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Is the WiiU a generation ahead from the Wii

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vaio on 03 July 2013
Gamerace said:
And the Atari 7200 was a generation ahead of the Atari 2600 yet still considered Gen 1.

I believe history will lump WiiU in 7th gen with Wii, 360, PS3 and lump Nintendo's next console with Gen 8. Of course I could be 100% wrong but only time will tell.

Regardless you are completely correct in saying WiiU is a generation ahead of Wii for Nintendo.

atari 2600 is gen 2 and atari 7800 is gen 3



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Flanneryaug on 03 July 2013
Soleron said:
Zero999 said:
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retail for a SEPARETE STAND ALONE GAMEPAD WITH GOOD PROFITS, not the one included with the video game.

No it's the repair/replace cost. Which should be close to actual cost. The retail cost is $150.

wii u gamepad is a 3ds without a 3d screen, cpu, gpu and RAM memory, OR in other words: a regular controler + speakers, touchscreen, microphone, motion sensors... guess how much that would cost? not even close to $100.

The screen is a touchscreen and quite large (6 inches). 3DS touchscreen is only 3 inches.

http://wiiubrew.org/wiki/Wii_U_GamePad

Look at all those chips. $5-$10 each most likely.

It has 256MB of RAM. Microphone. Gyro. Wireless. Accelerometer. Magnetometer. Speakers. Camera. 

Dualshock: 1000mAh battery. Gamepad: 1500mAh. Battery capacity is expensive.

Xbox wireless controller is already $50. Add the RAM, big touchscreen, battery, camera, sensors, and so on and seriously tell me it's not $100.



Just because the Xbox 360 controller is sold for $50 doesn't mean that it costs $50 to produce. It only cost $11 to produce back in 2006. The Wii U Gamepad might cost $100 at retail, but it is much cheaper to produce.



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Gnac on 03 July 2013
globalisateur said:
Of course the WiiU is one generation ahead of Wii. But don't forget the Wii was just an overclocked gamecube, literally, with a bit of ram added.

And Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, SD card slot, USB ports, Motion Controller, and a whole load of services and software compatibility that the Gamecube didn't have.

But don't let all these facts get in the way of a chance to make a snide comment.



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globalisateur on 03 July 2013
Gnac said:
globalisateur said:
Of course the WiiU is one generation ahead of Wii. But don't forget the Wii was just an overclocked gamecube, literally, with a bit of ram added.

And Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, SD card slot, USB ports, Motion Controller, and a whole load of services and software compatibility that the Gamecube didn't have.

But don't let all these facts get in the way of a chance to make a snide comment.


I thought the OP was talking about HD and shiny graphics.



Soleron on 03 July 2013
Flanneryaug said:
Soleron said:
Zero999 said:
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retail for a SEPARETE STAND ALONE GAMEPAD WITH GOOD PROFITS, not the one included with the video game.

No it's the repair/replace cost. Which should be close to actual cost. The retail cost is $150.

wii u gamepad is a 3ds without a 3d screen, cpu, gpu and RAM memory, OR in other words: a regular controler + speakers, touchscreen, microphone, motion sensors... guess how much that would cost? not even close to $100.

The screen is a touchscreen and quite large (6 inches). 3DS touchscreen is only 3 inches.

http://wiiubrew.org/wiki/Wii_U_GamePad

Look at all those chips. $5-$10 each most likely.

It has 256MB of RAM. Microphone. Gyro. Wireless. Accelerometer. Magnetometer. Speakers. Camera. 

Dualshock: 1000mAh battery. Gamepad: 1500mAh. Battery capacity is expensive.

Xbox wireless controller is already $50. Add the RAM, big touchscreen, battery, camera, sensors, and so on and seriously tell me it's not $100.



Just because the Xbox 360 controller is sold for $50 doesn't mean that it costs $50 to produce. It only cost $11 to produce back in 2006. The Wii U Gamepad might cost $100 at retail, but it is much cheaper to produce.

But it adds $100 retail to the cost of the console.

That is literally my only point, and one with plenty of evidence.



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vaio on 03 July 2013
Soleron said:
Flanneryaug said:
Soleron said:
Zero999 said:
...

retail for a SEPARETE STAND ALONE GAMEPAD WITH GOOD PROFITS, not the one included with the video game.

No it's the repair/replace cost. Which should be close to actual cost. The retail cost is $150.

wii u gamepad is a 3ds without a 3d screen, cpu, gpu and RAM memory, OR in other words: a regular controler + speakers, touchscreen, microphone, motion sensors... guess how much that would cost? not even close to $100.

The screen is a touchscreen and quite large (6 inches). 3DS touchscreen is only 3 inches.

http://wiiubrew.org/wiki/Wii_U_GamePad

Look at all those chips. $5-$10 each most likely.

It has 256MB of RAM. Microphone. Gyro. Wireless. Accelerometer. Magnetometer. Speakers. Camera. 

Dualshock: 1000mAh battery. Gamepad: 1500mAh. Battery capacity is expensive.

Xbox wireless controller is already $50. Add the RAM, big touchscreen, battery, camera, sensors, and so on and seriously tell me it's not $100.



