RUMOR- (IGN) Devs say 3DS close to PS3/360 specs

[DSGamer64]

People need to take into account that Nintendo are not developing a new hand held device alone, Nvidia is pushing a new mobile graphics chip for smaller devices with this system, any notion that it won't be good for mobile visual purposes is foolish. While Nvidia isn't exactly the most cost efficient company for graphics technology, I can't see them making something weaksauce that is extremely inferior to the GC, I would expect it to be on par at least.

 

[PolloDiablo]

the only thing that I want is gamecube graphics and a change of name
"GAMEBOY 3D" will be awesome!!!!!!!!!!!! But that is not going to happend

 

[T3GZdev]

cant wait for 3DS, im getting on launch date.
i wonder what metroid 3DS, Pokemon 3DS, Pikmin 3DS, Call of Duty 3DS, dementium 3DS, nintendogs 3DS, mariokart 3DS, & Zelda 3DS are gonna be like?

 

[T3GZdev]

the only thing that I want is gamecube graphics and a change of name
"GAMEBOY 3D" will be awesome!!!!!!!!!!!! But that is not going to happend

what would be awesome is is nintendo instead released 2 handhelds instead of 1, N 3DS (being DS3) & GBM 3D (gameboy micro 3D) both have up dated graphics, 3DS backwards with DS & DSi games. GBM 3D being backwards compatible with gameboy trugh GBA games & the 1 screen (& not as small as gameboy micro). both supporting 3D, powerful graphics & existing along side eachother & give people choices DS or Gameboy. everyone wins.

 

[T3GZdev]

Maybe... I say MAYBE this "unbelievable" processing capabilities are used only to render the 3D graphics. That doesn’t mean at all that we could enjoy PS3/360 HD graphics in this upcoming handheld.

Anyway... remember this:
Gameboy----------------------------NES
Gameboy Advance-----------------SNES
Nintendo DS-------------------------N64 (almost)
Nintendo 3DS-----------------------???? (figure out yourself)

ha i have noteced those resemblances, even the expansion pask part for DS(add 4MB of RAM) matches the expansion pack for n64(adds 4 MB of RAM), i hear 3DS is gonna be over gamecube graphics, but if it is using that nvidia chip than its gonna be more like wii but with hd, but now it seems to be even more powerful. weel just have to wait until e3.

 

[XLarge]

They forgot to mention the 3DS can play Blu-ray.

They obviously forget about that, because 3DS will have usb ports and you can connect a external blu ray player.

That's ridiculous.

It will have a blu ray player built in

fuck that man, it will have 2 blu-ray players in it

NO
fuck that

3 blu-ray players

 

[BobTheJoeBob]

They forgot to mention the 3DS can play Blu-ray.

They obviously forget about that, because 3DS will have usb ports and you can connect a external blu ray player.

That's ridiculous.

It will have a blu ray player built in

fuck that man, it will have 2 blu-ray players in it

NO
fuck that

3 blu-ray players

Exactly, it's called 3ds so it's obviously gonna have 3 blu ray players in it. Duh.

About the rumor, I have no idea it's true, but who knows the 3DS might be a powerhouse able to blow the wii out the water, only time (or e3) will tell.

 

[DeadLocked]

IGN?! NOT APRIL?!?!
I don't care so long as it's more powerful than the first DS and not just a stupid reiteration that splits up the colours to blue and red and we really do have to wear blue and red glasses...

Do Nintendo even have the technology to match a 360 or PS3 in a normal console let alone a handheld? Even laptops (excluding alienware and gaming laptops) don't have the power to match a 360 or PS3 (even though they only said graphics close to) so I will disregard this rumour as a bad joke until I see pics&vid.

