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Specs For Nintendo's New Console Possibly Leaked

Posted on Tuesday, May 31 @ 08:03:22 Eastern by


E3 is less than a week away. Whatever these console manufacturers may have up their sleeves is at risk of being leaked. That is, if they haven't been leaked already.

The latest victim is Nintendo, and the size of the leak is comparable to the BP oil spill (too soon?). Nintendo is debuting a new console, which could feature the following specs:

  • CPU – Custom IBM Power 6 Chip (Codename Fox), Quad Core 3.5Ghz
  • Graphics – Custom AMD RV770 (Codename Wolf) 766Mhz
  • RAM – 512MB XDR2 DRAM (Main), 1024 GDDR5 VRAM (Video), 16MB eDRAM
  • Storage – 2.5″ 250/320GB SATA & Expandable storage via SD/SDHC card up to 64GB
  • Media – Custom Blu-ray & compatible with Nintendo GameCube Game Discs & Wii Disc
  • Display – Composite – 480i, S-Video – 480i, Component – 480/720/1080, HDMI – 480/720/1080

If these specs are indeed true, the new console will trump the current offerings from Sony and Microsoft. Which means they'd better hurry up and announce their own next-gen successors as well.

The only thing that's left is to finally see the new, innovative, touchscreen, camera-equipped controllers, and whatever games Nintendo might have in tow. We'll know for sure in just one week's time, and we'll be live-blogging from Nintendo's press conference. Later that day we have hands-on time scheduled with the new console. Expect a full report, live from the E3 show floor.
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  • moretokes
    moretokes

    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: May 31st, 2011 at 9:44 am
    Wow... A nintendo console that can be played above 480p
  • wildmario
    wildmario

    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: May 31st, 2011 at 9:50 am
    Sure, the specs look fine, but then people will whine about the lack of good games at launch.
  • Kese_Arcade
    Kese_Arcade

    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: May 31st, 2011 at 10:06 am
    CPU- Codename Fox
    GRAPHICS-Codename Wolf

    That made me smile :)
  • Kese_Arcade
    Kese_Arcade

    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: May 31st, 2011 at 10:10 am
    CPU- Codename Fox
    GRAPHICS-Codename Wolf

    That made me smile :)
  • moretokes
    moretokes

    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: May 31st, 2011 at 10:15 am
    Star fox and star wolf .....
  • SweetHat
    SweetHat

    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: May 31st, 2011 at 10:18 am
    it should have been
    Codename:Iggy
    and
    Codename:Wendy
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: May 31st, 2011 at 11:06 am
    @wildmario: That's because specs don't matter if the software isn't there. The 3DS has amazing specs but the launch line up suuuuuucked.
  • Rinnon
    Rinnon

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: May 31st, 2011 at 11:15 am
    "If these specs are indeed true, the new console will trump the current offerings from Sony and Microsoft. Which means they better hurry up and announce their own next-gen successors as well."

    Please no. Maybe I'm the minority here... but I don't want a new console generation. The graphics are good enough as it is, I don't want to have to pay 500 dollars for a "new" Playstation that has "better" graphics, or some kind of crazy Super HD. New consoles means added cost for developers as well, due to needing to learn the ropes with the new system. Added costs means less time spent on development until they get comfortable with it. Which in turn, leads to less good games. And for what? Slightly better graphics? It's just not worth it. Can't we wait another 5 years, and THEN go to the next generation?
  • wildmario
    wildmario

    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: May 31st, 2011 at 11:25 am
    That would be reasonable if it could apply, but it doesn't. I do hope you realize every console that was released did more than just bumped up graphical power.
  • Doc_Holliday
    Doc_Holliday

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: May 31st, 2011 at 1:01 pm
    Nintendo is sitting on the best multiplayer catalog of all the big 3. If this console offers a solid online multiplayer service Nintendo could be poised to retake the hardcore gamer.
  • NickKmet
    NickKmet

    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: May 31st, 2011 at 1:02 pm
    @ Rinnon

    Most likely, if sony and microsoft release new consoles, they probably won't upgrade them in ways that would harm developers. There's a big difference between simply upgrading the hardware, and completely re-tooling all of the software that goes to developers. If you remember, there was a lot of talk about Nintendo possibly releasing a Wii+, which simply would have bumped up the graphics to handle blockbuster type games. I seriously doubt sony and microsoft will want to do much more than that any time soon, since a full development cylce on a console can cost upwards of a billion dollars when you're talking all new tech. It's too expensive to be doing that now, especially when you already lose money on every console sale. With Nintendo, which supposedly was making money on each sale (and essentially just repackaged the gamecube with motion control and named it the wii), I don't think a full development cycle really hurt them all that much financially.
  • Kese_Arcade
    Kese_Arcade

    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: May 31st, 2011 at 2:50 pm
    @ Doc_Holiday agreed. I don't mind them appealing to the casual crowd but I'd be happy if they pandered to us more, the constant customers.
  • TurinAlexander
    TurinAlexander

    Joined: Sep 2006
    Posted: May 31st, 2011 at 8:29 pm
    It's about time Nintendo made a current gen console. Too bad they focus so much on gimmicks and depend so much on their plumber and Pokemon that I'll probably still not bother with them.

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