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Comment by: voyager (Jun 03, 2011 21:55)

Originally posted by NHS2008:

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Originally posted by voyager:

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Is nice is good but is not for me I'm loyal XB360 and Halo ,GoW and etc... gamer and i will wait for the XBOX next generation no matter if is 1st,2nd or 3rd.

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I wonder what the next color of death will be...

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Will be Red like hell

Comment by: bobiroc (Jun 04, 2011 03:33)

Originally posted by sasrob:

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i find it hard to believe that Sony will allow a console to use blue ray disc as that could hit ps3 sales...if they have bet they are making them pay alot for it lol....

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Aside from Sony not being the sole creator of Blu-Ray and doesn't have all the decision power if Sony even tried to block Nintendo or any other company from licensing Blu-Ray that is the very definition of AntiCompetitive Business Practice and would result in a lawsuit.

Comment by: bobiroc (Jun 04, 2011 03:33)

Originally posted by sasrob:

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i find it hard to believe that Sony will allow a console to use blue ray disc as that could hit ps3 sales...if they have bet they are making them pay alot for it lol....

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Aside from Sony not being the sole creator of Blu-Ray and doesn't have all the decision power if Sony even tried to block Nintendo or any other company from licensing Blu-Ray that is the very definition of AntiCompetitive Business Practice and would result in a lawsuit.

Comment by: DXR88 (Jun 04, 2011 03:49)

Originally posted by NHS2008:

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Originally posted by voyager:

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Is nice is good but is not for me I'm loyal XB360 and Halo ,GoW and etc... gamer and i will wait for the XBOX next generation no matter if is 1st,2nd or 3rd.

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I wonder what the next color of death will be...

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Piss yellow, calling it now.

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Comment by: xboxdvl2 (Jun 04, 2011 08:07)

Originally posted by NHS2008:

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Originally posted by voyager:

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Is nice is good but is not for me I'm loyal XB360 and Halo ,GoW and etc... gamer and i will wait for the XBOX next generation no matter if is 1st,2nd or 3rd.

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I wonder what the next color of death will be...

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they should just put an lcd screen on it with a picture of a grim reaper pointing his finger when it dies.

Comment by: Mr-Movies (Jun 04, 2011 14:27)

Halo is pretty cool the preference is waranted if you are going to choose one or the other.

Maybe the Grim Reaper with Bill Gates face on him. :)

Comment by: DVDBack23 (Jun 04, 2011 18:08)

Originally posted by sasrob:

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i find it hard to believe that Sony will allow a console to use blue ray disc as that could hit ps3 sales...if they have bet they are making them pay alot for it lol....

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Sony probably very happy with this decision as it will (likely) lead to an increase in Blu-ray movie sales.

Comment by: Mr-Movies (Jun 04, 2011 18:17)

That's a very good point. Universal, Sony, MGM, and the WB will all benifit from this.

Comment by: DVDBack23 (Jun 04, 2011 18:25)

Originally posted by Mr-Movies:

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That's a very good point. Universal, Sony, MGM, and the WB will all benifit from this.

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That point of course, is based on the assumption that the new Wii will be a hit with consumers, which of course could prove to be false. But then again, can't remember last time Nintendo had a true "dud"... (maybe Gamecube?)

Comment by: Oner (Jun 04, 2011 18:38)

Even if it does have BD Gaming that doesn't mean it will actually support BD Movie Playback. Just look at the current Wii since it has DVD but doesn't support DVD Movie playback.

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Comment by: Gnawnivek (Jun 04, 2011 20:39)

Originally posted by Oner:

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Even if it does have BD Gaming that doesn't mean it will actually support BD Movie Playback. Just look at the current Wii since it has DVD but doesn't support DVD Movie playback.

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Good point, when I first discovered that my Wii can't play dvds, I was a bit shocked, I thought it was a given... We can only reasonably assume that the new Nintendo console (not calling it Wii 2 since that might upset some members) might play BDs (and if it can do that, I don't see why not 3D BDs as well :).

Comment by: DXR88 (Jun 04, 2011 23:42)

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Media:
Custom Blu-ray Disc, up to 50 GB

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somehow i get the feeling do to this statement in the specs. it will not support BD playback.

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Comment by: Mr-Movies (Jun 05, 2011 01:17)

Originally posted by DXR88:

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Quote:

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Media:
Custom Blu-ray Disc, up to 50 GB

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somehow i get the feeling do to this statement in the specs. it will not support BD playback.

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That would imply it is capable of playing movies more than not!

Comment by: voyager (Jun 05, 2011 13:18)

Originally posted by xboxdvl2:

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Originally posted by NHS2008:

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Originally posted by voyager:

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Is nice is good but is not for me I'm loyal XB360 and Halo ,GoW and etc... gamer and i will wait for the XBOX next generation no matter if is 1st,2nd or 3rd.

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I wonder what the next color of death will be...

