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Wii U operating system rumors suggest massive OS

The Wii U operating system is set to be the biggest ever seen on a home gaming console, according to a far fledged rumor. According to a tipster with access to Wii U developers and those familiar with the console, the Wii U operating system will take up as much as 512 MB of RAM.

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NYC_Gamer5101d ago (Edited 5101d ago )

I'm just dying to learn more about the Wii-U spec/features wise

GamingPerson5101d ago (Edited 5101d ago )

lol windows 8 OS uses 281 MB of ram.
http://www.itproportal.com/...

I can't wait to see the WiiU though.
It better have 4Gb ram.

yabhero5101d ago

Rumor indicate 1-2GB of ram which is good because. Consoles need about half the ram of PCs and most PC games can run 4GB of ram or less.

PopRocks3595101d ago

@Yabhero

I think there's a little more to it than that. The 360/PS3 can run Portal 2 and Team Fortress 2 better than my computer can and my computer has 4GB of RAM while both of those consoles have a mere 512 MB.

Metroid0075101d ago

There is a developer that is real and said the RAM is between 1gb and 8gb so it's a bit weird but then he said you will be very surprised by the amount of RAM.

Points to about 4gb or he wouldn't have said between 1gb and 8gn he would have said between say 1gb and 6 or 4 or something ???

dark-hollow5101d ago

Bigger memory footprint doesn't necessarily mean better OS.

The ps3 at release used 120MB of RAM (now 50MB) while the 360 only used 32MB.

Not because the ps3 is handling more multitasking than the 360 (it can't even handle cross gaming chat) but because it was very bloated while the 360 coded very efficiently.

So the bigger size of the OS is nothing to be celebrated about, yet!

ProjectVulcan5101d ago (Edited 5101d ago )

Microsoft busted a gut to shrink their OS to such a small size. It was impressive. It also was the reason why 360 has had more memory for games all these years, smaller OS footprint.

All that work paid off no end.

fatstarr5101d ago

i Suspect the os will be 100mb and the rest will be for seamless switching and stuff like that.

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FinalomegaS5101d ago

jesus... this thing is being made by who?

I'm pretty sure Nintendo has some big names behind this OS.

eagle215101d ago

These rumors are interesting to say the least. Techy's can share why they would need such a huge OS. :)

I'm just glad the storage for game discs is 25GB confirmed.

Titanz5101d ago

It would be foolish to think that Nintendo would abandon their blue ocean strategy. This time, however, they'll also be catering to the jaded crowd of gaming.

Series_IIa5101d ago

Wii U operating system rumors suggest badly optimised OS

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U.S. patent examiner rejects Nintendo’s summoning characters patent as obvious: non-final ruling

The rejection is non-final (and even when such rejections are labeled as “final”, the process is far from over, given that there can be, at minimum, an appeal to the Federal Circuit).

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Relientk7745d ago (Edited 45d ago )

Good, as they should! A game mechanic like that shouldn't be locked behind a patent, and Nintendo didn't invent it either.

PRIMORDUS44d ago (Edited 44d ago )

Nintendo wants to keep wasting money on bullshit lawsuits, real smart in this economy. They should put that money aside for other game projects. On the other hand, I don't care if they waste it all either, and they are screwed in the future maybe that will teach them a lesson.

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Nintendo Completes Share Repurchase and Sets Price for Secondary Offering

Nintendo completed its share repurchase and set its secondary offering price at 8,347 yen ahead of March 16 delivery.

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Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs

Nintendo filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade.

Nintendo of America is suing the United States government over the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump put in place last year, according to a complaint filed Friday in the U.S. Court of International Trade and obtained by Aftermath.

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Deathdeliverer70d ago

Well dayum lol. Old agent orange pissing off every industry and nation.

0hMyGandhi69d ago

The fact that you have ANY disagrees will forever baffle me. And to the (apparent) MAGA contingent that exists on this website, enjoy your 8-9 dollar gas.

AuraAbjure69d ago (Edited 69d ago )

Yes, they had better be pissed after Trump told them the way they rip off the USA is over.

EveryPlatformGamer70d ago

LOL I read this on gaff, will they refund the money back to the gamers? highly unlikely. Didn't they just raise prices and pass it onto the gamers? Only Nintendo would send out the Ninjas to the US government.

-Foxtrot70d ago

That’s what I was thinking, imagine them winning hypothetically, getting a s**t load of money back which they would have lost if they hadn’t raised their prices and it’s business as normal.

It would just mean people paid more for no reason since they got the money back anyway.

Outside_ofthe_Box69d ago (Edited 69d ago )

A lot of companies partially passed the cost to consumers instead of all of it. They would still have to at least pay that back to gamers, but we know that won't happen. What's also sad is that prices won't come back down after the initial hike caused by tariffs.

People didn't understand the full repercussions of tariffs. That alone should have cost him the presidency if people knew it was a permanent price hike for consumers

Inverno70d ago

The people should sue these companies for having to over pay cause of these tariffs.

Eonjay70d ago

Naw they should sue the government for forcing the tax to begin with. No one reasonably expects these companies to absorb the taxes. Many smaller companies tried and were shut down or faced to increase prices to try to maintain their business. The tariffs effect everyone.

Inverno68d ago

I meant it mostly as a joke cause we all know the costs of these tariffs were passed onto the consumer. But it's seems no matter how vocal we are here in the states our "representatives" don't seem to care enough to represent us. And things are about to get worse.

Killer2020UK69d ago

The companies were doing what the law required then to do, the tariffs however were illegally implemented. Usually it's criminals we punish, you seem to have different ideas 🤷‍♂️

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