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Next Nintendo console to use Blu-ray?

Nintendo's next home console will use Blu-ray, a new report has claimed.

movements5509d ago

Bluray in the mix? It's much cheaper now, and has a capacity of 50GB. Nintendo's getting ready to drop a bomb a E3.

Hisiru5509d ago

If it won't use Blu-Ray (or any other media with large storage capacity) I can't see how it will compete against PS4 or xbox 720.

I hope it's true and I want to see Nintendo make an incredible console.

AAACE55509d ago

@movements... Depends on which one they use! Single layer bluray is 25 Gb's. Dual layer is 50 Gb's!

Most games don't use the 50 Gb disc because it would take a lot of cash to fill it up, which the majority of developers don't have access to!

xAlmostPro5509d ago

If this is true..

It's abit more powerful than the 360 and will use blu-ray..

Why would they honestly make a console weaker than the ps3? :s

More so at this point in time when sony are about a year from releasing a handheld thats more powerful(or almost atleast) than the 360 to the world

:s

52pickup5509d ago

I wonder if this is true?

I would assume that if this is indeed true then this would put a lot of pressure on Microsoft to include it on their next console,because it will no doubt be included on Sony's next home console to remain BC with PS3 software.

movements5509d ago

Yeah, I think Bluray is the last hard copy standard then the industry goes all digital.

koehler835509d ago

I think that's a fair assessment, if overly simplified.

I think Blu-ray will be repeatedly expanded to support higher resolution video, 1440 and/or 1600, before becoming irrelevant in developed counties. It's likely to maintain relevance in developing markets for quite some time. Internet policy around the world is a bit shaky and is showing signs of regression. I'm not convinced a fully digital world is as close as many believe.

And I'm not sure BD will ever supplant DVD as the defacto data format though. Somehow CDs are still kicking around for no good reason. We'll see what happens.

TheLeprachaun5509d ago

Aye I think next Gen is going to be bluray for Nintendo and Sony, and Microsoft will go with SD cards of some description. I can also see DD being pretty big, most games will probably have same day physical and digital releases.

I also think the wii2/720/ps4 is going to be the last console Gen as we know it. The next Gen will probably last longer even than this Gen, possibly until 2020. By then, cloud computing will be big. Adding software updates for cloud gaming to the next Gen around that time instead of wii3/xbox4/ps5 could mean we won't ever need new consoles until something revolutionary like VR comes around. The times, they are a changin'.

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perfectCarbonara5509d ago

So lang as they make another Wind Waker quality Zelda game.

colonel1795509d ago (Edited 5509d ago )

It's called Skyward Sword

Having a Nintendo console more powerful than the PS3 gives me the hope to have Zelda with Uncharted graphics, Mario with Pixar quality, Starfox as great as warhawk

I really hope this console is real. I think will be a backslash for Nintendo in some years because PS4 and Xbox 3 will be even more powerful (most likely), but is a step in the right direction

Edit: Much as I would like to see a Zelda with uber realistic graphics, I would prefer a cinematic experience like Uncharted and God of War... It would really be impressive.

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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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Relientk7744d ago (Edited 44d ago )

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

PRIMORDUS43d ago (Edited 43d 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 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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Deathdeliverer69d ago

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

0hMyGandhi68d 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.

AuraAbjure67d ago (Edited 67d ago )

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

EveryPlatformGamer69d 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.

-Foxtrot68d 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_Box68d ago (Edited 68d 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

Inverno68d ago

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

Eonjay68d 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.

Inverno67d 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.

Killer2020UK67d 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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