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#77 Feb 08 2013 at 3:46 PM Rating: Decent
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catwho wrote:
Did they actually put a hard drive in the Wii U this time? I know that's why XI couldn't be ported to the original Wii.


They didn't include a HDD, which I appreciate since I immediately swapped HDDs in my PS3 upon purchase anyway and would have done the same with the Wii U. I'm running a 1TB external that I got for dirt cheap.

Elionara wrote:
16gb? That's about enough for 2 mario games and some golf. I think they expect you to use a usb drive. Not sure about the WiiU but I ran alpha off a usb drive at work and it was slow as molasses >.>


I have 2 games (3 if you count the NBA Demo I downloaded) on the external. They run perfectly fine. Most of the biggest hardware issues have been addressed and almost all have been improved (though far from perfect, ie load times of any game are still a bit long, but not PS1 long anymore). I'm a bit dissapointed there haven't been more games since release, but I don't regret my purchase. Oddly I find myself enjoying the TVii function. It was a blast during the SuperBowl. The comments community has some amazing artists too. If anything, I hope the social functions stick for future Nintendo platforms.

Edited, Feb 8th 2013 9:51pm by Perrin
#78 Feb 08 2013 at 5:33 PM Rating: Excellent
I like the idea of the Wii U, it just seems like there isn't much software to support it yet. I'm afraid it will end up like my Wii, which hasn't been turned on in months even though I have The Last Story and Xenoblade waiting.
#79 Feb 08 2013 at 6:15 PM Rating: Decent
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I need to hurry up and buy both of those before the prices skyrocket further
#80 Feb 09 2013 at 12:57 AM Rating: Decent
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On the topic of TV's, I am somewhat of a video file, or maybe just a tv hoarder, I have more 46 inch tvs than I need plus a 60 inch and I still look at them in the store and online for some reason, and I can't remember for the life of me the last time I've seen a TV sub 60 fps. My oldest tv that I currently have is from 2007, which is 60 fps, not high end for the time, though I guess some people might perceive a $1,000 as high end. The UHDTV's are aiming for 120 FPS as a standard.

Now on topic. I do think that it will come to the PS4, or at least I hope it does, and also the Nextbox. Based on the rumored hardware specs and relative price vs performance or a console vs PC, along with it being almost basic PC tech making it easy to port to, It'll be much higher quality than what most players get out of their PCs, in part due to the added advantage of closed box hardware.

Edited, Feb 9th 2013 1:57am by VayMasters

Edited, Feb 9th 2013 2:16am by VayMasters
#81 Feb 09 2013 at 1:52 AM Rating: Decent
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I guess I don't see the point of having really high FPS on a TV if you're using it mainly to, you know, watch TV and movies. I mean, these programs air at about 25-30 FPS. Unless your TV comes with a feature to extrapolate additional frames, I don't see the value. I could maybe see playing a game on a high end computer with a TV as a monitor. Maybe.

But if anything, I would think people would just come to accept that faster FPS is not necessarily better for the user experience. Hell, movies -intentionally- use lower FPS to IMPROVE the viewing experience.
#82 Feb 11 2013 at 10:13 AM Rating: Default
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all modern LCD and LED TV's are atleast 60hz, which means they are capable of displaying 60 fps. It is true that TV and Movies display in 24 to 30 for a better viewing experience. 60 hz =/= 60 fps, but it does mean that a TV is only capable of displaying a maximum of 60 fps. The hz is a refresh rate. It determines how many frames can be drawn per second. Maybe that was confusing heh. I'm just trying to clear up some of the confusion. I'm only trying to help and I'm sorry if this didn't. =)

On topic... I would think that a port to the PS4 would be possible seeing as they've said the new engine is easier to scale. I guess it all depends on how well the PS4 sells and how well FFXIV sells. If both sell well then I would think it's atleast a possibility.

p.s. for those getting on Poubelle's case, he is right. I don't think he's being mean about anything. He's just trying to defend himself. Kachi has been much more blatant about his opinions.

Edited, Feb 11th 2013 1:37pm by Kimosabi
#83 Feb 11 2013 at 5:45 PM Rating: Decent
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Uh, Poubelle has a history of being a rude *** to pretty much everyone, and I didn't tear into him until he started doing it again, just so we're clear. I aim to give everyone the benefit of the doubt and the utmost respect until they prove that they no longer deserve it. I don't feign respect for those who can't give it to others. I usually don't even look at the name of the person I'm responding to, so suffice it to say that if I recognized your name, there's a good chance that it's because you 1) were already on my very short ********* and 2) you just did something (AGAIN) that I took notice of for my *********

Poubelle was correct about certain things he said, but that doesn't make his conclusions correct. And it certainly doesn't make the way he talks to people correct.
#84 Feb 11 2013 at 6:52 PM Rating: Excellent
Kimosabi wrote:
p.s. for those getting on Poubelle's case, he is right. I don't think he's being mean about anything. He's just trying to defend himself. Kachi has been much more blatant about his opinions.


Kachi may seem to be more blatant, but he/she is respectful at least. Poubelle couldn't care less about who he offends.
#85 Feb 15 2013 at 8:40 AM Rating: Good
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On the FPS and HZ thing, if people are still confused I can try to explain it a bit.

Hz refers to your TV or monitor refresh rate. This is the ability for your TV to change from on image to another. 60hz means your screen refresh the image 60 times a second. LCD screen are more or less 60hz because the way the render the images on the screen. I do not think there are LCD screens with less than 60hz but I'm certain that the old heavy and round tube TV had less than 60hz refresh rate.

FPS refers to the number of images sent to your screen per second. If a movie is filmed at 29 frames per second then when u watch the DVD, the player will send 29 images to your screen every second. If you are playing a video game and your video card is showing 100FPS then your computer is creating 100 images per second and send them to your screen.

This means you can only see up to 60 images per second on a 60hz LCD even though your game is running at 200fps. Vice versa as, you won't notice much difference between a 120hz and a 60hz HDTV if you are playing ffxi capped at 29fps. However, you will experience screen tearing effect in the former case with the 60hz TV and 200fps game. This is because your screen received a new image before it could finish refering the current image.

On the PS4 topic, I think it will ultimately depends on the PS4 performance with the new and rising mobile market beating into the traditional console market. However, I assume FFXIV won't flop and will be working well by the time the PS4 is released. There are very few cases of a bad game relaunched into something profitable. Most of them seem to fail to grab a significant portion that they deserve. Elementals Fallen Enchantress would be an example. SE would need a massive PR and marketing effort to bring the relaunch game back.

Rather than seeing FFXIV on several platform, I'd prefer to see some form of mobile options for it. Example would be managing your AH and bazaar from your phone. Chat options as well as a detailed database of the game like maps and crafting recipes would be nice. The more features SE can put into the mobile platform, the better.
#86 Feb 15 2013 at 10:47 AM Rating: Good
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I would definitely like mobile options. Along with the stuff you mentioned I think gardening and chocobo rearing would be fun. Or maybe being able to access your 'house'.
#87 Feb 15 2013 at 1:17 PM Rating: Decent
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Ultimately, what I think is important to bear in mind (at least for everyone who isn't a total graphics-*****) is that a new console is not going to dramatically improve your game's graphics in the way that every other new console generation has before it. Will you be able to see a difference? Sometimes. It depends on how well the developer capitalizes on the machine's capabilities and the available software tools needed to "smooth" out the look even further. Most of the time you won't notice a significant difference. It'll be the kind of thing that you can see a difference when you place the two side by side, but when you're actually playing the game (which if the game is any good, will consume a significant amount of your attention span), you won't notice at all.
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