Just because the Xbox 360 controller is sold for $50 doesn't mean that it costs $50 to produce. It only cost $11 to produce back in 2006. The Wii U Gamepad might cost $100 at retail, but it is much cheaper to produce.

But it adds $100 retail to the cost of the console.

That is literally my only point, and one with plenty of evidence.

Even if you were right wich you aren´t Nintendo sold the system at a loss so it never actually added it´s full value to the cost but you knew this allready.



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Now the world is weird  and people take Prozac  to make it normal.

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Is marijuana the best medicine?

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."

“If any creator has not played Mario, then they’re probably not a good creator. That’s something I can say with 100 percent confidence. Mario is, for game creators, the development bible.

Zero999 on 03 July 2013
Soleron said:
Zero999 said:
...

retail for a SEPARETE STAND ALONE GAMEPAD WITH GOOD PROFITS, not the one included with the video game.

No it's the repair/replace cost. Which should be close to actual cost. The retail cost is $150.

wii u gamepad is a 3ds without a 3d screen, cpu, gpu and RAM memory, OR in other words: a regular controler + speakers, touchscreen, microphone, motion sensors... guess how much that would cost? not even close to $100.

The screen is a touchscreen and quite large (6 inches). 3DS touchscreen is only 3 inches.

http://wiiubrew.org/wiki/Wii_U_GamePad

Look at all those chips. $5-$10 each most likely.

It has 256MB of RAM. Microphone. Gyro. Wireless. Accelerometer. Magnetometer. Speakers. Camera. 

Dualshock: 1000mAh battery. Gamepad: 1500mAh. Battery capacity is expensive.

Xbox wireless controller is already $50. Add the RAM, big touchscreen, battery, camera, sensors, and so on and seriously tell me it's not $100.



they can charge as much as they want for replacement's, doesn't change the fact that it's not even close to that cost.



Soleron on 03 July 2013
Zero999 said:
Soleron said:
Zero999 said:
...

retail for a SEPARETE STAND ALONE GAMEPAD WITH GOOD PROFITS, not the one included with the video game.

No it's the repair/replace cost. Which should be close to actual cost. The retail cost is $150.

wii u gamepad is a 3ds without a 3d screen, cpu, gpu and RAM memory, OR in other words: a regular controler + speakers, touchscreen, microphone, motion sensors... guess how much that would cost? not even close to $100.

The screen is a touchscreen and quite large (6 inches). 3DS touchscreen is only 3 inches.

http://wiiubrew.org/wiki/Wii_U_GamePad

Look at all those chips. $5-$10 each most likely.

It has 256MB of RAM. Microphone. Gyro. Wireless. Accelerometer. Magnetometer. Speakers. Camera. 

Dualshock: 1000mAh battery. Gamepad: 1500mAh. Battery capacity is expensive.

Xbox wireless controller is already $50. Add the RAM, big touchscreen, battery, camera, sensors, and so on and seriously tell me it's not $100.



thei can charge as much as they want for replacement's, doesn't change the fact that it's not even close to that cost.

Could you address the rest of it please?



Zero999 on 03 July 2013
vaio said:
Soleron said:
Flanneryaug said:
Soleron said:
Zero999 said:
...

retail for a SEPARETE STAND ALONE GAMEPAD WITH GOOD PROFITS, not the one included with the video game.

No it's the repair/replace cost. Which should be close to actual cost. The retail cost is $150.

wii u gamepad is a 3ds without a 3d screen, cpu, gpu and RAM memory, OR in other words: a regular controler + speakers, touchscreen, microphone, motion sensors... guess how much that would cost? not even close to $100.

The screen is a touchscreen and quite large (6 inches). 3DS touchscreen is only 3 inches.

http://wiiubrew.org/wiki/Wii_U_GamePad

Look at all those chips. $5-$10 each most likely.

It has 256MB of RAM. Microphone. Gyro. Wireless. Accelerometer. Magnetometer. Speakers. Camera. 

Dualshock: 1000mAh battery. Gamepad: 1500mAh. Battery capacity is expensive.

Xbox wireless controller is already $50. Add the RAM, big touchscreen, battery, camera, sensors, and so on and seriously tell me it's not $100.



Just because the Xbox 360 controller is sold for $50 doesn't mean that it costs $50 to produce. It only cost $11 to produce back in 2006. The Wii U Gamepad might cost $100 at retail, but it is much cheaper to produce.

But it adds $100 retail to the cost of the console.

That is literally my only point, and one with plenty of evidence.

Even if you were right wich you aren´t Nintendo sold the system at a loss so it never actually added it´s full value to the cost but you knew this allready.

EXACTLY. saying it adds $100 is the same as saying the xbox controller corresponds to one third of the current xbox360 price. and I'm sure wii u gamepad will retail for less than $100 when it comes to US.



Soleron on 03 July 2013
Zero999 said:

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EXACTLY. saying it adds $100 is the same as saying the xbox controller corresponds to one third of the current xbox360 price. and I'm sure wii u gamepad will retail for less than $100 when it comes to US.

I'll one month sig bet you $100+.