The final update may include increased system power.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/rumor/30277
Wii developers now have the final version of the system's development kit, according to reports posted on NeoGAF. The units are tagged "mass production," meaning they are the version of the hardware that will ship later this year.
These units, which developers supposedly received earlier this month, are reported to feature a bump in system performance over previous versions. The rumor source also teases another piece of "good news" about this new version of the hardware, which may be the inclusion of traditional analog sticks featured in a leaked photo from a developer last week.
The "good news" could also be the long rumored name change of the system.
I'm hoping it's along the lines of the "easier than ever to develop non-shovel ware titles" capabilities have been raised considerably. My poor Wii never saw it come'n and when it did, it was too late.
Getting 2 tablet controllers working simultaneously seems like a really good reason to bump the specs. It may be possible that 3rd parties convinced Nintendo to bump the specs as a way of staying competitive with Sony's and Microsoft's new consoles.
I think it's more so the fact that the two want to prolong this generation than not seeing Nintendo as a threat. They're better off using a wait and see approach to the Wii U model (like they did with motion controls) to see what they need to do to "keep up with the times." With Sony, it's as easy as pushing the feature with the Vita. MS is in a much different boat. Besides, Sony said they wanted the PS3 to last 10 years anyway.
Besides, I don't think it's a good time for Sony to launch a new system with the Vita doing so poorly. They simply have too many reasons to wait and almost none to launch a new system.
Today, Microsoft's European head made a fairly obvious statement, though most interesting was his lack of denial that the next Xbox will be unveiled at E3 2012.[/td][/tr][/table]
Originally Posted by Metro:
GameCentral: You’ll be well aware that everyone thinks you’re going to announce a new console at E3 next year. When you were talking about the Xbox 360 lasting 10 years did you mean 10 unbroken years without a successor or just a 10 year lifespan at retail?
Chris Lewis: Well, we think we’re more than halfway through but given we are still growing, we think we’re at a healthy part in the life cycle still because we’ve pumped this adrenaline into the arm of the business with Kinect and the scope and scale of what that means for publishers and developers I think is huge. And indeed with Xbox Live which does truly stand us apart from everybody else. So we think we’re a little over halfway with the life cycle of the console, but that’s not to say there won’t be an overlap…
GameCentral: So those 10 years, they won’t be the Xbox 360 alone? The Xbox 720, or whatever it’s called, will presumably be leaking into some of those 10 years?
Chris Lewis: Could possibly be the case. I’m not going to announce specifically or talk about timing. But you could imagine there could be overlap, it depends. We’re not being specific about the next generation at this stage. We’re very fixated on what we’re doing right now and the success we’re enjoying.
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that Cell processor is a beast that few companies have managed to top.
that Cell processor is a beast that few companies have managed to top.
That's because from all accounts it is a major pain to try to program for.
