388 on:** April 21, 2011, 07:15:16 PM »

I'm just saying because IGN also once said the 3DS was on PS3 levels of power. I'm trusting the french site that leaked all the info of the NGP.

maxy · « **Reply #389 on:** April 21, 2011, 07:31:04 PM »

Miyamoto was asked about Cafe

Quote

"Yes, I have read rumours about Café," he said. "I want to say it's normal. You know, for Nintendo, as with the other platform holders, our job is to create new hardware.

"We think it takes five years to do interesting R&D. So, I confess there isn't smoke without fire. We always build consoles. You'll never see some of them.

"But you don't have to trust all the stuff you read," he added.

There is some Nintendo investor shit on Monday or Tuesday,they could announce something

Himu · « **Reply #390 on:** April 21, 2011, 08:04:21 PM »

Buying this.

Himu · « **Reply #391 on:** April 21, 2011, 08:13:07 PM »

I gotta say that if all of this is true, I'm really disappointed though I'll buy the system (can't miss out on mario or zelda sorry). It seems with both the 3ds and cafe (if rumors are true) Nintendo is being extremely reactionary instead of actually trying to fix problems pertaining to our hobby, namely trying to go head to head with apple and smartphone market. Sony and MS don't have the balls to combat that shit. Nintendo is the only one crazy enough to do so and they're backing down like bitches.

I still say that this was the perfect opportunity to make heads explode and make their next portable their next at home console, a combination of both. Instead, they rely on outdated 90's relic of handheld hardware craft.

All three companies are able to see the signs and the impending threat, but instead of finding an honest to goodness solution they create short lived gimmicks.

Sad, really.

Diunx · « **Reply #392 on:** April 21, 2011, 08:22:24 PM »

I would like to point out that the wii was also suppose to be significant more powerful than the gamecube

Himu · « **Reply #393 on:** April 21, 2011, 08:25:01 PM »

Not really.

Oblivion · « **Reply #394 on:** April 21, 2011, 09:28:27 PM »

Yeah, no one said that. The best was marginally more powerful than Xbox.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #395 on:** April 21, 2011, 10:56:28 PM »

So there is no arguing over or attempts to mislead this is a complete fabrication by IGN but it does sort of at least put in your mind what a controller like that could look like. The problem for me is that I when I hold my 360 controller and try to envision a touch screen on it replacing the upper portion, it starts to look pretty big. Almost too big. But interesting food for thought either way.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #396 on:** April 21, 2011, 10:59:09 PM »

shits gonna be like

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #397 on:** April 21, 2011, 11:02:05 PM »

Yeah that's what I mean. That IGN mock-up looks nice and all but when I actually hold a controller in my hand to try to envision it, it seems big. But then maybe that's because I'm holding a 360 controller which has longish handles. If you stuck a screen on top of the gamecube controller or the Classic Controller Pro for the Wii which I never owned, maybe it looks more feasible.

And god that original xbox controller was ridiculous. Branding gone out of control.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #398 on:** April 22, 2011, 12:08:58 AM »

i loved the duke controller

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #399 on:** April 22, 2011, 12:09:42 AM »

those controllers are gonna be over $100 a piece, lol

Nintendosbooger · « **Reply #400 on:** April 22, 2011, 12:37:56 AM »

Quote from: dcharlie on April 21, 2011, 06:59:51 PM

Quote
we needed it 6 years ago

lol

Nintendo : Bringing you the power of yesterday TODAY!

Yamaguchi's law though - if you want to play X, X , and X then you need to buy a Nintendo machine. Just wish the wazzaks would give us a new F Zero.

And WTF is Microsoft doing: LOL BRINGING THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE OF YESTERDAY (MOTION + WII SPORTS) TODAY W/ KINECT!

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #401 on:** April 22, 2011, 12:43:08 AM »

its like they say the NGP reveal, looked at the 3ds and went "aw shit we're done for"

maxy · « **Reply #402 on:** April 22, 2011, 01:57:49 AM »

Quote

From Iwata's Q&A during the January 2011 Investors Meeting:
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/libr...8qa/index.html

Q: I have a question about home console game machines. Some time ago, there were these "rich experiences" that were only available on home console machines. But now, entertainment can be brought out from the home, and even portable devices (handheld game machines) can provide us with experiences which can be compared with or even exceed those of home consoles. Amid such circumstances, I think people will expect less from home console machines than what was expected of them 10 years ago or even a few years ago. I'd like to know the president's view on my viewpoint.

A: The question was if the value (created by home consoles) or "the rich experiences which could be realized only by home console video game systems" have changed. Until recently, it was true that the focus had been placed significantly on the "rich experiences" which were available because of such advantages as it could use the home electricity and, accordingly, home consoles have less restrictions in terms of power consumption, unlike portable devices which require batteries to operate, and that large and dynamic graphics can be created for the large monitor screens. But are these "rich experiences" the only unique characteristics which could be realized solely by home console video games in the first place?

If such "rich experiences" were actually the only uniqueness, home consoles would lose their meaning when battery-operated portable devices become capable of reproducing similar rich experiences. On the contrary, and this is something which started to be discussed when Wii made its debut in 2006, bigger screen TVs were entering our living rooms around that time, which enabled people to use their living rooms for a more broad range of purposes. More specifically, living rooms had morphed into play areas where people could move their bodies. This is one of the unique entertainment features that home console systems, not handheld devices, were able to realize.

