DVD Talk Forum - Nintendo Console Announced at E3 2011 (Wii U) (2024)

Nintendo has no stake in whether bluray succeeds or not. That being said they could do something similar to what the original Xbox had, a DVD playback kit you buy.

Nintendo's 6th Console @ E3; 1080P Full HD output, *way* more powerful than PS3, Controller has built in HD Touchscreen.

i believe toshiba owns more BD patents than Sony. BD is a corporation that hundreds of companies created and pooled their patents. you want to make a player you pay royalites. same with discs. the royalties go back to the member companies

i bet the decision was made a long time ago since by now the devs would have to be in QA with games to be released at launch

I don't know about "hundreds" of companies. According to wiki there are 9 original founders, 19 board member companies and about 60 contributers.

None of whom were Toshiba who was backing HD-DVD.

This rumor intrigues the sh*t out of me. I can see a multitude of practical uses for this thing. Maybe that's because I'm coming from a childhood fueled by the Intellivsion, but just having each game display unique, custom touch-control schemes is really cool.

Even better, imagine if the display could keep up with its game, we could see the resurgence of Pac-Man Vs.!

This. For a time, Toshiba was so bitter and butthurt about Blu-ray killing HD-DVD that they started pimping regular upconverting DVD players instead of going ahead and actually making Blu-ray players.

Why would you care if you can play games on a new system you don't play now?

Would be cool, but I'm skeptical. The controllers would be expensive as hell, no?

Why do you care why we care? But since you asked in such a nice way, I'll answer. I have one (1) Blu-Ray player and I would like more. Bonus is if any device is multi-purpose.

I would like it as a feature, but I don't know if Nintendo would make a good UI for a player. How do you like the MP3 player on the DSi?

someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. I was just asking, no need to get your panties in a twist

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...tails-claimed/

It says the console will include a custom IBM PowerPC CPU with three cores, a GPU from the ATI R700 family with a shader unit at version 4.1, and at least 512Mb of RAM.

The controller has a six-inch touch screen, a front-facing camera, D-Pad, two bumpers, two triggers and "possibly more," and can allegedly be used as a Wii sensor bar.

Next-Gen has become the latest site to add to the Wii 2 rumor mill. According to them, sources have revealed to them that the likes of EA, Ubisoft and Activision have all had Wii 2 development units for MONTHS. Moreover, they confirm that the system RETAINS motion control which is allegedly 'better than Move'. So bringing everything together, it looks like we have a more powerful PS3/360 console, complete with more advanced more motion sensing. Something tells us Nintendo is more innovative than this and there is more to be revealed.

http://www.maxconsole.net/content.php?45686

Are all these sites just making crap up?

EDIT: Then again, having a screen on the controller could basically be Nintendo "DS-ing" their next console. Interesting...

I don't have one either, but by all accounts it is kind of crappy. Their web browser on the wii sucks. I am just a little apprehensive with Nintendo doing something other than focusing on video games exclusively. I imagine with them, they will go blu if it is only slightly more expensive than DVD.

I am going to call shenanigans on this one. A six inch touch screen would be huge and prohibitively expensive. Nintendo is all about profitability.

Personal screen for your controller is something I've been wanting for years, and to make it a touch screen is a great idea. Dreamcast had the 100% right idea with the VMUs, but were cut short.

With these personal screens, you can supplement the gameplay, de-clutter the screen for one player games, and make private decisions (like for NFL play calling, playing board/trivia games, password entry) with others doing in the room with their own screens.

But using it to replace actual controller buttons? I would be hesitant about that, but as a supplement, I welcome this.

I love that no one knows anything official and yet we still find things to add to the features and bitch about.

It's an HD Nintendo console, lads! One that has been developed with the benefit of knowledge of success and failures, both by Nintendo and their competitors.