amak11 said:
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WiiU has a tri-core CPU (Games like Darksiders 2 didnt make us of the third core of the PowerPC CPU) and a dual-core ARM CPU only for operating system/menu/security etc which is NOT at all used for gaming. Check your facts before you tell me that i am wrong :)
Nintendo can drop the dualcore ARM cpu and replace it with the WiiU tri-core CPU (add a fourth or fifth one so even in "WiiU-mode" running on the next console there will be a core or two left for security/OS while games like Zelda2015 use the other 3 for gaming that existed in the WiiU)
And add the new x86 Octacore or whatever for easy game development and porting of PS4 XBO and PC etc. games.
btw the gamepad itself also has a processor but I have no idea what kind of CPU it is. But I am pretty sure its more powerful than a GB/NES/SNES/GBA cpu. I wish Nintendo would make the Gamepad a Virtual Console device that can store the last VC game you played on WiiU without the need for the WiiU itself to be turned on. Make me play VC games on the gamepad while someone else is playing MarioKart8 with a Pro Controller!
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Either way, if Nintendo went with x86 they lost backwards compatibility which is what people want with Nintendo consoles. The Wii did it, the Wii U does it, it's successor has to do it. Either way, I want to see the continued development of PowerPC with games. It's possible to match the PS4 and Xbox One on PPC. There is a reason Nintendo goes with PPC anyways.
Also what you are suggesting means the next Nintendo console would be 7-800 upon release. yeah no. They are fine with their current philosophy. I'd rather them not be riding the dicks of developers anyways. Sony and MS put themselves in a very bad situation in 5 years when games on those consoles look comparible to 360 games now with endless landscapes that people "want" :)
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The Wiiu CPU was 40 bucks in 2012. How would replacing the dualcore ARM cpu that probably costs no less than $10 with the $40 cpu that will be alot cheaper in 2019 make the console cost 800 bucks? If anything it will be 30 (lets say 60 if nintendo wants 30 profit on the CPU alone) more expensive but ONLY if prices stay the same which they wont.
It ensures BC without the need for the arm co-processor because the WiiU main processor is used as a co-processor in WiiU2 (or whatever its name is)
spemanig said:
Wouldn't that make for an expensive console though?
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well again depends on whether or not a WiiU CPU is cheap to produce in lets say 5 years.
WiiU's CPU was around $40 when WiiU launched. It is cheaper now and in 5 years it will be even cheaper.
And the WiiU will have a new CPU anyways. (octacore was just a guess might also be a hexacore)
If they remove the co-processor which is an ARM Dual-Core and replace it with the WiiU's tri-core (add 1 or 2 cores) the price should not increase alot.
The ARM co-processor also probably costs at least $10 bucks. vs the $40 of the main CPU. Let 7 years pass and then main CPU should be quite cheap.