With this as an example, even such a distinction that "home console machines provide rich experiences but handheld devices cannot" will change as time goes by, and I believe that there will always be unique experiences that only home consoles can realize. Nintendo has to make efforts to offer the public something only our home console systems can achieve. There are also a number of restrictions with home consoles such as you have to be in front of a TV set, all the players must get together in one place and you cannot play if someone else is watching a TV program. I feel that an increasing number of people, who are playing with a variety of games, are saying, "I used to be able to start home console games rather casually, just whenever I felt like playing with them, but nowadays, because I am used to the easy-to-start handheld game devices, I have to have a rather strong determination to start playing with home console games." I understand that the situation surrounding home consoles is changing. Home consoles have to provide something unique to users that is only possible on home consoles in addition to the "rich experiences." For example, we must focus on what kinds of unique entertainment can be created when a home console can reproduce its images on a large monitor screen which can be viewed by several people at the same time. I think that in the mid and long term, the mission of home console machines will change in this fashion.

Himu · « **Reply #403 on:** April 22, 2011, 01:59:20 AM »

holy fuck, i take it back. I TAKE IT BACK. NINTENDO DO THIS. YOU CAN DO THIS.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #404 on:** April 22, 2011, 02:04:53 AM »

The screen in the controller (and the concept of streaming the game to the controller) is much more of a gaming revolution than motion controls ever were.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #405 on:** April 22, 2011, 02:11:17 AM »

So happy I ignored the Wii. I'll probably get this now that I don't have to plug the console into a 19" Technovox (with built in tape deck) to play the fucker at the native resolution (and it actually look good).

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #406 on:** April 22, 2011, 02:18:31 AM »

Quote from: BrandNew on April 22, 2011, 02:04:53 AM

The screen in the controller (and the concept of streaming the game to the controller) is much more of a gaming revolution than motion controls ever were.

PSP has been doing this with PS3 for years

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #407 on:** April 22, 2011, 02:21:46 AM »

That is true but unfortunately it was a half assed effort, Sony dipping their dick into everything but satisfying no one. If Nintendo does this right and I'm able to play fucking Pokemans in my living room and then take that shit to my bed we're I can play lying down without any of the connectivity bullshit I'll fucking bust in my boxer briefs.

maxy · « **Reply #408 on:** April 22, 2011, 02:30:53 AM »

PSP stuff was half assed,not to mention that PSP is half assed by itself.

Nintendo thing is about taking a proper controller,something that has to be comfortable to hold for extended periods,something that has proper dual analogs...

Not to mention that Nintendo stuff will work with every game released on Nintendo 360...it has to

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #409 on:** April 22, 2011, 03:49:48 AM »

If Nintendo pulls this off, I'm buying this

etiolate · « **Reply #410 on:** April 22, 2011, 04:06:35 AM »

I don't see anything new that comes out of this. I don't see a difference between the potential concepts here that don't already happen with linked portables.

maxy · « **Reply #411 on:** April 22, 2011, 05:24:06 AM »

What if those things can be done simultaneously.Play the game on TV and have menus on controller,developers choice.Or play the full game on controller.

Damian79 · « **Reply #412 on:** April 22, 2011, 09:09:05 AM »

You got to give credit to Nintendo for trying new shit with hardware though. Who gives a shit about technology. All i want is some great games in english here.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #413 on:** April 22, 2011, 12:59:47 PM »

what is interesting about streaming a game to a controller? i'd much rather have the custom and contextual interface options a touch interface allows.

Diunx · « **Reply #414 on:** April 22, 2011, 02:56:53 PM »

Quote from: Van Cruncheon on April 22, 2011, 12:59:47 PM

what is interesting about streaming a game to a controller? i'd much rather have the custom and contextual interface options a touch interface allows.

But dude you can play mario on your couch! how is that not revolutionary?

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #415 on:** April 22, 2011, 04:44:08 PM »

I thought the gaf wii2 thread was bad...

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #416 on:** April 22, 2011, 05:20:26 PM »

Being able to stream the game to the controller has several benefits that I can think of at the moment: multiplayer game options other than split screen, letting the TV be used by the ninthing's poor parents while still quenching the pleb's thirst for pokeymans, certain gameplay functions (rearview, codec screen, Four Swords, etc.)

The screen and its touch abilities make this much more relevant to my tastes than motion.

etiolate · « **Reply #417 on:** April 22, 2011, 05:36:48 PM »

An advancement in motion controls would have interested me much more. This will end up a menu screen, which is encouraging a crutch. The same concept was available on the DS and devs never did much with it.

Like I said, it's a stopgap for the petulant crowd and it may splinter their consumer base between Wii and Cafe types.

I want real progress. A menu screen is the Obama of game advancement.

Powerslave · « **Reply #418 on:** April 22, 2011, 05:43:57 PM »

what kind of a faggot ass name is Project Cafe?

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #419 on:** April 22, 2011, 05:44:08 PM »

i don't get why people are getting excited over a screen on a controller.

It wouldn't be quicker for menus or weapon selects or anything like that. The fact that you have to avert your gaze from the tv every so often to use the system means it hasn't really got a tangible benefit over pressing a button on a regular controller and getting a context sensitive UI appear on screen.

I would much rather designers concentrate on integrating accessible UI on the main screen, like Dead Space for example.

Still sounds like gimmicky Nintendo to me.

Also, putting the rearview mirror of racing games onto the controller screen is the dumbest idea I've heard so far for this thing. Why would you remove the mirror from top-center of the main tv screen? Who the fuck has time to avert their eyes during a race to look down at their hands?

News:

Author Topic: Nintendo 360 console thread(GI rumor:possible final name...Nintendo) (Read 44185 times)