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Smidlee on 24 September 2009
SnowFlow said:
New system late 2011, early 2012. I'm willing to bet it will have the same interface as the Wii, just very enhanced. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a lot more powerful than the PS3, the HD tech by them will be much cheaper. They just need to have some good games (like Wii Sports) when the new system is released.

HD Tech? You mean PC tech. The past generations console benefit from PC pushing more up to date hardware especially GPU between the console's 5 year cycles.  Now there are less reasons than ever to upgrade your PC and more  people have moved to the less powerful (especially when it comes to GPU) laptops instead of desktops.  So while the next consoles might have a little better GPU I doubt it will be a lot more powerful.



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nitekrawler1285 on 24 September 2009

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wiifan75 on 25 September 2009
killeryoshis said:
jefforange89 said:
Buzzi said:
the HD is sure for the next Nintendo's console...but the real question is: will it still use DVDs? Or it will need to use bluerays? Please don't shot at me, it's a question i'm trying to answer in these days :)

Neither.

 

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Wii_Master on 25 September 2009

i love my wii just the way it is....i want it to be fun and have good gameplay not good graphics.....like every game for wii will have best gameplay of the three console but then the other two have graphics which i personally don't care about....



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Untamoi on 25 September 2009
jlauro said:

It would also not doing anything that a good TV doesn't do automatically.  Of course, it would make a cheap hi-res TV look better...

 

They could also do something via the USB ports such that it used the wii for the DVD and to handle the controls and periphials.  It would not make sense for a long term box, but could be a way to offer a cheaper "upgrade" option to the install base when the new system comes out.  Put more limitations (no upgrade to media, etc...) that it really doesn't make sense, but you never know with marketting and some companies...

 

It's likely the next Nintendo box will be at a minimum 1080p, and will be better able to handle it than the 360 and PS3.  It's now a lot easier and cheaper to provide the resources to do 1080p right then it was 3 years ago, even more so when they decide to launch a new console.

1080p is under 6 times the processing as 480p.  The Wii handles 480p better than the 360 and PS3 handle 1080p.

Given Moore's law...  Expect double every 2 years...  So, let's say the next Wii launches in 3 more years in 2012.  That would be 3 doublings over those 6 years.  So, using commodity parts, 1080p will be nothing special.

 

They might not wait until 2012 for the next console.  That said, they don't need to in order for 1080p to be economical.  They could do it today if they settle for 360 level processing power.

I would agree to this but... The only hardware component which follows Moore's law anymore is GPU, everything else is behind Moore's law already. CPU has only almost followed Moore's law by adding more cores. Single-core performance has only doupled in last 5-6 years if even that (in clockspeeds, less than doupled. There were 3 GHz processors in 2003 and even now only few processors have faster clockspeed). They are starting to reach physical limits with CPU so only way to increase performance has been to add processor cores and improve algorithms. Memory, HDD (if you don't count SSD) and other components have had even slower development.

Then again, biggest bottle-necks against 1080p in 360 and PS3 are memory size (not speed, just size. 512 MB is little for 1080p) and media speed (optical media on 360 and PS3 is way too slow). Both of which should be easy to solve even now.



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O-D-C on 25 September 2009

the next Nintendo console in 2013 will have HD graphics, Wii is fine



Derixs on 25 September 2009

The only reason that I would even want my Wii to be HD is to get all the other games that third party companies make for the PS/360 that are only released on those systems. I would have loved to play a version of Resident Evil 5 on my Wii. I would have loved to play the new Street Fighter 4 game on my Wii, but we don’t get to because the Wii is not HD...



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KungKras on 25 September 2009

I predict an attachment. It will be called the "Wii HDX"



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wiifan75 on 25 September 2009
Derixs said:
The only reason that I would even want my Wii to be HD is to get all the other games that third party companies make for the PS/360 that are only released on those systems. I would have loved to play a version of Resident Evil 5 on my Wii. I would have loved to play the new Street Fighter 4 game on my Wii, but we don’t get to because the Wii is not HD...

I agree completely with this.  It's the only reason I'd care about having WiiHD.  No more developer excuses for multiplatform games passing us up.



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darklich13 on 25 September 2009
RolStoppable said:
Oh man, does this nonsense ever stop? "The Wii needs HD graphics!!!"

No, it doesn't. The next Nintendo system will support HD.

Meanwhile, the 360 and PS3 are going to get "attachments", because they are behind the times.

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