Is it possible for Nintendo to release an expansion pak to the

no, that would be too neat

It'll take more than DOWNLOAD MORE RAM to fix the Wii U

They could make a new console and put the Wii U's optical drive in it.

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Consoles don't have the possibility for expansion anymore.

No, because this isn't the 90s where this is acceptable.Even thought it should be.

>Smash is 1080p 60fps
>PS4 and Xbone struggle to reach 900p 30fps

I don't see the problem.

No, because then it'd be a PC.

>>274553041
The Wii U's worst bottleneck is its shitty CPU, and there's not really any way to fix that.

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What's the point? The PS4 and Xbone aren't doing anything but pushing polygons and textures.

You might get some multiplats, but even if third parties did some lazy ports they'd almost certainly be on PC too.

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>tf no more expansion packs or anything in consoles anymore

7th gen desperately needed this.

>>274553531
Smash 4 basically looks like Brawl with brighter colors and more polygons, though. Getting a game like that to run at 60fps and 1080p wouldn't even be hard on an Xbox 360.

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so wtf is this thing?

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>>274553892
It's for the charger stand

>>274553773
I don't remember brawl having 8 player mode, though.

>>274553723
Would have been cheaper too. Sony could have saved themselves from loosing so much on the PS4 if they did expansion paks

>>274553892
Charging port. Plug the charger into the bottom of the stand that came with the WiiU and set the game pad into it and it will charge.

>>274554112
>stand that came with the WiiU
Assuming you bought the deluxe version

>>274554110

>Losing so much on the PS4
???

>>274553041

I would imagine not, no.

Nintendo doesn't survive on hardware power and hasn't in a very long time: it survives on making generally acceptable first party games in very established IP's that people like. The ratio of good games to crap has been about 1:50.

Either way I am pretty sure the lionshare of their money comes from their portables.

Nintendo exists only as long as nostalgia over Nintendo overwhelms any poor choices they make with their IP.s.

>>274553892
its the new N64 rumble pack slot

>>274554081
>>274554112
hope you guys realize that charger uses the gold connectors, not the bigass port in the middle.

>>274554081
>>274554112
The port is still unused. I'm pretty sure the stand only use the bits of metal on the side to charge.

>it's

>>274554408
>>274554443
The port is for the charger cable if you aren't using the stand, retards.

>>274553414
>It would be okay if Nintendo did it!

>>274553773
The games do have some nice aliasing though. Wasn't a fan of most of the art styles in Wii games, but we've had more fun on my friends WiiU in the past month than I have with my PS4 in the past year.

>>274554620
Do you even own a Wii U? Cable goes ontop and is a modified USB similar to the 3DS.

If you want more RAM why don't you just buy a PC?

>>274553892

It's for the secondary screen to be released later, called the Wii U2

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>>274553041
Modular consoles would be the answer to outdated hardware, but it creates 2 questions.
1)Would Consoles be distinguishable from PCs if you can upgrade the parts?
2)Would releasing upgradable parts for a console divide the console base? For example: Releasing a game that will only work if you buy the extra ram or the new gpu.

>>274554771

Not really saying a whole lot since the PS4 has what? Absolutely no co-op games at all? Or many games for that matter?

It would be hard not to have more fun with friends on a Wii U than either an Xbone or a PS4. Just Mario Kart will accomplish that.

I dunno, I am personally just sticking to being PC Master Race. Nintendo and I have an understanding: They put out an F-zero release on a console, I am willing to buy that console. Until then? Nope.

I'd prefer an expansion pak that makes it backwards compatible to Gamecube games like the Wii.

>>274553041
>put it on par with the PS4?

To go from stable framerates to unstable ones? I don't understand...

>>274555506

The Gamecube controller adaptor should do that, really.

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>>274553723
>bottom expansion port on Dualshock 4 unused so far apart from a redundant charger
>mfw

>>274555506
I wouldn't if they what M$ did with the HD-DVDs has long has it had upscalling because otherwise I could just get a regular Gamecube.

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Is it possible for Coleco to release an expansion pak to the ColecoVision to boost it's performance and put it on par with the PS4?

>>274555047
The real problem that an upgradeable console causes is that not all of the user base will have it, which means that games have to support multiple hardware profiles because not everyone will upgrade.

Its easier to just release a new system and roll forward, possibly with backwards compatibility. At least as long as you can communicate to your users that this is a new thing that they need, and not an unnecessary minor update.

>>274554620
Charging cable goes in the top.

Checkmate atheists.

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>>274555727
>mfw Titan Z expansion card for PS4 soon

>>274555047
1. Yes, PC is inherently a different beast, being much more open than a console to development and tampering. Even fairly secure games on PC can be modded or otherwise edited to do things the developers didn't intend, to the degree of which isn't seen on modern consoles.
2. It depends on how it would be done. If games simply reduce detail without the upgrades, it's not really a big deal. If the game can't be played at all (Like LoZ: MM or most of Perfect Dark), then you're going to have a lot of unhappy people unless there's a wide range of games that need it.

WiiU is already more powerful than PS4.

>>274555863
you can get

a DISHWASHER

you'll be able to play XBOX GAMES

on YOUR ASS

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>>274553773
>implying

>>274556243
I was thinking more along the lines of 3D goggles but okay.

