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What Developers Want From the Wii's Successor

Posted by Soulskill on from the long-walks-on-the-beach dept.

donniebaseball23 writes "Wii 2 rumors are flying in advance of Nintendo's official reveal at E3 in June, but what would game developers like to see in a Wii successor? 'Without a doubt, my first request would be for an improved digital marketplace more along the lines of XBLA and PSN,' said one developer. 'We'd love more processing power, which is essential, and a better GPU as well,' said another." A related article asks whether a high-powered new console really fits with Nintendo's strategy: "Nintendo is undoubtedly building its new system around a chipset it can buy for cheap and develop for with ease, and it'll be the system's peripheral capabilities (literally peripheral, if rumors of its fancy controller pan out) that catch people's attention — that the company will bank on using as the hook for consumers."

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  1. As a customer, I think I perfer the XBL model by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    As a customer, I think I perfer the XBox Live model to the PSN model. You know, the model that doesn't release my personal information and credit card numbers to crackers through a known and unpatched vulnerability.

  2. Dear, Nintendo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    We look forward to your upcoming Wii successor as well as it's innovative new online services. Sincerely, PSN Hackers

  3. A controller pan? by Hognoxious · · Score: 3, Funny

    A controller pan? Is there going to be Kitchen Hero game?

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  4. Re:Anticipated Hardware Specs by Moryath · · Score: 3, Funny

    Here I'll make it easy for you.

    How will Nintendo make their next gen console? Duct Tape three Gamecubes together.

    Presto, 50% more power than the current Wii which is only two Gamecubes duct taped together.