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they should just put an lcd screen on it with a picture of a grim reaper pointing his finger when it dies.

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This is a very good name for the next Xbox ,The Green Reaper;this console will take all the souls of gamers not to "die" just to live forever.Xbox is here to stay.

Comment by: Anonymous User (Jun 09, 2011 01:11)

Originally posted by xyqo:

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is it just me or are these specs unimpressive. I get a feeling I'll be able to build a pc with better specs for about the same price they'll be selling this.
Look at the main system RAM doesn't the six year old Xbox and five year old PS3 have as much? .

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PS3 has a single 3.2 core that likes to pretend it's 8 separate ones, as opposed to four separate 3.5.
The video and core RAM for the PS3 is 256 a piece, compared to 1gb and 512 respectively for the Wii U.

Much MUCH faster.

Comment by: Mr-Movies (Jun 09, 2011 03:38)

What? Pretend?? Really???

I like to pretend I'm 8 people as opposed to truly one person? Works for me.... LOL

Comment by: DVDBack23 (Jun 09, 2011 05:00)

Originally posted by Mr-Movies:

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What? Pretend?? Really???

I like to pretend I'm 8 people as opposed to truly one person? Works for me.... LOL

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Well "pretend" might be the wrong word but he's right the PS3 only has 1 core processor and 7 SPEs, so its certainly not a "real" 8-core processor.

Comment by: Mr-Movies (Jun 09, 2011 05:38)

I get it he is talking about a RISC CPU which is a different beast but still multi-threads so your right pretend wouldn't be proper.

Thanks DVDBack23 that makes much more sense now.

Comment by: jam_k (Jun 14, 2011 22:05)

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Compatible with 7 cm Nintendo GameCube Game Disc and 12 cm Wii Optical Disc

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Sigh... new info posted over at http://e3.nintendo.com/hw/#/about does not list any info about gamecube compat.

I have a feeling that gamecube compat has been dropped.

Comment by: Mr-Movies (Jun 14, 2011 22:36)

Originally posted by jam_k:

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Compatible with 7 cm Nintendo GameCube Game Disc and 12 cm Wii Optical Disc

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Sigh... new info posted over at http://e3.nintendo.com/hw/#/about does not list any info about gamecube compat.

I have a feeling that gamecube compat has been dropped.

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It does list the controllers though and the Wii Classic controller is listed so it will be able to play Gamecube games, I would guess otherwise why carry that contoller.

Comment by: Gnawnivek (Jun 15, 2011 13:13)

There's no point stressing over Wii U will play GameCube games or not. Honestly, I don't think people even care the Wii can play GC games. If it does, great, if it doesn't who cares :)

The real gold mine is releasing remastered HD collection :) So maybe stop the BC BC does the trick?

Comment by: Mr-Movies (Jun 15, 2011 16:01)

Some of the Gamecube games are better than the newer stuff they have out now so that is why there is concern for backwards compatability.

Comment by: jam_k (Jun 15, 2011 17:13)

Originally posted by Mr-Movies:

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It does list the controllers though and the Wii Classic controller is listed so it will be able to play Gamecube games, I would guess otherwise why carry that contoller.

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Hmm... when I read it (and just now reread it) it only lists the classic and classic pro, not the gamecube controllers.

the classic controllers cannot be used for gamecube games, however a gamecube controller can be used as a classic controller.

i'm now near certain that GC comapt will be dropped. When I first read this article I was excited that Nintendo kept the compat and gave em props for it...

However, I do see the WiiU supporting GC games in the form of VC DLs... they will re-release the better stuff on VC so we can all pay for it again... : ( I don't see the WiiU supporting GC discs and controllers...


jam out

Comment by: Gnawnivek (Jun 15, 2011 17:31)

Ah that makes sense, thanks Jam_k. GC controllers work as Classic controllers, but not the other way around. I just read that the Wii U will not play dvd/bd, so much for 3D, lol.

Comment by: Mr-Movies (Jun 15, 2011 17:36)

Originally posted by jam_k:

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Originally posted by Mr-Movies:

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It does list the controllers though and the Wii Classic controller is listed so it will be able to play Gamecube games, I would guess otherwise why carry that contoller.

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Hmm... when I read it (and just now reread it) it only lists the classic and classic pro, not the gamecube controllers.

the classic controllers cannot be used for gamecube games, however a gamecube controller can be used as a classic controller.

i'm now near certain that GC comapt will be dropped. When I first read this article I was excited that Nintendo kept the compat and gave em props for it...

However, I do see the WiiU supporting GC games in the form of VC DLs... they will re-release the better stuff on VC so we can all pay for it again... : ( I don't see the WiiU supporting GC discs and controllers...


jam out

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Your right I got confused with the Classic controller. But it does seem odd that it wouldn't be carried over as that is the one good thing Nintendo does and is good at, backwards compatability, and as you know many Nintendo fans like their old games so let's just hope it is an over sight.