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Navane on 29 May 2012
siavm said:
Navane said:
thekitchensink said:
Mike Capps did say that, but Nintendo apparently has upped the specs somewhat since then, so who knows?


He tweeted it just yesterday. This basically confirms that UE4 isn't gonna be on the WiiU-U. I never really believed all these BS rumors that Nintendo upped the specs of the Wii-U (dispite me wanting to). Even Digital Foundy wrote an artical saying that it's extremely unlikely the rumors we've been hearing are true about the increase in specs.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-in-theory-nintendo-next-gen-challenge


GDC was in March and Nintendo up until now says they don't want anyone talking about wii u specs. So it could still run it. It is more powerful than the other systems says gearbox. 

You're right that Gearbox said it's powerful, but he said flat-out that the Wii-U is gonna be an UE3 machine. I'm sorry, but you can't get around this fact. The Wii-U is not going to be able to run Unreal Engine 4.



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zarx on 29 May 2012
Conegamer said:
I really don't care. The sooner devs stop making a game and then putting it in a stupidly expensive, bland engine which cuts off variety and inginutiy, the better.

We need more Rayman Origins and less generic shooter #275


It's not the engine's fault devs use it to make generic shooters, there are plenty of inovative/colorful/genrally great/unique games built using UE3, games like Mirrors Edge, Dance Central, Dungeon Defenders, Asura's Wrath, American McGee's Grimm, Batman: Arkham, BioShock Infinite, Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, Blade & Soul, Crimson Dragon, Enslaved, Fairytale Fights, Mortal Kombat, The Last Remnant, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Hawken etc etc. It's not just an engine for generic shooters, it's the most robust and scalable licenced engine arround and UE4 seems to improve over 3 in many many ways. 

UE has nothing to do with the lack of games like Rayman Origins, your blind hate is totally missplaced.

Also expensive compaired to what? it's arround the same price as Cryengine 3 for full source code from most reports. Plus the UDK is free for indies to use as long as you give a cut of profits to Epic you can't really get cheaper than free...



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mootap on 29 May 2012

Wasn't there a rumour that nintendo tweeked the specs in order to run ue4



Navane on 29 May 2012
mootap said:
Wasn't there a rumour that nintendo tweeked the specs in order to run ue4


That's just it, it was simply a rumor. Rumors tend to be false a lot of the time.



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Lostplanet22 on 29 May 2012

That is what Nintendo needed to get third party support, you know that MS and Sony will do everything to run the next Unreal engine.

But was kind of expected that Nintendo will not be really next gen =p.  They are just finally adapting to X360 and PS3.



 

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oniyide on 29 May 2012
zarx said:
Conegamer said:
I really don't care. The sooner devs stop making a game and then putting it in a stupidly expensive, bland engine which cuts off variety and inginutiy, the better.

We need more Rayman Origins and less generic shooter #275


It's not the engine's fault devs use it to make generic shooters, there are plenty of inovative/colorful/genrally great/unique games built using UE3, games like Mirrors Edge, Dance Central, Dungeon Defenders, Asura's Wrath, American McGee's Grimm, Batman: Arkham, BioShock Infinite, Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, Blade & Soul, Crimson Dragon, Enslaved, Fairytale Fights, Mortal Kombat, The Last Remnant, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Hawken etc etc. It's not just an engine for generic shooters, it's the most robust and scalable licenced engine arround and UE4 seems to improve over 3 in many many ways. 

UE has nothing to do with the lack of games like Rayman Origins, your blind hate is totally missplaced.

Also expensive compaired to what? it's arround the same price as Cryengine 3 for full source code from most reports. Plus the UDK is free for indies to use as long as you give a cut of profits to Epic you can't really get cheaper than free...


This, sounds like some are just taking the news hard



Araknie on 29 May 2012

It's really sad to see Nintendo people caring for amazing graphics.

You all learned NOTHING about what's important in a game, go play Xenoblade Chronicles like other 50 hours and then return, please thanks.



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hivycox on 29 May 2012

Well I can live with that...And I don't think UE4 will run on the next gen consolen from MS and Sony...
The Wii U will be a powerful machine...but to be able to run UE4 (according to epic) it will need to be some sort of overpowered monster which could cost 1000$ min.



Bladeforce on 29 May 2012

I dont care about how pretty a game looks or if it runs on certain hardware!! ALL I CARE ABOUT IS GREAT GAMEPLAY! Look crysis 1 & 2 looked pretty but in the end are forgotten easily



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hsrob on 29 May 2012

Well if Epic's claims are true, that it will require hardware 10* more powerful than the current gen consoles to run UE4, this should not come as a big surprise. No information so far released has even suggested that the Wii U is anywhere near that level of power.

I'd also wonder, given recent claims that Epic is lobbying Sony and MS to upspec their next gen efforts, whether Sony and MS are planning for their new consoles to be in this realm. If not it could leave Epic in an interesting position.