Spec speculation on new system - $300 limit though, perhaps even $200.

[Play4Fun]

Aprisaiden said:

Play4Fun said:

Aprisaiden said:

Play4Fun said:

 $200. Lol.

It's going to cost $350. Deal with it.

Oh, and eat crow.

I don't know, $350 is getting kinda steep for a console that really will not be much more powerful than PS3/360, yet it'll be significantly more expensive. At $350 alot of Nintendo's blue ocean consumers will wait for price drops, alot of gamer will wait for a bunch of Nintendo games (it'll probably get most  3rd party games as multiplats but who is going to buy a new console for multiplatform titles)

 I am going to guess $300 just because Nintendo dosn't want to "underprice" it like they think they did with the Wii. Though i think it really should launch at $250 which will be price of PS3 in 2012. 

We don't evenm know the full specs and you come with that not much more powerful than PS3/360 thing.

Nintendo can make a full generational jump with the R700.

If SONY / Microsoft launch new consoles in 2014 using old GPU's they will be 6 GPU generations ahead of the R700. Not to mention rumours are that Nintendo is aiming for 512mb of RAM, maybe 1024mb. The biggest bottleneck for current systems is there lack of RAM, so 1024mb of RAM would indicate a system only slightly more powerful. As for the CPU will don't have much information other than it being PowerPC based and using 3 cores. As such it probably fits inline with the other specs. 

 Not to mention the leaked slideshow had Nintendo indicating that they want easy ports from 360 and PC to there new console. That shows that they are looking to compete with current consoles and not SONY/Microsofts next-gen consoles.

Nintendo will put themselves at a point where the console is powerful but still doesn't threaten development prices.

Sony and MS are NOT going to bleed moeny like they did this generation. They will come out powerful but not so much more. They have to be more conservative. Too powerful and devs will say 'FK You! We're not going bankrupt to develop on your hardware!' Sony and MS know the budget costs problems devs are having.

If they come out too powerful, they'll put Nintendo in a PS2/360 position where games are developed for the 'CAFE' and ported to others because it is easier to develop for and less expensive.

And they cannot come at 6 GPU ahead of the R700 unless they come with huge boxes with cooling systems so the console doesn't melt.

The rumour never said Nintendo is aiming for 512 MB RAM. That was a French-to-English translation mistake on the part of someone. The French site said they don't know the amount of RAm but 512 MB is the minimum.

I'm expecting 1.5-2GB myself.