If SONY or MICROSOFT released information about a handheld they were developing and said it came close to the 360 or PS3 I would probably fall for it since the 360 is pushing 5 nearly 6 if I'm correct and PS3 is 3 ish.
Likely Nintendo got some scientists to make the technology run on air or this is fake but like I said. :/

 

[GundamXXX]

Its IGN... a site thats been trying to claim gamenoticeablenews over Gamespot for years now. Theyd do anything to get publicity hence I dont believe their gamenews anymore unless its confirmed on Gamespot or another big time site

This I find unbelievable. If the possibility was there to make a cheap handheld, its Nintendo so ofcourse its gunna be cheap, with the power of the current gen consoles the PSP2 would have been released by now

But then again Ive been wrong before

 

[bnwchbammer]

We've just got to wait now. It's hardly worth arguing about it, though I guess that's what the internet is for. It's insane enough that it's got 3D capabilities, as many of you have said, there needs to be a lot of power to have two screens that output in 3D, so perhaps it's just a misunderstanding. Not long to wait now though!

 

[shakirmoledina]

as miyamoto (from temp) said, power in its internals not externals
u can say a laptop is more powerful than a desktop because it has more specs (says 4gb to 3gb and dual core 2 to regular dual core) but if u were to run the windows ratings, u would see that it would either be equal or laptop going slightly up or down... if the specs are same then definitely u would see laptop being less (significantly) than the desktop (someone has tested and told me as he owns similar hardware specs for both which i will mention at the end)

the whole reason stands behind gioichi point that 3d is not as easy as a regular graphical output. but definitely it will equal atleast wii graphically which is in itself too great for a nintendo console... maybe even reach the quality of PSP games like crisis core (one of the most graphical games... no bloody i mean)

its more of a misunderstanding than misquoting/misinformed

PS - The specs are 6GB RAM, i7, 500GB, 1GB Graphics - need anything more? yes, a game that uses all these things... decent computers are the real deal, not overpowered ones

 

[Escape]

the whole reason stands behind gioichi point that 3d is not as easy as a regular graphical output. but definitely it will equal atleast wii graphically which is in itself too great for a nintendo console... maybe even reach the quality of PSP games like crisis core (one of the most graphical games... no bloody i mean)

Wow... are you actually saying that the PSP has better graphics than the Wii? where the hell do you live?

 

[TM2-Megatron]

Some people seem grossly misinformed about the power of the PSP vs. anything. The 3DS will vastly outstrip the PSP, but it wouldn't even need to come close to matching a Wii to manage that.

I'm anticipating Gamecube-level graphics on the 3DS, and personally that's more than enough for me. On a 3.x" screen, that'll look incredible... a vast improvement over any existing handheld.

 

[granville]

Some people seem grossly misinformed about the power of the PSP vs. anything. The 3DS will vastly outstrip the PSP, but it wouldn't even need to come close to matching a Wii to manage that.

I'm anticipating Gamecube-level graphics on the 3DS, and personally that's more than enough for me. On a 3.x" screen, that'll look incredible... a vast improvement over any existing handheld.

There's actually NO proof the 3DS will be that powerful at all. Anything you've heard or seen about the 3DS' tech specs are just rumor and speculation so far. It could potentially be Dreamcast power for all we know. I don't doubt it will be more powerful than the PSP, but there's really no proof of anything.

Anyways, I wanted to add a new followup- this news came from Craig Harris who is a senior editor of IGN. He is adamant that this rumor of the 3DS being a powerhouse is indeed true, and that his sources are from 3DS developers who have had a close hands on with the system. Here's some details ALL RUMORS STILL SINCE IT COULD BE FAKE-

- Craig thinks the 3DS name won’t change
- Craig backs up the 360/PS3 power rumor, as he's the one that got the info from devs
- devs were very impressed with the power
- Quality of the visuals will depend on the resolution of the 3D screen
- significant power needed for the double rendering of 3d image
- 3D will be an option on the system itself
- Apparently a slider will be able to toggle the strength of the 3D effect
- IGN believes there will be a Mario Kart game
- Developers are trying to figure out what to do with the 3D
- some devs still waiting on 3DS dev kits
- Craig has heard the 3D effect is very cool

http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=126192

Please keep in mind that IGN is not always to be trusted. From what i can remember, they initially reported that the DSi had two touchscreens. They later removed that information saying it was a translation error. But who's to say the same isn't true for this? I shall indeed admit i'm wrong if it turns out to be true, but i have a hard time believing a Nintendo handheld could be as powerful as something like the PS3 or 360... And i doubt they'd expend such an enormous effort in making the system so ultra powerful ONLY to power the 3D effect and not make the actual graphics amazing or whatever. If this rumor is true though, sounds like Nintendo is trying to appeal to the hardcore crowd here. I doubt they'd need such power for shovelware or whatever.

