As reported by MaxConsole, a Nintendo of France marketing employee appears to have leaked the specifications of the yet to be announced Wii 2. Due to be released in the third quarter of 2010, the Wii 2 will contain a Blu-ray drive with the intention of minimizing piracy, as well as 1080p support for games and movies. Additionally, there will be an option to trade in the original Wii for a discount on the updated Wii 2.
More details include (translated from French):
This is a nice exclusive we have here at MaxConsole courtesy of Artik from www.Logic-sunrise.com on the Wii 2. The actual information is said to have been leaked from an internal source of the marketing Nintendo France Service. Unlucky for them, this kind of information should stay internal, but that's not our philosophy.
- The Wii2 system will feature a Blu-Ray drive with a secondary aim of stopping piracy.
- 1080P and lower resolutions will be supported, for blu-ray movies and games.
- The release date is scheduled for third quarter of 2010.
- The release will be worldwide and on the same day for all countries.
- A scheme will be available in which it is possible to trade in the original Wii for a cheaper price on the new Wii.
Moreover, Nintendo wants to make a worlwide annoucement, only one month before release date. Huge publicity and Viral Marketing will be utilized to create the Buzz. Official pictures are not yet available, and more specs will be released in due course.
The long-rumored high definition Wii which will upgrade the Wii's hardware to current console technology was rumored to be released in 2013.
Thank you to Neowin member Audioboxer for the news tip.
Now, it's collecting dust.
I somehow managed to make it a bit more useful by adding emulators and ROMS for NES, SNES, Gameboy, and Gameboy Advanced.
A friend of mine bought an XBox 360 Elite. It can take data from FAT-32 Hard Drives connected via USB.
XBox 360 Elite can play DivX, XviD, WMV, AVI from a 500GB Western Digital External Drive. It can play MP3s and WMA. It can display JPG and PNG photos. Probably more than what I mentioned.
So long Wii. My last original Wii game I'm gonna purchase is gonna be New Super Mario Bros. for Wii. After that, I don't know.
But the XBox 360 Elite really amazes me just for the Media Center features alone! I haven't even started talking about the realistic graphics of that nice RPG game.
Now, it's collecting dust.
I somehow managed to make it a bit more useful by adding emulators and ROMS for NES, SNES, Gameboy, and Gameboy Advanced.
A friend of mine bought an XBox 360 Elite. It can take data from FAT-32 Hard Drives connected via USB.
It smells "trolls" in here
Now, it's collecting dust.
I somehow managed to make it a bit more useful by adding emulators and ROMS for NES, SNES, Gameboy, and Gameboy Advanced.
A friend of mine bought an XBox 360 Elite. It can take data from FAT-32 Hard Drives connected via USB.
My wii can do that.
So long Wii. My last original Wii game I'm gonna purchase is gonna be New Super Mario Bros. for Wii. After that, I don't know.
But the XBox 360 Elite really amazes me just for the Media Center features alone! I haven't even started talking about the realistic graphics of that nice RPG game.
My wii can do that (with the exception of h264).
Currently is possible to mod the wii without opening the case.
And now, i discovered that you can copy your (legal) games right to a harddisk, then you can save the lens.
I'm a pc advocate so don't think me a fan boy. Just wanting to spread the love.
The PS3 and can do all those things, including play old school games.
Wither it's online (flash based) or on the Linux distro.
(Flash support in the browser is a real winner considering how many people are playing those facebook games or other browser based games now, not to mention all the video streaming sites ... iPlayer or Skyplayer for e.g. )
In fact I can do all those things on my PS2 (Except play emulated games from the net).
I got one of those Action Replay things which enables the USB ports in the front so I plug in my usb hard disk and ... win /movies/pics/roms
Keyboard and mouse support is also a big win for me.
Agreed.
obviously alot of people think the opposite of you.
I thought Wii owners went more for their expensive TVs.
Well that or the stupid sensor bar which is technically part of the console lol.
the tv is a bigger target to hit
What's up with this Wii bashing? It outsells the 360 and PS3 (not combined, however), so it can't be that crappy, right?
Don't believe me?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii
Check the units sold.
What's up with this Wii bashing? It outsells the 360 and PS3 (not combined, however), so it can't be that crappy, right?
Don't believe me?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii
Check the units sold.
