The Wii Price Cut

"It is looking more and more like Nintendo may have no option to make the Wii cheaper at retail, despite what Satoru Iwata says. Here’s why:

• It has been at the same price for a long time now, during which it has become a lot cheaper to make. Especially with the volumes they are churning out. And they were making a profit in every unit from the beginning. So there is plenty of room to drop the price.


• They are ramping up..."

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What I want to know is, how is demand? This is a simple supply and demand issue. If the United States markets are still willing to pay this price and still almost sell out, then don't drop the price. According to the article, international sales are not as good so maybe drop the prices overseas.

New Wii game engine promises PS3 visuals - Quantum3 engine claims to be most powerful in industry

"High Voltage Software is hoping to change the face of Wii video games, with its new Quantum3 engine, which is claimed to enable Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 visuals on the tiny Wii console.

Quantum3 is the result of 15 years development experience and enables developers to make use of advanced graphical features, including better dynamic bump mapping, light effects, glossing and other visual improvements. Additionally, Quantum3 uses a 16 TEV stage material pipeline that can blend up to 8 separate texture sources.

The engine also uses advanced processing techniques to make gameplay smoother, examples including seamless resource streaming, projected shadows, morphing and much more.

"The Wii platform is capable of a lot more than what consumers have seen so far. We're hoping to raise a new bar," said High Voltage Software CEO Kerry Ganofsky."

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Tech demo of the game in question

Ugh, fucking youtube quality is fucking up the look of the demo. It seems good but until we have an actual high-res version of the demo, or another demo of the game that will use this engine, this thing looks like horse-crap.

Try again high-voltage software!