Big Wii U announcements [Rumor]
Nintendo has been keeping any official announcements of whatever the Wii U is capable of doing close to themselves, making information sparse. Fortunately, Ubisoft was able to spill the beans on three things that Nintendo fans have been consistantly asking for a while: the price, release date, and specs. Along with the devs currently working on games for the system.
Firstly, the price is being finalized between $350 and $450 which is WAY off the predicted price of between $200 and $300. Secondly, the release date is going to be on November 23rd, which is also off the predicted release date of November 11th. Finally, the specs will be running at DirectX 11, and the system will be able to use Unreal Engine 4, despite devs constantly saying it won't.
Additionally, the Wii U will support 2 touch controllers, the console has 2 GBs of RAM, and 560MB for the controller. Also, Assassins Creed 3 will run at 60 fps at 1080p, compared to the 720p on PS3 and Xbox 360. The Wii U will also come with pre-installed software, which was already rumored for months. The Devs currently working to make games for the system are Crytek, EA, and Valve. The Wii U will support achievments, and have a customizable UI, similar to the PS3 and Xbox 360s UI. And Finally, the Wii U will support the vitality sensor, because it still exists.
So, what do you guys think about the new Wii U announcements?
» Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUlK3fUybiQ&feature=g-all-u
» Tagged In: #assassins creed 3, #community showcase, #Crytek, #EA, #electronic arts, #ubisoft, #Unreal Engine 4, #valve, #Wii U
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g1 DISCUSSIONS
Blarlar
I don't think Nintendo will make the price that high. They're more likely to decrease the price and not make nearly as much profit. It also seems like they're probably going to put a bit more ram into the thing.
TheSwedishGamer
Grain of salt people, or correction, truck full of salt.
BrokenRobot
Hype train, coming through! Just imagine. Nintendo exclusives, all third part games and possibly even Steam. What's the point in having any of the other consoles?
Mucmaster
Checked your source and there was an annotation that mentions the date and specs were made up by some kid on a forum ( other information is still being considered a rumor from a "reliable source" )
GamerGuy
Nintendo always intrigues me, I can't help it. No matter how many times they let me down they can still manage to pull my interest which is something neither Sony or Microsoft has ever been able to do.
apop99
Shit, I better get a job
Rekreatur
It'll be a shame if MS or Sony announce a new console this year. I am not gonna want to buy a Wii U for $400 if 2 better consoles are announced before it's even released. Remember what Sony's console did to the Sega console that came out the year before it? When I was a kid I always considered Dreamcast to be the best console of the PS1 era rather than a next gen console....Wii U just reminds me of that.
AngelAkira
Read it all....then read vitality sensor. Now I know it has to be fake..
bmcj199
You know Nintendo...
supacowza
[Rant] How much of a machine do you really need? I mean i like this progress in technology a lot but i think Nintendo sony and microsoft really need to start slowing down the leaps and bounds into new territory to re assess the territory that they have already discovered so that they can make a machine just as powerful as it but much more affordable.I really dont want to have water cooling units on my nintendo consoles and i also dont want to see every hair on marios face and every wrinkle on his ass.Sooner or later these games are gonna start costing over 80 dollars for a disc which i would rather be able to buy online for maybe like 20 or 40 and downloaded right to my console.We have DLC but we dont have full titles ready to be downloaded? [/End rant]