[QUOTE="lordlors"]

[QUOTE="TheAcountantMan"]

Yes, but its STILL an upgrade. :lol: Manufacturing a chip on the 45nm is an upgrade from doing it on the 90nm process. It wont give any graphical boosts (so theres no point in going 45nm) but it would be cheaper (and its cheap enough to make as it is already therers no need to be greedy now) with less heat output (upgrade), but it would take resources from Nintendos RnD team some time to develop the 45nm chip for the Wii, which is a dying platform, instead they could put that time to work on the Wii 2.

ferret-gamer

No its fine, the Wii is already a dated system and a dying platform, theres no need to "upgrade it" and manufacture the chips on a 45nm process, just make a new Nintendo system with 1080p graphics.TheAcountantMan

How much smaller do you want them to make it? its only about 3 DVD cases alreadydarkspineslayer

The original 360 and PS3 "fat" models were all produced on 90nm chipsets, which explains their larger size and high manufacturing cost. Later, they went to 65nm, and now they are on 45nm. Meanwhile, the Wii is still on 90nm. So I am wondering, why don't they move down to 45nm transistors like PS3 and 360? Doing this will make the Wii smaller/thinner, produce less heat, consume less electricity, and cost less to manufacture. So why don't they ever do this to their consoles, while doing it happily with their handhelds (DS Lite, GBA Micro)?

Thoughts?

Sony has a history of making nice games similar to competitors. Back in the PS1 era, Crash Bandicoot wasSony's answer to Super Mario. Apart from the mainplatforming games,you had Crash Team Racing vs Mario Kart, Crash Bash vs Mario Party, in addition to other various franchises apart from Crash Bandicoot. Even today, you could argue that LttleBigPlanet competes with Paper Mario, and ModNation Racers competes with Mario Kart.

So... if there is one other Nintendo clone that Sony can make, it would have to be Pokemon for the NGP. Maybe a "mature" title, perhaps a cross between Pokemon and Monster Hunter? That would sell like hotcakes in Japan, plus it would sell NGP systems. Pretty neat idea, huh? Unfortunately, the only PS1 game that resembles anything like this is Jade Cocoon. Could use something else though.

Thoughts? :)