Epic Games seems to confirm in this statement about the Wii U's power that new things graphically are possible on the system that current generation hardware does not support. Take a look:
"At the launch event at E3, some of the products that you saw running on Wii U were based on Unreal Engine technology. So that kind of gives you an idea of where we are in that space. You can certainly use our engine on that platform – it's a natural fit from a technology perspective," Capps added. "It opens up some doors that weren't open before on current generation consoles because it is going to be a powerful box. I'm sure [Epic VP] Mark Rein would love anyone who's interested to know how official our support is to get in touch with him!”
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From my standpoint it was obvious from day one when I saw those tech demos that the Wii U was going to be doing things technically that were not possible in the same quality on PS3 or Xbox 360. Everyone is so worried about specs, but the dev kits are still not final and most likely the tech demos are only small indicators as to how good graphics can be on the Wii U. When you think of the possibilities, it is easy to see why graphics whores like Mark Rein are so excited about it.....
Having Epic officially on-board with the Wii U is huge in my book. A) they make some incredible games (Gears and Bulletstorm for example) and B) they make a very portable engine that a lot of third parties use. So ports of popular games on other systems will have a much greater chance of actually being ported.
ReplyDeleteThe thing I'm most impressed with though, is the fact that Epic has always said
We love Nintendo, they just don't have the graphical capabilities we need. When they do we will support them.
And now they really are actually going to back up their words. I really didn't think that would happen.
Hey man did you finally re-enter my 3DS system code with the new one? I'm still waiting to join back up with you.
ReplyDeleteI sure did, an hour or so ago. I meant to respond to your post but I was gonna wait until I got home. Oh well, now you know.
ReplyDeleteAnd it looked like it was all synced up so we should be good to go. I don't think there's a lag on the 3DS like there used to be on the Wii.
3DS RRP is being dropped by 1 3rd 169.99 dollars USA price and about 99.99 to 120.00 UK price that combined with massive games this year end will see 3DS sky rocket i always new the 3DS price was high expect a lite version next year...
ReplyDeleteON-TOPIC of course wiiu is NEXT GEN compared to ps3 x360 il say mimimum 2x ps3 and a good pool of ram im excited to find out how it all works the ibm EDram is exciting news ITS POWERFUL/FAST stuff...
i think Nintendo will make the best looking games next gen as they have power now and they will show you how its done not impressed with Epic really im more impressed with Zelda tech demo and that 1 we didnt see the Japenese street demo that was made by Nintendo looked way more impressive i think Nintendo can make Eoic/Crytek/Dice look like amateurs
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