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SEGA's Alan Pritchard drops the first indication of a launch window for Nintendo's Wii U...
Nintendo's Wii U launched to a confused reception at E3 last week - the game industry at large appeared to welcome the new platform but, at the same time, stock market trading dropped Nintendo's share value to a five-year low.
Still, the console is officially due next year and, according to SEGA's Executive Vice-President of Marketing, Alan Pritchard, that 2012 release could be slated for sooner in the year rather than later.
In response to a question from Gamespot as to whether Sonic Generations would be released on the Wii U, Pritchard stated:
"The timing just doesn't work. Generations releases this November, and the Wii U is coming out next spring/summer. I think one of the things we don't have to do, or reduce where possible, is we don't want to port games. I think if there's going to be a Sonic game for the Wii U, it needs to be built from the ground up. It's more likely that it would be a separate stand-alone instalment or in conjunction with a multiplatform release in the future. But to bring out Generations on a platform six or eight months after we release PS3, 360, and 3DS probably won't be the best strategy."
While it's likely that Pritchard has merely dropped an estimated time of arrival that Nintendo has provided for retailers and publishers (and certainly would not have been intended for public consumption), the spring/summer window for console releases is one that Nintendo has favoured in recent years.
The final two iterations of the Nintendo DS (the DSi and DSi XL) were launched in the West during the spring of 2008 and 2010 respectively. Nintendo's new 3DS handheld, on the other hand, was launched across all territories between February and March of this year. In short then, it seems likely that the Nintendo Wii U will come to market within the next 12 months.
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Added:Sat 18th Jun 2011 03:28, Post No: 24
why does everyone who thinks they know what their talking about go on about the ps3 and the 360 using a microsoft graphics subroutine only found in PC's "Direct-X" and why DX-9 when the 360 launched at the same time as vista (DX-10), why dont all you morons just get a DX-9 graphics card and try to run the latest games like dirt 3 @ 1080p, im almost certain you cant or it'll run but at a much jerkier frame rate and certainly no where near 30 fps let alone 60 fps.
now for all you moronic PC fanboys out there did you forget some PC games still use open GL 3.0 i mean come on how old is that, or what about D3D (Direct 3D), grapics routines and proccess is done completly differently on PC's compared to consoles they are deicated games machines and with age the graphic on them gradually gets pushed right to their limits where as most PC gamers barely puch their graphcs cards to the limit as there upgrading every 12 months to the latest hardware ( a bit pointless unless youve got money to waste ).
Added:Sat 18th Jun 2011 03:16, Post No: 23
sorry tom but if you think sony or microsoft demonstrated that everyone wanted HD this past gen then by that your theory is flawed, nintendo bought somthing new rather than a graphics update and the Wii quite literally dominated and still is dominating this gen using last gen graphics, what kinds of leaps forward do you expect there to be when 1080p will be the standard for at least another 10 years.
so far this gen even owning both a ps3 and 360 id still say the wii is the most inovative console this gen and nintendo obviously understand what people rather than just gamers want, also there is at least a further 9 months before the Wii U is even out so further improvements can be made.
Added:Thu 16th Jun 2011 18:50, Post No: 22
yeah but the next consoles from microsoft and sony will make this look rubbish!
Added:Wed 15th Jun 2011 16:01, Post No: 21
"Hooray" for proprietary junk.
Added:Sun 15th May 2011 23:49, Post No: 20
This is a real big deal for Nintendo,you see the market is a fast place for change and innovation to take place. Most people want something modern and unique not yesterday. The PS3 and 360 were great when they came out but today they are ancient in the CPU and GPU area not to mention they are direct x 9 capable which hasn't been used in game development for years. If recent rumors are true and If Nintendo comes out with a next generation system next year with significant processing power, cutting edge graphics, HD compatibility and other unthinkable innovations then this can be a real game changer for Nintendo.
Added:Thu 28th Apr 2011 13:48, Post No: 19
We can only dream.
Added:Thu 28th Apr 2011 13:39, Post No: 18
Perhaps the Wii 2 will have the aborted Vitality Sensor built in from the get-go?!?
Added:Thu 28th Apr 2011 13:38, Post No: 17
I cant wait for a proper Wii Fit sequel :)
Added:Thu 28th Apr 2011 11:25, Post No: 16
indeed it is, i just wish some other people here could see it that way.
Added:Thu 28th Apr 2011 10:03, Post No: 15
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