http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050517/latu045.html -- Freedom of design: A dynamic development architecture equally accommodates both big-budget, high-profile game "masterpieces" as well as indie games conceived by individual developers equipped with only a big idea. This is interesting (although it's probably just management…
[ QUOTE ] Speaking as one who has worked with and tested games on all systems, Nintendo has by far been the underdog when it comes to pure computing power in their systems. [/ QUOTE ] The N64 was more capable than both the PS1 and Saturn; the Gamecube was more capable than the PS2. What the hell are you talking about?
[ QUOTE ] It does look nice, but not very 'Nintendo'. No big buttons, no flat plastic case. So all of the next gen consoles also double as having the ability to tip each other over, like dominoes. [/ QUOTE ] I think they're trying to lose their cutesy-wootsy kiddy image a bit. I can't blame them. I never had a problem with…
AFAIK thew SNES->GBA emus can't emulate the DSP because that'd require too much power. Repairing controllers? That rarely happens nowadays and with consoles you can forget about the thing when one control element is dead, anyway. I doubt anybody cares and I'm sure Nintendo will make those at least durable enough to last as…
Girl's console? Please. The Revolution is the only system that has piqued my interest in these last couple of days. The only thing about the Xbox360 and PS3 that impressed me was seeing the Unreal 3 engine in action, which I've already been exposed to. Nintendo is trying something that I don't believe Sony or Microsoft…
See now i know that info is wrong.. Straight from the Nintendo site states: http://www.nintendo.com/techspecgcn Clock frequency : 485 MHz System Memory : 40MB (TOTAL) Main Memory : 24 MB A-Memory : 16MB (81MHz DRAM) Texture read bandwidth : 10.4GB/second (Peak) Main memory bandwidth : 2.6GB/second (Peak) So how did you…
do consoles really sell through hardware specs? i am under the impression that this is just a hype adressing the so called hard core gamers, especially those who need to always have all the hip toys. nowadays though the market consists of far more types of gamers and it seems to me that many people simply buy the hardware…
[ QUOTE ] I think they're trying to lose their cutesy-wootsy kiddy image a bit. I can't blame them. I never had a problem with it, but apparently most people like to act cool like the big kids. [/ QUOTE ] I never had a big problem with it either (and I really don't mind 'kiddy' games, actually it is the opposide... I don't…
[ QUOTE ] Ohhh your one of those people.... [/ QUOTE ] One of what people? I haven't owned a nintendo system since the NES, and I was only five years old at the time. I'm just not as impressed by flashy graphics anymore. During the 32-bit era, I remember being blown away by the Saturn/PS1/N64, and then again when the…
I think that Nintendo might be trying to pull of what Apple did with the IMac. Little, cute, easy to use, and hopefully affordable. It might be a smash hit with some of the ladies like my wife. She doesn't geek out over harware specs. She makes purchasing decisions based off of aesthetics, and not being intimidated by the…