Units sold don't change the fact it's plain rubbish. and has less games then even ps3 has available. There's more weight conscious people in this world then gamers so of course wii fit and other fail games like that will sell more.
All people I know with them they bought it played it a bit now it's collecting dust.
But doesn't mean people use it more. Or buy games more for it. Most people who buy a PS3 is going to get a lot of games with it, as well as Blu-ray and whatnot. For Wii, apart from Wii Sport and the likes, there is not many other titles. Their audience is stuck to casual and Nintendo fans, the bulk of the money wielding customers of gaming wants something more powerful in hardware.
Wii Blu-ray makes sense if they want to break into the market. But their controller is both strength and weakness of their console and with the generally-kiddie game, do they really need superior hardware, that is my question.
But doesn't mean people use it more. Or buy games more for it. Most people who buy a PS3 is going to get a lot of games with it, as well as Blu-ray and whatnot. For Wii, apart from Wii Sport and the likes, there is not many other titles. Their audience is stuck to casual and Nintendo fans, the bulk of the money wielding customers of gaming wants something more powerful in hardware.
Wii Blu-ray makes sense if they want to break into the market. But their controller is both strength and weakness of their console and with the generally-kiddie game, do they really need superior hardware, that is my question.
"Important" is incredibly subjective.
I mean, you are defining important from the perspective of your own opinion, which is rather foolish.
For the company like Nintendo, profit is the "important" factor. It sells more console, and has been doing so at a profit since launch I believe. It may not have a huge attach rate (games sold), but it doesn't need to as much as the other consoles which were, or are, sold at a loss.
But doesn't mean people use it more. Or buy games more for it. Most people who buy a PS3 is going to get a lot of games with it, as well as Blu-ray and whatnot. For Wii, apart from Wii Sport and the likes, there is not many other titles. Their audience is stuck to casual and Nintendo fans, the bulk of the money wielding customers of gaming wants something more powerful in hardware.
Wii Blu-ray makes sense if they want to break into the market. But their controller is both strength and weakness of their console and with the generally-kiddie game, do they really need superior hardware, that is my question.
"Important" is incredibly subjective.
I mean, you are defining important from the perspective of your own opinion, which is rather foolish.
For the company like Nintendo, profit is the "important" factor. It sells more console, and has been doing so at a profit since launch I believe. It may not have a huge attach rate (games sold), but it doesn't need to as much as the other consoles which were, or are, sold at a loss.
Yes, but...
MicrosoftNetProfit = (ProfitPerXboxSold * XboxesSold) + (ProfitPerXboxGameSold * XboxGamesSold);
NintendoNetProfit = (ProfitPerWiiSold * WiisSold) + (ProfitPerWiiGameSold * WiiGamesSold);
if (MicrosoftNetProfit > NintendoNetProfit)
Winner = Microsoft;
else
Winner = Nintendo;
Has anybody got any numbers handy?
You PS3 and 360 owners are just jealous.
You know what? I don't own any of the consoles. I just love how everyone loves bashing the Wii when sells way more than the others.
You PS3 and 360 owners are just jealous.
You know what? I don't own any of the consoles. I just love how everyone loves bashing the Wii when sells way more than the others.
I've got all three and the Wii has been gathering dust for months. When it didn't it was used to play Mario Kart 64. Hell, I even hacked its software back then. I could play games for free if I wanted to, but what games?
The thing that helped the Wii originally was it's low price, while the PS3 cost $599 and the 360 was still $299 and higher. Lots of people who got a Wii where older parents who just saw price and nothing more.
Sales don't really mean anything. If you study how Wii got so many sales you'd know why it sells more, and it's not only price... but the other consoles got more quality indeed.
It's like music, those who sell more are usually the crappiest.
It is NOT about which console you think is best. The console makers really don't care about your opinion. Especially in the case of Nintendo vs fairly hardcore gamers.
What matters is sales and profit. The Wii had it, and importantly: still has it.
Why not?
While I think that Blu-ray stinks worse than a three month dead fish, it's the only thing that's left after HD-Dvd failed (even though it was the clearly better format).
Putting an old Dvd in it won't cut it anymore for a console that's supposed to live 5+ years. They need somethin that can store more, and there, Blu-ray sadly is the only option.
