Nolan

Basically what you want could be comparable to like the Super Gameboy. Have your games on the go, but at home play them on the big screen, but unlike the Super Gameboy, utilize the extra hardware to scale the graphics appropriately? The example of software(portable) vs hardware(console)

Well I would have but Rehana was cuter than you, and with a touch screen voting with a penis is just too easy. I joke I joke.

Oh man, that reminds me... maybe it's good there was a fan shortage.

Clean aesthetic, stylized robot killing and gaining points. Much faster pace, which I'm betting had PN03 received the amount of development it deserved it probably would have been faster. If you have a 360 or PS3 give it a looksie, it's 5 years old and has been bargain binned for almost all 5 years.

So far this year has been mild here. Next week will be hitting the 80s though (27 ish) which will be miserable, but 35-37 isn't unheard of a couple times each summer. With average 70% humidity....I die. Can't even sleep without AC. I can get behind that. A good scapegoat is always necessary.

It's because of the humidity. I'm in Michigan so we rarely have dry heat which is tolerable but the effect of the humidity can easily make it feel much hotter than the actual temperature. Like windchill in the winter. So I poke fun, but I know what you're experiencing. Your summers are just normally milder than mine I believe.

So... back to the weather...

I see no problem with this. It gets games made that likely wouldn't otherwise, similar to kickstarter itself. I think SquareEnix has a similar program as well. Sure Sony could just fund the games, but this is a way to gauge interest as well. It offsets costs, but its hardly worse than a preorder...or games with annoucement trailers promoting nothing but preorder dlc.

Honestly from day 1 this has been the best thread I've read in a long time.

You told someone to fuck right off. There is no point to that statement beyond being abrasive. What Rummy just said had a point despite being abrasive.

Nah, it's a nice cool 23 degrees here, perfect weather.

Serebii forums, Most users ever online 5,805 total members 291,116. Totally unscientific, but he obviously does run a popular site. He may be arrogant at times, but there is high traffic. Hell I've used the site to find out random shit while playing pokemon. It's the best knowledge base on random shit I've seen. Edit: saw your reply that you believe it for pokemon.

I'd like to see two things to upgrade. A non XL varient. Having used both original sizes, I think I prefer the smaller design. Secondly, more software. The 3D improvement doesn't concern me and the speed of loading doesn't bother me currently.

Are you sure about those load times? Because I downloaded Donkey Kong and promptly quit playing because of the load times. No disc involved no external HD. Video Chat does have to do with hardware. Not much, frankly I doubt the hardware is holding back the chat (it could be possible) but there is more overhead added with voice chat. Audio does get processed.

I'll say right now that that is the exact reason I won't post on the SomethingAwful forums. The mods have a power trip and will ban for the silliest thing. A catch phrase they didn't like, abbreviations like lol (which is against the rules) in some cases just trying to ask a question. It's shit place and thousands love it but I can't stand it. Eh, all besides the point of the thread at the moment really. Editing this to say I doubt anyone here would be that bad as it's an extreme example of totalitarian moderation.

Think about that statement for a minute please. The SNES specs are good enough. Mario Kart wouldn't be a better game with anything better for instance. The N64 specs are good enough. Mario Kart 64 wouldn't be a better game with anything better for instance. The GC specs are good enough. Mario Kart Double Dash wouldn't be a better game with anything better for instance. The Wii specs are good enough. Mario Kart Wii wouldn't be a better game with anything better for instance. It can easily be applied to any console, and most games within a series. For the most part, I think it holds false. Everyone is going to have their favorites, but it's easily arguable that with each leap a better game was produced, and not just graphically but in ways that effect the gameplay. I can't and won't say that if the Wii U was more powerful MK8 would be a better game. It might have even been worse, or 100% the same. Don't know it doesn't matter, parallel universe talk. The point is just that more power always opens up more options to the developer. A different but similar parallel would be storage space. The jump from Carts-CDs-DVDs-BluRay has allowed much larger and more detailed games than before. (Not really applicable to Mario Kart as the detail isn't why we play it)

This isn't the thread for that discussion, this is the thread for discussing why the fuck we can't put that and other arguments to rest and keep from shitting up other threads.

Posting from my phone, the silly rumor was more memory bandwidth does not mean more RAM. The amount of RAM is independent from the bandwidth. The type and the bus width are what make the bandwidth. E.G. 1Gb GDDR3 with a 512bit bus is slower than 1Gb GDDR5 with 256bit bus.

But....I don't want your shoes.

It was fucking Gizmo. Now go look @Gizmo's signature. Also I was about 2 minutes slow in being able to post this before Rummy locked it....