 

[TM2-Megatron]

There's actually NO proof the 3DS will be that powerful at all. Anything you've heard or seen about the 3DS' tech specs are just rumor and speculation so far. It could potentially be Dreamcast power for all we know. I don't doubt it will be more powerful than the PSP, but there's really no proof of anything.

I know that; was just stating my opinion. It's just irritating seeing people say stuff like "well, the 3DS may actually come close to PSP graphics"

QUOTE(granville @ Jun 8 2010, 05:39 AM) Anyways, I wanted to add a new followup- this news came from Craig Harris who is a senior editor of IGN. He is adamant that this rumor of the 3DS being a powerhouse is indeed true, and that his sources are from 3DS developers who have had a close hands on with the system. Here's some details ALL RUMORS STILL SINCE IT COULD BE FAKE-

- Craig thinks the 3DS name won’t change
- Craig backs up the 360/PS3 power rumor, as he's the one that got the info from devs
- devs were very impressed with the power
- Quality of the visuals will depend on the resolution of the 3D screen
- significant power needed for the double rendering of 3d image
- 3D will be an option on the system itself
- Apparently a slider will be able to toggle the strength of the 3D effect
- IGN believes there will be a Mario Kart game
- Developers are trying to figure out what to do with the 3D
- some devs still waiting on 3DS dev kits
- Craig has heard the 3D effect is very cool

http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=126192

He's starting to get awfully specific on a lot of this stuff... while IGN may not always be a trustworthy news source, why would a senior editor start saying all these specific things if he weren't reasonably sure they were true? It would sure make IGN look bad if it turns out this guy was talking out of his ass, and I'd think a senior editor would at least be conscious of that.

That said, I still don't know what to think about it. I don't doubt that considerable power is required for rendering the stereoscopic 3-D... essentially the device has to output 2 images for the screen instead of one. And if both 3DS screens are parallax barrier, then it will have to render 4 images @ (assuming these are the screens it's using) 854x480. That's no small feat. To manage that and achieve Gamecube-quality graphics (assuming those rumours are true), maybe the 3DS really would need raw processing power approaching that of the 360? Or at least at some point in between the Wii and 360, in terms of power.

 

[granville]

One other thing- if you can just turn off the 3D effect at will AND the 3D effect is processor intensive, i wonder if some games will lag more with the 3D effect on. Kind of like HD resolution can impact framerates on 360 or PS3. Maybe turning it off could improve the performance. But meh, too early to even think about that...

 

[Alex221]

stronger than the wii?
on ps3/360 level?

nah,
i'm predicting Gamecube level graphics (and that's already good enough for me)
if this is true and nintendo have found a way to keep their prices low (around 200$) then i would be so fuckin amazed

yes all i need are gamecube graphics and for it only to be 200$ that would be the $l-l1T

 

[PolloDiablo]

the only thing that I want is gamecube graphics and a change of name
"GAMEBOY 3D" will be awesome!!!!!!!!!!!! But that is not going to happend

what would be awesome is is nintendo instead released 2 handhelds instead of 1, N 3DS (being DS3) & GBM 3D (gameboy micro 3D) both have up dated graphics, 3DS backwards with DS & DSi games. GBM 3D being backwards compatible with gameboy trugh GBA games & the 1 screen (& not as small as gameboy micro). both supporting 3D, powerful graphics & existing along side eachother & give people choices DS or Gameboy. everyone wins.

hahahaha
well... that seems to much!!! but love the idea of backguard compatibillity with gameboy games... unfortunately, that is not going to happend.

btw, Nintendo should give a devkit to Acekard Team. You know... for speed things up