>>274555047
I think the solution to those problems would be for the console manufacturers to limit the release of such expansion accessories like every couple of years and make it scalable. The N64 expansion pak is the perfect example, some games needed it to run but other games were scalable. RE2 had higher resolution textures with the expansion pak, making it the best console version of the game.

Personally, I'd be all for it just for 60 FPS.

>>274556974
The N64 expansion wasn't really planned for though. The full expanded memory and the disc drive were originally planned to be on the system from launch, but memory prices drove Nintendo to double-back and delay both.

>>274553041
Are you the same fag from Nintendo news

>>274553773
More pixels and polygons is all next gen has meant for 2 gens now.

>>274558884
Who?

>>274555047
>2)Would releasing upgradable parts for a console divide the console base? For example: Releasing a game that will only work if you buy the extra ram or the new gpu.

Make a PS5
Let people upgrade their GPU and Ram for 3 tiers

1.Poorfags- games will still look pretty but not run as well as other two cards, cheap for poor people who want to game but don't care as much about resolution and framerate

2.Moderate- higher than poorfag but in the middle

3.Mustard Lite-max resolution and framerate, MUCH higher price

Can sell them pre built and GPU/Ram can be sold seperately for whenever you want to upgrade

1.PS5 Poorfag $300
2.PS5 Moderate $450
3.PS5 Mustard Lite $600

>>274560225
>Five Hundred and Ninety Nine U.S Dollars

>>274560225
Why not just get a boss PC at this point instead of a nogames5?

The Wii U does not need more powerful hardware. The hardware is fine to make games that are fun.

>>274556461
Is the Substitute in Smash 4 the single most gorgeous thing in any videogame ever, graphics-wise?

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Why not create a console that's affordable on it's own (think $200 launch price) and mid spec, and then you can buy more of it and stack the units into a cluster for extra performance, and games will have different settings for different stacks, and if you buy multiple game copies you can insert them in all the available drives and drastically shorten the loading times, or alternatively reconfigure everything to run a multiplayer splitscreen off the different units.

>>274553892
It's the charging and video out port used for demo units and promotional stuff.

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>>274562140
to be fair
i still like the pizza in Pikmin 3 a little bit more
but that is cheating already

>>274562145
this makes a worrying amount of sense

>>274555727
>that port on the bottom of the gamepad
What is also

>>274562145
because reasons. bottlenecks, expensive interface connections.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRso_IuAYZs

>>274554771
>nice aliasing
That's an oxymoron

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>having extra CPU/GPU cores communicating through an external bus

dear god no, get a hold of yourself. that would be a train wreck.

>>274563069
>not a bus wreck

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>>274562912
>expensive interface connections
Every damn ATX motherboard comes with tons of PCIe sockets, how expensive can it be to slap a similar onto an adapter plate connecting consoles? Think of it like SLI, except with entire motherboards. Microstutter may become a problem, but it sounds like nothing some dedicated R&D can't fix if the potential profits of an entire console platform stand behind it.

Would you seriously buy multiplats on a nintendo console even if it was on par with the ps4?
Protip you wouldn't
Nintendo consoles are good for Nintendo games.

>>274555863
are you that guy from classic game room?

>>274563909
Why the shit would you buy a multiplat on the ps4?

>>274564417
well if its console only its the best option.

>>274564543
Nuh-uh

>>274564647
What is then>

>>274564417
I don't see what the big fucking deal is with you people in regards to multiplats and 3rd Party games, games are fucking games.

>>274564929
xbone, if you are console only.

>>274553041
it already does its expansion is called games

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>>274565016
Because most multiplats are available on last gen and don't require a full price console purchase.
Dummy.

>>274562145
Sega tried something of the sort with the genises. At that point though you are talking about a computer basically. Your building a console/PC

>>274565267
Fucking this. There's nothing wrong with the PS4 having a library of games which are mostly also available on the Xbone. There's plenty wrong with the PS4 having a library of games which are mostly available on the PS3.

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>>274565030

>>274554084
Basically that is just everyone playing Ice Climbers.

I disagree though, 4 looks a lot better than Brawl, but people said Brawl didn't look that much better than Melee either which is just farcical.

>>274566502
Not bait.

>>274561632
>Why not just get a boss PC at this point instead of a nogames5?

You couldn't build a $600 PC to compete with a $600 PS5 for the first couple of years. Mass production means cheaper prices that the average consumer wouldn't be able to compete with. Obviously if you spend more you'll get more but a $600 PS5 would be more powerful than a $600 PC.

>>274553041
expansion pack was just extra ram
ram is not what is holding the wiiu back, its CPU is what is holding it down
just wait till Nintendo pulls out a NEW wiiU like they did with the 3ds

>>274567818

>tfw only just bought my 3ds a year ago

feelsbadman

>>274562145
>>274563478
Same reason having 2 graphics cards never doubles the the performance and in some instances causes issues.

>>274553531

You talk as if running a small ass stage with eight players on it is some feat of wonder. It isn't. Note how PS4 and Xbone (I think) can pull 1080p 60fps with no dips in CoDAW with 18 players.

>>274553041
Why boost the performance of the wii u? Its already better and has so many more games for it. Its slightly underpowered but who cares

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>>274567818
> nintendo releases new wii u
> its still slower than the ps4