任天堂发放最新WiiU开发套件"V5",预示WiiU综合性能接近2倍XBOX360

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来源:http://wiiudaily.com/2012/05/wii-u-dev-kit/

According to a posting on forum NeoGAF — which tends to post lots and lots of rumors, some true, most not — Nintendo has shipped the final version of the Wii U dev kit to developers. This Wii U dev kit, known as “V5″, is said to be the final production version of the Wii U hardware, i.e. the hardware has been finalized and what the developers have now will more or less ship to consumers. According to the post, the newest kits offer a slight increase in performance, and that the Wii U system specs are “closer to “2X the performance of the Xbox 360 than 5X”. Developers now have about 1 month to finalize and optimize their games before the E3 showcase in early June.

We don’t have much to say about this rumor other than it sounds plausible. Console makers usually have to ship the final production hardware to developers several months before release, in order to give developers enough time to optimize their software. The Wii U is rumored to launch in November, which is about 6 months away. Another note is that this supposed V5 Wii U dev kit is a mass produced one, meaning that Nintendo will be shipping out a lot more of these to a lot more developers around the world.

Via NeoGAF.

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原文大意:根据NeoGAF提供的文件,我们知道了一些关于WIIU开发工具的最新消息. 目前任天堂已经正式向开发商发放了最新版本的WIIU开发套件,代号"V5".据说这个版本是最终版本的开发套件,证明WIIU相关硬件规格已经确定.

文中提到,WIIU系统的性能不是此前的相当于5倍360机能的说法,而是更接近了2倍XBOX360性能.现在开发商们有一个多月的时间,运用最新的"V5"套件来优化他们的游戏,以便在6月上旬的E3大展上亮相.

我们知道,硬件商一般会在主机发售前几个月向软件商送出最终的开发工具包,这是为了给软件商充裕的时间来完善游戏和软件.
联想到大概几个月后就会登场的WIIU主机(2012年11月?),我们相信任天堂已经向全球主要开发商大量发放了"V5"的开发工具.