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romulux

http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=125964
http://ds.nintendolife.com/news/2010/06/rumour_3ds_could_rival_ps3_and_360_in_power_stakes

this is sweet. if it's true, nintendo fanboys will be able to look down on the PS3 and 360 for being less powerful than a handheld. oh how the tides will turn...

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warioswoods

So, this is to further discuss the rumor news post?

I believe it's almost certainly a case of hyperbole by quoting. The original IGN article says that a developer has stated the 3DS has "abilities that are close to HD consoles such as PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360." Even if true, that doesn't mean that this developer is saying it will be generally as powerful as either of those systems. It might just mean, for instance, that some of its graphical capabilities are closer in nature to those systems than to existing Nintendo systems, perhaps in terms of shaders or whatever components qualitatively set those systems apart from the Wii's Gamecube-on-steroids architecture.

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romulux

the idea isn't that it's going to look like the PS3 or xbox, it's just that because it has to render two images at once for the 3D effect that even with gamecube level graphics it'll wind up taking a near PS3 level of power to pull it off.

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Aviator

The WiS41085 you mean.

QUEEN OF SASS

It's like, I just love a cowboy
You know
I'm just like, I just, I know, it's bad
But I'm just like
Can I just like, hang off the back of your horse
And can you go a little faster?!

Radixxs

IGN just spews random crap for attention.

If this is true though, than I hope it is not around $400.

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QUEEN OF SASS

It's like, I just love a cowboy
You know
I'm just like, I just, I know, it's bad
But I'm just like
Can I just like, hang off the back of your horse
And can you go a little faster?!

Rhansley64

Well for now i don't know what to think since until i see a game for the 3DS then will see if it true looks like something out of a HD level Console.

Rhansley64

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Raylax

I think the whole "graphics close to PS3/360" thing will boil down to a GCN or Wii graphical output but on a lower resolution screen. I mean, look at PSP games' graphics. It's roughly on par with the PS2, but on the much smaller screen they look a hell of a lot better than any PS2 game. And some of the better looking DS games start to creep towards Gamecube-quality graphics (albeit Gamecube low-quality graphics, we're talking compared to some of the lower budget 3rd-party titles. Not trying to say anything on DS looks like Twilight Princess)

Raylax

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