@fusion isn't that how Apple operate with their iOS updates? Anything iPod touch below 3rd gen or below iPhone 3GS Don't get all the features.
Actually AMD dominate the server side of things, that's why they are still running (besides their GPU range with is also raking in currently).
I agree but I probably didn't make my point clear. Intel may continue to dominate the PC CPU market but I think that market is going to slow down a lot. Last time I took a look at AMD's business plan it seemed they were putting more effort into their small APUs than their large CPUs. A year ago I though they were crazy. Now they're making some great APUs in a market segment that red hot and the Atom is not doing well. Intel will keep making faster CPU's but I'm not sure if that will matter. My quad core i7 is like 30% faster than my last E8400 dual core and I don't even notice the difference. I have to wonder if I'll ever buy another CPU again.
Actually, I'm specifically talking about console companies like Nintendo that would still launch a closed platform that is focused primarily on gaming, but with a hardware format that functions in the dual role of portable and TV connected device. A couple of years from now, portable chipsets will easily match or exceed PS3/360 horsepower, so if Nintendo uses the Wii U as a bridge device for 3-4 years and then goes for a tablet form factor, it's not going to be a step backward for hardware.
Not sure what you're saying here, since an independent controller that communicates wirelessly to the gaming hardware connected to the TV is exactly what all three console companies currently are using. It doesn't really make any difference control wise if the hardware connected to the TV is a portable smartphone/tablet or console box.
so going back to the x360/ ps3 power 10 years AFTER it came out in console form is NOT stepping back?? WTF? Also what I did say,, and you didn't understand, is motion gaming is about as effective as wireless. It'll never be as efficient as console gaming just as console gaming will NEVER make arcades totally obsolete. I'd much rather push a button to jump or punch than do the action itself.
Huh?? You mean WiFi wireless? Or the kind of wireless connectivity you can get through your phone? I think you're wrong there on the wireless stuff. As for motion controlled gaming, it might not be my bag but it's popular (as popular as wifi) and therefore very appealing to developers. I personally think the problem with motion gaming is no one has really come out and done something truly amazing with it. All it needs is someone to do with motion controls what Carmack did when he invented the FPS. What?? The arcade business has completely nosedived. I was reading something a few months back that said Arcades now only turn a profit in Japan and Korea and even then that's starting to fall. The big manufacturers are completely cutting back their production and whatever arcade machines are still coming out are being made on the cheap; typical systems based around console hardware with some upgrades in memory. But overall, you're wrong, the arcade industry was put to bed with the advent of high spec GPU's that cost peanuts to manufacture. For a long time I used to go visit the ATEI at Earls Court in London and every year the turnout from Konami, Capcom, Sega got smaller and smaller. The venue now really only shows obscure table/card games and slot machines; video arcade games are just not profitable.
I said that portable chipsets will easily meet or exceed 360/PS3 capabilities two years from now (meaning in 2013 they'll probably be MORE powerful), and that Nintendo could move on from Wii U in 3-4 years (meaning 2014/2015...so probably two years beyond when portable chips were already surpassing 360/PS3). That means that Nintendo themselves wouldn't be stepping back, and who knows what Sony and Microsoft are going to do. They don't seem to be rushing to launch new consoles, that's for sure. You have to understand though, I'm making a guess that the capabilities of Wii U are probably not going to be that far beyond 360/PS3.
I think you telling me that awhile ago was what convinced me not to upgrade to an i5 or i7. An overclocked E6600 is very similar to an E8400. I doubt I'd notice much of a difference either.
I didn't say that, I said consoles will never completely REPLACE arcades. Few homes can accomodate 50 kids and 30 varietys of a ddr/ rock band/ arcade cabinet type of atmosphere. It IS a shame these arcades are dying, I'm not saying though that such a buisness model is suitable at all. Just as Wifi or motion sense may not be the absolute best... but wired tech just isn't suitable in today's world.
I like how, in the zelda demo, the camera moves as the in game camera moves lol.... it's a little discombobulatin
I hope that they go all out for the hard core audience. Maybe then I can become a Nintendo fanboy again.
I think they may do. The last two consoles they have been out muscled by Sony and M$ so they should know what to do to counter that now is. Just look at the 3DS for instance. Resident Evil and two monster hunter games so far. Not the usual Nintendo standard(Apart from MH tri on Wii)
My friend told me a read an article about how Retro will be the studio behind a ton of Nintendo's IPs this time around. It certainly is an incentive to want the system. I also like that it's not motion gaming, because after playing the Wii, I realized I prefer being a lazy gamer.
Indeed. The decent games Nintendo have gotten for their Nintendo systems(Take RE4 Gamecube etc) have sold really well. So Nintendo needs to start getting more mature games like this on their systems. Now they have HD some developers should do this now.
They need to stop making shit consoles is what they need to do. Until they do that theyll just keep posting losses of 1.3b.