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Wii U 'twice as powerful as Xbox 360'

Nintendo’s next generation hardware will be roughly twice as powerful as Microsoft’s current system, the Xbox 360, according to a studio source speaking to Develop.

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fooxy4468d ago

Which means you still getting hardware that was good around 2008 for premium price

admiralthrawn874468d ago

and what's funny is its roughly the same power as the new xbox. it might be the difference between a 360 and ps3. so you'll have to make the same negative comments about all next gen systems

FriedGoat4468d ago

What is funny is you have no idea what is in the new xbox and it is all just speculation.

Solid_Snake374468d ago

I actually expected more for a console released in 2012

darthv724468d ago

what's even funnier is that if its 'twice as powerful as Xbox 360' it would be twice as powerful as a PS3.

The 360 and PS3 are more alike than they are different. Bluray format would be the real differentiating factor between the two.

So theoretically if the Wii-u is more powerful than one then it would be just as more powerful than the other.

dark-hollow4468d ago

Why every wii u rumor is treated like a fact here?

PC_Enthusiast 4468d ago

Because alot of people in here are dumb and believe anything that they're being told!!

torchic4468d ago

like I said before, folk on N4G are like sardines. easy to catch

ChickeyCantor4468d ago

Questions:
Who?
What dev kit?
How are the metrics calculated?

dericb114468d ago (Edited 4468d ago )

They got that info these. They sell them online for $19.99. Its call a "Random BS Generator". Whenever you need to make something up on the fly it does the job for you. Most one bubbles have them.

admiralthrawn874468d ago

this unknown random site makes random claims from an unknown dev. lol yeah that sure is credible. all the proof i need.

eldeladi4468d ago

Which means, Wii U is as powerful as the PS3.

ChickeyCantor4468d ago (Edited 4468d ago )

right...is that why both of em struggled at 720p & < ?
/lol

GamingTruth4468d ago

struggled at 720 yet pc cant run our 720p exclusives at any p

kramun4468d ago (Edited 4468d ago )

@GamingTruth

We don't need to, that's why we have consoles as well. For everything else, there's the pc to play it on with all the bells and whistles we don't get with our consoles.

It would be great to play the console exclusives with no limit on graphic capability but it isn't a perfect world. If it was, everything would be playable on pc. And moddable.

But sadly we have to play those games on limited hardware. Ho hum.

GamingTruth4468d ago

with no limit? yeah it would be nice, the only way youd be able to play ps3 exclusives would be in the form of a cutscene on your pcs it surely wouldnt be realtime, limited hardware that produces graphics that your pcs wish they could produce

chanmasta4468d ago

GamingTruth, you really have no idea what you're talking about.

Seriously.

NiKK_4194468d ago

I thought GamingTruth was just trolling, but then I saw his comment history and now I think that he's just that out of it.

chanmasta4468d ago

Yeah, he actually PM'ed me too... I couldn't understand it; it was just a bunch of words strung together.

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iNFAMOUZ14468d ago

exactly dont know why u got disagrees

Dread4468d ago (Edited 4468d ago )

based on your ridiculous claim, i can also say that the original xbox must have been at least four times as powerfull as the playstation 2.
right...

SoundGamer4468d ago

New Xbox is rumored to be six times more powerful than the 360. So what you're telling me is that Nintendo's next gen system will once again be considered last gen quality in a few short years? Nice....

AWBrawler4468d ago

even if it is that just means they will be laughing their way to the bank again talking about how the other 2 thought power alone was enough

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Super Brad's Odyssey: Buying a Wii U in 2023

Here's what it's like to buy a used Wii U in 2023.

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phoenixwing445d ago (Edited 445d ago )

I'm tempted just because I missed out on xenoblade chronicles x. But it's a big waste for just one game

Sgt_Slaughter445d ago

It's also a great system for backwards compatibility and emulation too, especially with the off TV play through the tablet.

hiawa23444d ago (Edited 444d ago )

I bought a Wii-U last year due to the fact that the Wii Punch-Out for some reason has not been ported to the Switch, which is odd since almost all of the Punch-Out games, arcade included are available for the Switch.

HeliosHex444d ago

Prefer the wii/GameCube combo console myself.

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10 Years Later, the Wii U is Nintendo's Most Interesting Misstep

The Wii U was an abject failure, but sometimes even failures are worthwhile (if still expensive) learning experiences.

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Five Video Game Console Launches That Went Terribly Wrong

From giant crabs to surprise launches to weird-looking tablets, these console launches were...yeah.

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brewin590d ago

Yet they all turned out to be great systems with lots of gems, except for Jaguar. Wii U was a criminally underrated system. The Gamepad implementation of Zelda Twilight Princess was incredible! I was so disappointed they removed it altogether for Breath of the Wild because they wanted "parity" with the Switch version. Its a shame and it was a lame excuse.

You can tell BotW was designed around the gamepad usage, with all that menu navigation. That item management and weapon switching would have been 100x better with the gamepad. The worst part was they never let the wii U players know they were removing it! I got the game for Wii U at launch and was disappointed it wasnt there.

PS3 was a mess at first but what a turnaround! That was a crazy generation. Uncharted 1,2,3, Infamous 1 & 2, God of War 3, Last of Us, MGS4, Ratchet and Clank series, Little Big Planet, Modnation Racers, Killzone, Resistance. My god they were so on point later in that generation it was crazy!

TheEnigma313590d ago

Nintendo Screwed themselves using the Wii name again. And the jaguar was straight doo doo; I still have it.

darthv72590d ago

I had it too... Jag could have been something great considering how good the ST games were. And now many of those have been ported but it was too little too late. The CD was just plain unreliable (apart from being an obvious design flaw). The thing about the Jag was it was just too Euro. given that Atari was built initially a US brand and then it later became more European and you could tell from the games. There is just something that stands out with EU created games vs NA or JP ones. Alien vs Predator was cool but def needed a better frame rate. At least 30fps instead of the 15-20 it was.

Im actually surprised nobody has gone back and tried to remaster that one for other platforms. It was a pretty good game.

Espangerish590d ago

Surprised vita didn’t get a mention in the article.

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Knightofelemia590d ago

PS3 had a buggered up launch but Sony was able to turn things around with the PS3. I still say the XB360 had a terrible launch half the systems cooked themselves and the RROD would appear. Then the 3DO, CDI, Pippin, the Amiga, 32X the list can go on and on with systems with terrible launches.