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• Face-Off: Netflix vs. Lovefilm

• snowdog 27/04/2013

  US Netflix > Lovefilm
  Wii U Netflix > PS3 & 360 Netflix
  
  The UI is miles better, the controls are miles better and you can watch stuff on the GamePad. Any problems with the RGB have been sorted by switching from Game settings to Film settings on my telly. Looks great. Reply 0

• Face-Off: Need for Speed: Most Wanted on Wii U

• snowdog 29/03/2013

  For gawd's sake, when will people start using the proper terms when talking/typing about 'hard locks'. They're crashes, people, crashes. And most commonly caused by memory leaks (your console will beep continuously when this happens). Reply 0

• How Lego City Undercover blows the franchise wide open - and could save the Wii U in the process

• snowdog 04/03/2013

  @tassletine I remember reading somewhere that it takes 10 minutes to drive around the furthest edge of the city lol. The city is huge apparently. Reply 0

• Michel Ancel and Rayman dev team protest Ubisoft's decision to delay Rayman Legends

• snowdog 12/02/2013

  Only 800 signatures away from 10,000 at the moment. Good to see. If people follow through with their proposed Ubisoft boycotts they could end up losing millions over this.
  
  Going to be interesting to see what happens.
  
  It's not as if they have to do a great deal of marketing for the U SKU considering the amount of time Nintendo have allowed it to have at E3, during Nintendo Directs, the demo on the eShop and the in-store booth demo that happens to be the only one available. Reply +1

• Ubisoft promises Wii U-exclusive Rayman Legends demo after fans vent anger at delay

• snowdog 11/02/2013

  This 'new exclusive demo' is like someone trying to extinguish a fire with a can of petrol. Unbelievable.
  
  Eurogamer needs to start interviewing shareholders to see how they feel about this negative publicity and the prospect of losing hundreds of thousands of Euros due to these boycotts. Reply 0

• Rayman Legends dev "pissed" at Ubisoft for delay after completing Wii U version, blames "men in ties"

• snowdog 09/02/2013

  Why hasn't Eurogamer started to interview shareholders..? I can't imagine they'd be too pleased with all of this bad publicity. The Miiverse U Play community in particular is quite damaging to the company's image.
  
  This is a major PR disaster for them. They need to do some urgent damage control, fast!!! Reply +1

• Nintendo Wii U supports 1080p, CPU and GPU confirmed

• snowdog 09/06/2012

  :cool: Good to have the leaks on Gaf confirmed. On paper this will put the U three times more powerful than the 360 but the CPU being Out of Order Execution (not confirmed here but Gaf sources that have got the above right state it is so), the DPS and the GPU being at least 2 gens ahead of the Xenos should have it being four times more powerful in terms of real-world performance. Nice :cool: Reply 0

• Battlefield 3: DICE talks next Xbox, PlayStation 4

• snowdog 24/10/2011

  @BritishBlue1 PC memory is cheap, high performance embedded RAM is a different kettle of fish altogether. If you're expecting more than 1Gb of VRAM and 1Gb of system RAM next gen you're going to be very disappointed. You might not even get as much as 1Gb of system RAM tbh. Reply +1

• Download Games Roundup

• snowdog 22/10/2011

  A very harsh score for Let's Golf 3D imo. Very good value for money given the amount of content you get for a fiver, should tide me over until Tiger Woods appears in 3D. Reply 0

• Champion Jockey

• snowdog 25/08/2011

  The G1 Jockey franchise is excellent, and very addictive once you get used to the racing mechanics. I played the first game released for the Wii for 15 hours straight once I got my first place lol. Reply 0

• Elite IV is happening, but "very slowly"

• snowdog 22/07/2011

  Elite is the best game ever made. MAKE IT HAPPEN NAO!!!!! Reply +4

• Wii U has "plenty of horsepower" - dev

• snowdog 20/07/2011

  I did say a 'modern' Radeon HD. I personally can't see AMD and Nintendo taking such a huge step backwards by including a GPU with a 128 bit bus and having less than 1Gb of GDDR3. And I've never at any point claimed that my opinions are facts, but I have explained my reasoning behind my opinions.
  
  The only facts we know are that the CPU is a Power7 and the GPU is a modern Radeon HD.
  
  And the GPU being at least 2 generations ahead of the PS3 and 360 is quite a big deal, we've seen from the Zelda and ,Japanese Garden demos that the textures, lighting and processing power is streets ahead of anything that the PS3 and 360 are capable of. The Japanese Garden demo in particular was technically very impressive. Reply -1

• snowdog 20/07/2011

  @Quak: I suggest you look at the Zelda demo and especially the Japanese Garden demo again mate. Both are streets ahead of anything the PS3 and 360 are capable of. The Japanese Garden demo in particular is technically outstanding when the Cherry Blossom tree starts to blossom.
  
  As I've said before the GPU in the U is 2 generations ahead of the GPUs in the 360 and PS3, will have more VRAM, twice as much bandwidth and will have Shader Model 4.1 support instead of Shader Model 3.0.
  
