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Develop source: Wii 2 pad 'adds camera system'

Develop writes:

The controller for Nintendo’s new home console includes a front-facing camera system, a person close to the matter has told Develop.

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tehpees35476d ago

I never actually had a camera nor plan to get one. it sounds like this is more of a social console rather than a hardcore one but what do I know?

iamnsuperman5476d ago (Edited 5476d ago )

This controller is sounding more expensive by the day and the camera has to be Hi res if the console is HD. Nice idea. I can see this having more of a social network/skpyeing function. If the console does have streaming capabilities to the controller then it makes sense to have a camera for video chat. But is this necessary especially on a controller. This console is sounding more social network than an actually gaming machine. The idea is there but for in game applications I can’ think of ways it could be implemented unless certain games can read your expressions but then the console would have to be held at a certain angle and why would a game make a specific feature that can only be used on one console. Unless Nintendo are hoping for Sony and Microsoft to follow this tech could become obsolete except for first party games

pcz5476d ago (Edited 5476d ago )

i bet if the same feature was announced for future sony/microsoft consoles you would be open minded. heck, you would probably praise it.

people said the wii was shit and just a gimmick, as soon as move and kinect came out everybody was magically opened minded about motion control. its going to be the same story with wii 2.

sony/microsoft fans will take the piss out of all wii2's features, then embrace them when they inevitably make their way onto sony/microsoft consoles.

death2smoochie5476d ago

What you posted is so true. You know very well ANY of these possible ideas for the Wii 2 will be BASHED to high heavens by "so called" gamers, and if Sony or MS uses ANY or ALL of these features that might be in the Wii 2, it will then be the next coming of the Messiah. LOL

Enfilade5476d ago

why? it will probably be low res just like the 3ds camera

Redempteur5476d ago

it's for the wii2 ..it's a console that is confirmed to be in teh HD catégory ( at least ) so teh camera willbe somethiing like teh pseye at best , or even better

r215476d ago

it might probably possibly maybe used to detect players face thereby going to the players account, like how the kinect does stuff. who knows, we'll see in E3.

Venoxn4g5476d ago

or streaming your face in online matches.. :)

koehler835476d ago

I don't like the idea of a permanently enabled camera on a home console. It's far too vulnerable to exploitation.

I do admittedly have a PS Eye, but it creeps me out to have it plugged in when not in use. Kinect is unsettling too, especially since it needs to remain plugged in and on for full functionality.

Who's watching? Probably nobody... but who knows for sure? Especially since the PSN hack.

Raendom5476d ago

If that's true (it's not, you maybe need paranoia pills), what's the most they can see? A dude sitting down with a controller in his hand? :p

iamnsuperman5476d ago

You never know he could be sitting down with a controller naked

multipayer5476d ago

you should play portal 2 with a camera plugged in, that'll really spook you...

LightofDarkness5476d ago (Edited 5476d ago )

This is starting to sound like suck with every new detail I hear.

In fact, if Nintendo really think this is a good idea, I have one word for them. CHATROULETTE.

GiggMan5476d ago

There is a lot of negativity around here.

Personally I can't wait for the reveal, I love to see new technology...

stealth500k5476d ago

Theres alot of fanboys and trolls around here............

Without even seeing something they just spout off it sucks.

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Hate

death2smoochie5476d ago

Just wait until Sony or MS announces any of these possible features in their next consoles, at that point the same very people hating on this (and it's not even confirmed the Wii 2 will have these features) will pull a 180. LOL
The hypocrisy on this site is astounding.

sasuke995476d ago (Edited 5476d ago )

this is just a rumor but it got me very excited!

can't wait for the reveal too!

GiggMan5476d ago

We will be sitting back eating popcorn while others are protesting and drinking haterade...

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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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Relientk7746d ago (Edited 46d 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.

0hMyGandhi70d 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_Box70d ago (Edited 70d 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.

Inverno69d 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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