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Nintendo working on a new home console, may include 3D tech

Gamingbolt recently got a chance to sit down with Nintendo UK’s Head of Communications, Rob Saunders, and we talked about a lot of things. In our interview, he told us that Nintendo have been working on a home console for a long time now, and that it may include 3D technology.

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psb5588d ago

without requiring any glasses and in HD. Now, I would kill for that. Please Nintendo.

OC_MurphysLaw5588d ago (Edited 5588d ago )

umm...unless Nintendo is going into the TV business they wont be making that device for you. Glasses free tech requires a specific new screen type (as used in the 3DS). Not something you can just randomly do with any tv via a console.

And lets be real here...is anybody surprised that Nintendo is working on their next console? Just like MS is...and even Sony I am sure still is doing a little R&D regardless of the comments made earlier in the week.

EDIT: After re-reading the first post..."Support" is the key word...and Yes I am positive Nintendo is developing a console that will support 3D in the glassess free TV's coming in the next few years.

pangitkqb5588d ago

I've said it before and I 'll say it again; 3D is overrated and YES, I OWN AND LOVE A PS3.

HornyHaggis5588d ago

I agree Pogi, 3D is a gimmick which is over-hyped by the TV industry to make sales. A gimmick like the Kinect, Wii or Move, which I all hope die out soon as they are simply a heavily promoted fad to gain some quick sales.

ChickeyCantor5587d ago

By that HD gfx are a gimmick too...
Weren't you the guys saying HD gfx add for a new experience? So how is this 3D not doing that?

Im not in for the TV hype. My tv(LEd 52") will last me for the next 11 years.
However if i had to buy a new tv i would wait for decent 3D tv's. Then it would have been more future proof....like your Ps3 is?

hatchimatchi5587d ago

@sidar

If you mean HD in the sense of just 720p, etc. Then yes, you're correct, it adds but it only makes things looks pretty. One thing that comes with HD though is better processing, AI, etc. Those things definitely add to the experience of games.

Just an example, and I know it's not fair because it's a shit port built with an outdated engine.

Dead Rising compared to Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop.

ChickeyCantor5587d ago

You aren't really telling me how 3D is a gimmick compared to HD gfx.

The sense of DEPTH give more realism to said subject.
Its more mind boggling than pretty shaders( hell http://www.youtube.com/watc... if you have red cyaan glasses, this stuff is crazy), yet 3D effects are called out as gimmicks.

hatchimatchi5587d ago

3D is called out as a gimmick because on the 3DS, consoles and PC, 3D can be turned off completely. That shows that playing in 3D is unnecessary and doesn't add to the gameplay itself...yet.

As for HD, yes you can play in SD but you still get all the benefits of the processing power that comes with HD systems.

ChickeyCantor5587d ago

Yet we have the Wii who doesn't do HD gfx ( natively ) and yet it has great games?
You are basically confirming my point.

N4g_null5587d ago

Hatch to my knowledge no one is running ai off console video cards. You can get pretty much the same ai on the wii, most ai in games are just scripting events just like most of your physics.

Example you could throw a grenade and the bot could be asked to throw it back IF they are close enough. There is no synapses mapping or cognitive learning happening. You will know the ai is good when you are not presented with easy hard. Instead revenge or chain of command styles.

Hatch like most gamers you see the normal maps and shader as more than they actually are. The i7 is power and direct x 11 spec cards are power. The neutered elitism in console class hardware is hurting gaming more than any thing else. Just look at how ps3 games sale or the lack of them selling no one talks about the game that gets no hype. So it gets no sales even if it was actually good.

Some times I see this elitism as worst than piracy because it effectively makes people stop gaming yet the production cost goes up. I'm not sure how much longer the industry can take that.

So technically nintendo could just use a better gpu with great shaded support and a better CPU and they will be fine. Could we see an arm power console soon? Hard to tell.

Also Sony doesn't use SRAM system on chip designs yet some how Sony is seen as the untouchable tech company. Do some digging and you'll see that Sony did not make a lot of their tech on their own.

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StbI9905588d ago

:Lol psb...delusional much?...

If anyone are up to come with that u dreaming there kid, it is sony...sry to burst it to you, nor microsoft or nintendo has that tech to make such thing, thank u.