  People are going to be very surprised by what the U is going to be capable of in terms of processing power and eye candy. Reply -1

• snowdog 20/07/2011

  The chipset for the U hasn't been confirmed. All we know is that AMD have confirmed it's a modern Radeon HD, it could be any chipset from the r700 onwards. Reply -1

• snowdog 19/07/2011

  I'll take that bet Rack, but because I'm such a nice bloke I'll only bet 1p
  
  None of the platform holders are going to repeat the cock up that Sony made this gen with the PS3. They'll all be keeping production costs and retail prices down. Next gen will be more like the previous gen:
  
  PS2 < Gamecube < Xbox
  Wii U < PS4/720 < 720/PS4
  
  All 3 consoles will get a SKU of all multiplatform titles, you may get the GPUs of the next gen efforts from Sony and Microsoft supporting Shader Model 4.3 as opposed to the U's GPU supporting 4.1 but you're not going to see a great deal of difference, perhaps 720p native on the U against 1080p native on the PS4 and 720 with next-gen engines. Reply +1

• snowdog 19/07/2011

  We only know that it's a modern Radeon HD. All modern Radeon HD Mobility GPUs have a 256 bit bus and you also need to remember that both the GPUs in the other two consoles this gen only have 256Mb VRAM (although to be fair the 360 can have more as it has access to 512Mb shared GDDR3). The chipset hasn't been confirmed at all. It's either going to be an r700, r770 or an Evergreen chipset, and you may be interested to know that an Evergreen chipset (a 5000 series) is cheaper, more powerful and cooler to run than a 4000 series.
  
  A generational leap of 4-5 times in power is par for the course, although this gen has been a bit of a freak in that respect. The 360 this gen has been the only normal console in that sense.
  
  You'll also see the next gen efforts from Sony and Microsoft being in the same sort of ballpark too. None of the platform holders are going to repeat the cock up that Sony made this gen with the PS3. I've no doubt that the U will be the weakest console of the three next gen but in relative terms the difference in power between the U and the most powerful console next gen will be the same as the difference in power between the PS2 and the Xbox last gen.
  
  Edit: And the CPU isn't a PowerPC, it's a Power7. The architecture is completely different, a PPC chip doesn't have eDRAM Reply +10

• snowdog 19/07/2011

  @riseer: IBM have confirmed that it's going to have a Power7 CPU with 'a lot' of eDRAM and AMD have confirmed that the GPU is a 'modern' Radeon HD. It's going to be 4 or 5 times more powerful than the PS3 and 360. The first prototype dev kits, which are severely underclocked, have been 50% more powerful than the PS3 and 360.
  
  A Power7 CPU, even if underclocked to only 2.5GHz with only 3 cores will run rings around the Cell thanks to the eDRAM and having 4 SMTs per core.
  
  A Radeon HD 4000 or 5000 GPU will be 2 generations ahead of the X1900 in the 360 (which is basically a Radeon HD 2000 GPU), and even if it only has 512Mb VRAM (and I can't see that happening tbh, 1Gb is more likely) it'll have a 256 bit bus instead of the 128 bit bus that both the X1900 and 7800 use. At least twice as much VRAM at twice the bandwidth.
  
  I'm surprised they're being this cautious tbh, a 4000 series GPU will have no problems at all bunging out visuals at 1080p native. I guarantee you that they'll bump it up to 1080p native in the end, and it won't suffer from the awful screen tearing that, for me personally, ruins a great deal of PS3 and 360 titles. Reply +5

• 3DS FIFA 12 has 3D Street Soccer

• snowdog 10/05/2011

  Nowt wrong with footy on the go mate!
  
  This definitely sounds interesting, particularly using the touchscreen to curl the ball which has the potential to be fantastic if they implement it well enough. It'll be interesting to see how it compares to Pro Evo 3D. Reply +1

• Steel Diver

• snowdog 02/05/2011

  You'll never know
  Never know never
  How strange life in dark water
  Can be...
  
  Points to anyone who gets the song reference! :oD
  
  Am very tempted to get this, could be a possible sleeper hit for Nintendo I think. Reply 0

• Is PEGI too tough?

• snowdog 29/04/2011

  The BBFC completely ruined one of the best games released this gen - Manhunt 2 on the Wii. Thankfully using a little hackery it's possible to play the game uncut. NGamer gave the uncut SKU a 94% review score for good reason, it's excellent. Reply 0

• How COD will avoid Guitar Hero's fate

• snowdog 28/04/2011

  The Guitar Hero franchise died because Activision milked it to death, it's not exactly rocket science lol Reply +1

• In Theory: What's inside Project Cafe?

• snowdog 26/04/2011

  The controllers will NOT have a 6 inch screen. Reply 0

• Game of the Week: Nintendo 3DS

• snowdog 22/04/2011

  I tried one out in Game a few weeks ago playing Super Street Fighter IV and was blown away by how close it looked to the PS3 and 360 SKUs. Definitely a fair bit of power under the hood, Resident Evil Mercenaries looks closer to RE5 Than RE4 too, and these are all first generation titles too...I can't wait to see how games will look in a couple of years time.
  
  I'm definitely getting one, next month all going well! Reply 0

• Resident Evil 3DS re-uses console assets

• snowdog 20/04/2011

  All this talk of resolution is pretty moot. The most important factor to consider when discussing portable displays is PIXEL DENSITY. The visuals are 'blurred' because the 3DS display has an impressive pixel density of 238 pixels per inch. You can have a display outputting a higher resolution than the 3DS quite easily but if said display has a lower ppi than the 3DS display then it won't look as sharp or as detailed.
  
  It wouldn't surprise me if we see a Digital Foundry article addressing this at a later date. For my money I'd say that the visuals I've seen are closer to the RE5 quality than RE4. When Digital Foundry do inevitably compare them they'll have to do so at their native screen sizes but have the 3DS at a higher resolution (as in image resolution measured in dpi). Your average LCD telly display has a pixel density of 50-odd ppi as far as I remember.
  
  It'll certainly be interesting to see the graphics in a direct comparison. Reply 0

• NPD: DS outsells 3DS in US debut month

• snowdog 15/04/2011

  The DS launched on 21st November 2004, meaning it had an extra 2 days at the busiest shopping period of the year. The sales of the 3DS so far have been quite impressive imo. Reply +3