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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. OT, but... by Vintermann · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is off topic, but comments are bugged. "Get more comments" does not get more comments. Anyone know if /. are aware of the issue?

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    1. Re:OT, but... by hcpxvi · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      ... and where are my mod points? What is the point of excellent karma if you get no mod points for months and months? The new Slashdot has its advantages, but it is also stuffed full of bugs which could really do with fixing.

  2. Re:Anticipated Hardware Specs by Jartan · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The PS3 and Xbox 360 are not even close to high end anymore. A budget Nintendo console will likely be more powerful than hardware that old.