Nintendo's president Satoru Iwata talked to the press about Wii U and revealed some new details about the upcoming console. As he stated " The difference in the graphics department between the Wii U and the other two big consoles, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 is going to be less than the current difference that the original Wii has from them now." He also said that even though the graphics won't be as good as Sony's and Microsoft's next consoles, it will fill this gap with some new technologies." However Iwata admitted that, if some of the console's functionalities were taken out the final product would have a much more graphical engine but the price would be very high making it impossible for many consumers to buy it.
Online and services
Talking about the online part of Wii U, Iwata said that there is a chance that some online services will be only available via payment, while the rest of the online content will be available for the world for free. Smart move by Nintendo with no following Microsoft's Xbox Live, thus supporting the harcore game alongside with the casual one too.
Microsoft says that it is a copy of the 360.
Microsoft responded to what was stated before by Phil Spencer (the vice president of Microsoft Studios) who said that the graphic capabilities of Wii U alongside with the Pro Controller that Nintendo is making, is just a plain copy of the Xbox 360, without any space for improvement. As he stated " Xbox 360's games are easy to be transfered to the Wii U and that's Nintendo's goal, who has changed the buttons in the controller just a bit. However the Wii U reminds people of the Xbox 360 experience."
Go to your local game store until the 10th of july and pick up as many PSN card as you can...
One of the games that helped the most in making Playstation a better known and much more credited console is released on Steam. After the news were leaked by FinalFantasyVIIPC.com (a website that was created by Squeare Enix on the 15th of June). The game was said to feature all of steam's services, such as online profiles to compare your progress to other users' progress, cloud saving and as always, steam's achievement system. Square Enix however, deleted the news from the website without letting anyone else read about this. Square Enix later confirmed that what was written was true and as of yesterday the company released an announcment which stated that the game will be available this year. However it will only be available on the Square Enix Store and not on Steam.