Possible yes, but I will mention two things. One is graphical fidelity, because while it doesn't make a game (Shit The Order 1886 is beautiful for all its faults) it's a nice thing to have. Just a happy bonus. The second is storage size. The more features added the more capacity is needed. And power can allow certain things to become more sophisticated. (Weather for instance).

No one buys a Nintendo console for multiplatform ports because we can reasonably expect that 3rd parties will ignore Nintendo. The Wii had great games, but it was a gimmick that allowed it to sell so well. For me to play other games like DMC, Bayonetta, Demons Souls ect. I had to go elsewhere. No More Heroes and Mad World weren't enough. If the games game to it I'd happily play things like Bloodborne or Diablo 3 or Destiny on the Wii U. As it is that's not going to happen. It's not entirely about the power, but it partly is. If people could get away with just buying a single system and getting all (most) the games they want, they would. That goes for Nintendo systems too, but it's been so long that buying Nintendo is like saying you don't want multiplat.

It'd be nice if the religious did so little as just disapprove. Many are capable of spewing just as much hate and vitriol, and using their religion to hide behind. With some groups its not uncommon to see them holding "God Hates Fags" signs and more extreme examples from Westboro Baptist Church. Tolerance can be hard when dealing with some people that are so intolerant. Not all, but plenty are. I've read a fair amount of stories from people that have been disowned by their families as well. It's a sad state, but the world is getting better. @Agent Gibbs The first quote makes total sense, but only because I think a persons sexuality should be such non issue, and hopefully it will be one day. Like the C&H comic.

I agree with Ronnie on this. Nintendo will find a way to make money on their product Personally I'd love if Nintendo was as powerful and gained some of the games that the other consoles have. I'd buy them on the Wii U instead of my PS4 or PC (with exceptions regarding games with obscenely awesome graphics on PC or certain online focus) That's just me though and I can't speak for everyone. I think you're right that the industry has moved on to the other consoles. They moved on though because that's where players and the hardware has gone. If Nintendo has the market base it will get 3rd party support, but if it doesn't have the hardware it could be another Wii situation (though as I said in my last post the hardware jumps are getting smaller) where 3rd parties don't want to cut games down to port them. The first Dead Rising is the best-worst example. It was a shadow of itself on the Wii. Dead Space and Resident Evil fared better in making a different style of game with the setting, which was great....but not exactly what you'd want if you wanted to play the games in the main franchise. Not being better than a PS4 wouldn't mean it's DOA, but it poses an issue with developers possibly not wanting to put forth the extra effort for console. And there are definitely still people out there that want the objectively best console. When the XBO and PS4 were being announced there were plenty of comparisons floating about as to which was the stronger machine and gonna push the most pixels. Capturing some of that could be beneficial....and/or costly.

I agree. It always seems Nintendo has talked to 3rd parties early on and then it gets dropped by the wayside. Capcom 5 is a great example, a wonderful showing of a partnership, and then it fell apart. I remember the Wii having talks and good 3rd party support that waned with time as well. Finally the Wii U, strong start with things like Zombi U, ME3, AC4 Black Flag, Batman, Deus Ex, Rayman. But now, no Dragon Age Inquisition, ME4 is unlikely, no Deus Ex Mankind Divided, and no Arkham Knight...which even got Linux and OSX releases. They had the support and then it just falls away, maybe it's not Nintendo's fault but I feel they could be more proactive in enticing more 3rd parties. Edit: Fucking forgot Bayonetta 2. That was a great example of Nintendo being proactive taking a sequel to a well received game that people liked and loved and publishing it when no one else would. Same with The Devils Third....though that doesn't look stellar but it doesn't have to be. Not everything is a winner. You're not wrong that they can make stunning games on the hardware they have. However, to say that matching the other consoles would mean something too expensive is plain wrong. The decidedly middling hardware in the PS4 is now 2 years old, and launched at $399 (£349). There effectively hasn't been a price drop, but with the way technology moves the AMD APUs powering them are invariably cheaper to produce now than they were. And in the same original price point are now more sophisticated APUs. The real cost comes in the development of the custom silicon since no one wants to just drop stock PC parts in and call it a day (hence things like the PS4/XBO having unified system and graphics RAM). Regardless my educated guess is they could have a as powerful system at a similar or lower price. Then their problem is threefold I think. Regaining market loss, not leaving Wii U owners feeling jaded (ala the 3DS original price drop and the ambassador program), and that once again they're upgrading hardware rather out of sync than the others. Creating an odd leapfrog methodology to their releases. Though, graphical leaps are going to continue being smaller in scale so that last point may not be too detrimental. Might help in the long run of getting matured hardware slightly less expensive. Well that was a bit of a ramble, tldr I think Nintendo can release as powerful but still affordable. I'm kind of over UE after what seemed like every other game using it, but that's just great looking. Gah, I started this post an hour ago and got sidetracked talking with my mom.