K925588d ago

I thought I read that the Gamecube had that tech in it, but Nintendo didnt want to force people to buy a 3d tv

ChickeyCantor5587d ago

" nor microsoft or nintendo has that tech to make such thing"

R&D

No thats not some beat'm up.

Xbox360PS3AndPC5587d ago

MS Is Very Rich So If They Want To Make A 3D TV With No Glasses They Can But Nintendo Isn't On That Level Yet

Ju5588d ago

What has glass or glassless 3D to do with the console itself? It's just the way the TV shows the image, what you get from the signal will pretty much be the same in either case.

gameseveryday5588d ago

The interesting question to ask is , will the Wii 2 or whatever it is called, will it be for the hardcore gamers?

Wizziokid5588d ago

Nintendo tend to aim more for the Casual audience and with the Wii success I can't see them shooting for the hardcore with the next console.

byeGollum5588d ago

although I agree with you, you can't deny that the wii had all kinds of games for everyone including "hardcore".

Spydiggity5588d ago

Wii's a household name now. Even if they went more for a hardcore focus, they could still draw in the casuals with a similar marketing strategy.

matey5587d ago

the wii has been so underused in terms of power so expanding on the casual games the wii can go on 4 10 more years in Wii2 think 3DS that is 200 times more powerful than ds in terms of polygons ect the Wii2 will be the same about 100/200 times more powerful than wii/360/ps3 easy grow up m8 read this bk when Wii2 details r out its rumoured to have Marvel quadcore 1.6ghz,2ghz each core so 6.4ghz/8ghz clock speed on cpu alone and a fusion APU gpu that does DX11.1 graphics,Shader Model 5,Billions of in game polygons.

N4g_null5587d ago

Problem is nintendo is just better at making games every one can like. Sony isn't. That is more of a sony problem or a Sony fanboy problem.

I mean come on nintendo even has more hardcore franchises than Sony. We are talking first party. They are also the only company to make a console this gen the rest are more like a Mac than any thing else. You can just look at the games and see this.

Even the people that the system appeals to don't even like traditional console games and would rather them be download only. That's a slap in the face to hardcore gamers who still love them. Just based on sells an act of 15 million are out there and you don't see a 2d gamer complaining about trophies, online or some other pc game trapping. And the games just keep on flying off the shelves. Your opinion does change that because your biggest hardcore game on both systems actually a pretty bad game yet you guys keep buying the truly broken game on a console that's is an inferior version of a pc.

Wizziokid5588d ago

I'm interested to see where Nintendo go from the Wii.

I can see them pushing 3D with the next console but of course it requires people to have a 3D TV which will halt the full experience unless 3DTV's become standard by the time the next console is released which, personally, I can't see being the case, some people still don't even have a HDTV.

Simco8765588d ago

3D is the greatest thing for Nintendo. They don't have to go HD at all! They just use the same tech, but add 3D!

Sad, but I bet this will sell huge

byeGollum5588d ago (Edited 5588d ago )

I'm sure their next console will do 720P at least. if we are lucky, it'll b as powerful as the current 'HD' consoles

Kran5588d ago

If we're lucky, it'll be as powerful as the Gameboy... COLOUR!

NiKK_4195588d ago

lol it will be exactly the same as the current wii....with 3d :)
jp, i'm sure it will be a little more powerful

Kran5588d ago

One thing that most gamers love is a point/achievement system.

Nintendo hates that sort of thing, so UNLESS they want the achievement/trophy whores on board, they better think of something.

Mind you, the Wii has sold without the need, so they wont think about those type of people anyway.

plb5588d ago

Not only that but there ridiculous online system.

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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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Relientk7765d ago (Edited 65d ago )

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

PRIMORDUS64d ago (Edited 64d 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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Deathdeliverer90d ago

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

0hMyGandhi89d 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.

AuraAbjure89d ago (Edited 89d ago )

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

EveryPlatformGamer90d 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.

-Foxtrot90d 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_Box89d ago (Edited 89d 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

Inverno90d ago

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

Eonjay90d 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.

Inverno88d 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.

Killer2020UK89d 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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