Sony =/= Blu-ray
Blu-ray =/= Sony
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc_Association
It's up to them at this point.
It's up to them at this point.
Oh yes because Nintendo sticking with proprietary cartridges during the 32-bit/64-bit era worked so well for Nintendo marketshare and the size of its games library and third party support....I am totally sure going a completely older technology route or different medium for games and movies on another console generation will really turn out differently than the jump from SNES to N64....they really need to learn from their mistakes. How about some more games with freaking online support while we are at it Nintendo?
their consoles are usually being cracked the second day of the release date
... Hardihar har
april fools is 6 more months..
BluRay though? I'd have to hold off on that one till I see something official.
Well, if it is going to support Bluray movie playback, it would really only make sense to offer that for games as well. Though I think this is probably bogus...
Team Fortress 2 is calling.
Just because something is cartoony, doesn't mean it can't benefit from higher resolutions.
We will see…
awesome.
I would also hope backwards compatibility would be retained or emulated.
As far as piracy? Its already possible to rip Blu-Ray movies, so I've heard. The only real way to prevent piracy is to pull out a page from Sony, use special burners to burn the discs backwards (outside to inside) and with special bits that only a Wii Blu-Ray drive can read.
And something else that comes to mind... I hope Dolphin can keep up with it.
CPU will be an IBM based 64bit CPU running @ 1.5ghz maby a bit higher it may be single core with dual threaded chip or a dual core so 2x cores but either options @ 1.5ghz would be less cost
it may include a HDD maby 40gig to start with
GPU will be powered by ATI but this time may be a DX9 based GPU but more or so a unfiead shader with like maby 16 to 32 count shader cores and possible running @ 400mhz with maby 64 to 128mb of ram
may output 720P content and have DVD playback with upscaling options
instead of 88mb of system ram it would be bumped up to 256 or so
i think the specs i posted or possiable options of witch ways they may go are more suitable for the Wii 2
Last edited by notuptome2004 on 29 Oct 2009 - 09:23
I don't see a reason they would have directx at all. you have to remember that's really Microsoft/windows, they would have their own custom stuff. vram again is cheap enough now that they can get away with at the minimum 256, which both ps3 and 360 have, if not 512 for vram alone.
at this point in time it would be highly silly for them to not include at least dvd playback, but I think they won't have blu-ray at all.
at the minimum if they're going to go through the trouble of releasing a new system so "soon" after their last release then they need to at least match the specs of the current consoles at least, but this is Nintendo, they could just come out with the exact same system for a 20gig harddrive and put HD on the box -_-.
Sound fake, since Nintendo act and works as 3 different companies, and most times, decision are done in the HQ in Japan without the consent or even a prior advice of the other entities. In fact, the CEO can take decisions directly.
Any improvement to the current console will be welcomed, but in the meantime my library of games are growing old which is ironic because many of their best selling games are aimed at the family. boo!
I hate it when people say things like that! The video output of a game system has nothing to do with what kind of drive the system has. Sure, high def content takes up more space so you would want the blu-ray drive, but there is nothing stopping a DVD based system from outputting great looking 1080p graphics, heck, for that matter you don't even need to a drive at all if you had a fastest enough broadband connection to download the game. Statements like this just fuel the ignorent who make claims like "the xBox 360 isn't a true high def system because it uses DVDs."
I thought, the Wii controller + nunchuk was the ultimate preventer of Wii game piracy, you can emulate the Wii hardware all you want, but you cannot play games with keyboard or game controller.
I thought, the Wii controller + nunchuk was the ultimate preventer of Wii game piracy, you can emulate the Wii hardware all you want, but you cannot play games with keyboard or game controller.
what macrosslover said, plus, you can sync up the wii remote and accessories to the PC using a cheap as chips bluetooth dongle.
I thought, the Wii controller + nunchuk was the ultimate preventer of Wii game piracy, you can emulate the Wii hardware all you want, but you cannot play games with keyboard or game controller.
The nunchuk and the wiimote have both been emulated, the wiimote still has some features that arent completely emulated and have to be played back through recordings, however its 90% there in dolphin.
I own all 3 system, and admit the PS3 is my favorite and gets the most use, followed by the Xbox360.
Wii may not have a strong draw from "hardcore" gamers, however, Wii appeals to a much broader audience the the PS3/Xbox 360 does.
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