The E3 2011 thread

[Cheezeman3000]

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It's pretty much what I was expecting. Hardware specs are not all confirmed but it will support 1080p and has a custom quad-core Intel chip. I'm pretty excited to be able to play the system from my bed in another room.

[Nandito]

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Reading what I missed, now I don't feel like watching what I missed. :< Wii-U looks like shed.

Now a PEZ dispenser, I could get behind this.

[Takelli]

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The PEZ dispenser alone could sell just about any product it was tacked onto.

FFXIV, with built in pez dispenser!

;>.>

[cidbahamut]

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The PEZ dispenser alone could sell just about any product it was tacked onto.

[Kailea]

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oh yeah silly me, I forgot the PEZ dispenser

[Malacite]

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And a PEZ-Dispenser.

[Kailea]

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ssooooooo...... 8000p 3D/no glasses TV, with handjob-o-matic built in?

[Malacite]

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LOL yeah I know but still that's a boss TV >_>

I'd say we're a good 2 years off from them being standard. I'm still waiting for Sony or someone to bring out the fucking 3D TVs that don't require the Glasses though. It's not like the tech isn't there (Hi2u 3DS) just not on a large enough scale yet.

[Absentia]

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Come on Mal, that shit's not happening any time soon for a lot of practical reasons.

And even if it did, the lag from upconverting 1080p to 8000p or whatever would be nuts. Like we don't have enough lag problems and TVs aren't expensive enough right now.

8000p?! It's so real that it's unreal! FOR REAL.

[Armando]

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Need I remind you?

Come on Mal, that shit's not happening any time soon for a lot of practical reasons.

And even if it did, the lag from upconverting 1080p to 8000p or whatever would be nuts. Like we don't have enough lag problems and TVs aren't expensive enough right now.

[Absentia]

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$6 seems a bit steep for Link's Awakening.

Also, what's up with that free Four Swords thing I'm hearing about?

I was under the assumption that it was for the press at the conference. Though I probably misheard the announcement. ><

[Malacite]

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EDIT: And honestly, I think we've reached a ridiculous level of realism with the 360 and PS3. Anything more than that is pretty excessive in my eyes, at least until TV resolutions increase drastically again. I'm not even sure developers could continue to afford to develop games with even higher levels of detail.

Need I remind you?

[Armando]

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$6 seems a bit steep for Link's Awakening.

Also, what's up with that free Four Swords thing I'm hearing about?

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Nintendo eShop just had its third update today

I'll break it down in total:

3D Classic: Excitebike (free til july 7th)
Pokedex 3D - basically a streetpass/AR game where you collect all the pokemon from B/W version (free)

Virtual Console:

Super Mario Land $3.99
Alleyway $2.99
Radar Mission $2.99
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening $5.99

E3 3DS videos:

Zelda OOT3D
Mario Kart
Luigi's Mansion 2
Super Mario
Kid Icarus Uprising
Star Fox 64 3D
Paper Mario
Animal Crossing
Metal Gear Solid 3D Snake Eater
Resident Evil Revelations

And every DSiWare game ever with a streaming video demo of every DSiWare game ever

[Absentia]

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To be fair, the Wii is about 4.5 years old. By Moore's Law, the number of transistors you can inexpensively cram into the same chip area doubles every 2 years. So by now you could have about 5.65 times the number of transistors you could 4.5 years ago. That doesn't mean you're going to get a console 5.65 times more powerful, but it's unreasonable to think they haven't upgraded the hardware much - especially since the Wii capped at 480p, while 1080p has 6.75 times the amount of pixels to render. Just look at the difference in graphics power between the 3DS and the DS.

You're correct on the size/power issue though. At that size it's unlikely to run hot, much like the Wii, so they're still being conservative by today's standards. That's probably for the best anyhow, since the controller won't be cheap, regardless of how many of them you need.

EDIT: And honestly, I think we've reached a ridiculous level of realism with the 360 and PS3. Anything more than that is pretty excessive in my eyes, at least until TV resolutions increase drastically again. I'm not even sure developers could continue to afford to develop games with even higher levels of detail.

I hate how a lot of the 'next gen' games have a weird gloss on them, as if that adds to some sort of realism. "Ok.. this blanket isn't next gen enough, let's make shine like a freshly painted car!"