As one of the best superhero games, Batman: Arkham City which now goes to the Wii U can give us an idea of how much more powerful than the PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles, the Nintendo's new console. With a new control system, Wii U is possible to get the same feeling of being Batman. And we all want to be Batman, right?
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@ Y_5150, thanks for the clarification, i feel like a noob now lol
What I noticed is two things.
1. The Wii U version looks more 3D and has better spacial recognition, or doesn't look as flat.
2. The PS3 version has better overall detail.
I guess we can say the Wii U holds it's own but doesn't overtake the PS3. I'm sure these screens will have enough for both side to start blasting each other.
Of course the Wii U should have the better graphics due to it's release date which I believe is 6-7 years after the PS3 launch. What's alarming is the PS4 is only about 1 year away and should include updated graphics over it's predecessor.
I think you should read the last part of this article:
http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...
I'm not sure why all the disagreements that is an interesting article. Maybe some horsepower is left on tap due to budgetary concerns but no doubt the Wii U has to prove it somehow.
Here is the most interesting part I found in the article in reference to this game and it supports what I said.
"There are so many changes in this particular engine-driven cut-scene that we do wonder quite why the developers had to make them. There are both improvements and cutbacks compared to the existing versions."
P.S. i'm playing this game right now on 360. sure is a nice looking game. though the camera is a little off when in combat. sometimes it doesn't seem to know where to go exactly.
It doesn't matter if the Wii games look as good or almost as good as this gen; the specs themselves, if true, suggest that the WiiU is underpowered compared to this gen's consoles.
The thing with the Wii U for me is that more powerful or not Nintendo NEEDED to prove that not only was it gonna be worth buying but that it could compete with the next gen consoles and from what we have seen it will probably only be able to compete with current gen consoles and maybe Nintendo missed the boat but those consoles are gonna start winding down soon to prepare for their successors.
Another big issue is the games. Batman Arkham City was in my opinion a masterpiece and any gamer worth their salt has already played it and with so little added to the experience on the Wii U why would anyone buy it? The same can probably be said for most of the 3rd party games they showed off at E3.
Just new armor.
I called it when all that was available was highly-compressed Youtube videos. In fact, the Wii U loses out with the fact that the shiny suit makes the aliasing dance in the moonlight.
Welcome to the 7th generation, Nintendo. 720p first party games, basically identical third party games, and a controller with a screen. Whoopee.
And I never said that the ps3/360 didn't have some sub-720p games. NEVER. Don't put words in my mouth.
Besides....we're talking about a supposed generational leap here. Do you really think I care if....what, COD? releases on the Wii U at 720p? No, I wanted to see "8th generation" consoles do 1080p. But not even first party games are doing a "horrible" 980p or whatever on the Wii U.
Don't try to distract from my point; the Wii U is not much more powerful than current generation consoles. This matter has been busted wide open; Nintendo dodged the "native 1080p?" question for a reason...I knew it. The rumors of it being twice as powerful or even 1.5x as powerful are out the window.
There we go, I just proved how blindly making assumptions can demonstrate both ignorance and lack of fore sight.
Wait and see please, wait and see.
compare ps360 LAUNCH GAMES to wiiu LAUNCH GAMES
The only exception until now was the wii which was barely better than the Xbox or GC. Well, it looks like the Wii U is now going to be the second exception...
hmm lol ? and don't forget to compare wiiu launch games with ps4 games...it's more important ! (because ps3 is 6 years old hardware = way more than wiiu launch and ps4 launch)
it's funny to see dated nintendo hardware, always compared to older system (ps1, ps2, now ps3), and it's even more funny when delusional fans consider it could be "superior" with 2,3 and now 6 years, delays.
by the way, if you want really to compare ps3 and wiiu, use superior exclusives, for both, multis are never as good as best ps3 exclusives (and stop talking about ps360 games denial xboyz, only multiplatforms games are on par) ;)
What I don't understand is, why Nintendo didn't show any first party title which pushes the envelope. At least one game which looks like PS3/360 but runs 60fps @ 1080 would have sufficed; even Picmin would be fine for that.
I have no doubt the machine will show more over time, but the presentation from Nintendo did not convince me to switch just yet. Especially if it takes another year to surpass PS3/360 when in that year we will learn more about new consoles from the competition.
Price will also play a role, and at the same time, I think from a pure financial standpoint, building a top spec console with a secondary screen will not be competitive. They had to cut specs to devote resources into the controller. That's obvious; but it doesn't push neither one (console nor controller) to the limits.
Were there any PS3 launch games that looked like the Last of Us? NO. Sheesh. I wonder if in 06' people were saying PS3 must be underpowered because launch titles looked like 6th gen?
Also please stop the PS4 NextBox crap. We don't know the WiiUs power besides theses launch titles, which as I said don't show power and we dont know The other next gens power . I would expect ps4 and 720 to be stronger but the gap is not going to be like that of ps3 to wii but mor won Xbox to ps2.
Make sure to click on the spoiler banner in the first half of the page to see them..
I do remember being impressed though every time I walked into a Best Buy and saw the King Kong 360 demo. That was probably the best looking early 360 game.
But the batman images are different, so I don't know what conclusions can be drawn.
to be fair compare wii u LAUNCH GAMES to ps360 LAUNCH GAMES
Sad really. . . . .for WiiU
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
Also the armor implies there is a light source infront of him.
These two basically are identical. Not sure why people are so inclined to make stuff up.
the ps3 game that the developers had 6-7 YEARS TO LEARN THE CONSOLE.
compare wiiu LAUNCH GAMES to ps360 LAUNCH GAMES
c'mon man you know that as the devs have more time with the system the games look better
AC3 will be a really good game to test this when it's released. It's being developed in conjunction with the other versions, done by the exact same studio.
For a first generation game for the system, we will see how it does. I'm pretty much ignoring anything that's being ported directly, especially if it's being handled by a different internal studio.
I've never trusted a game ported by anyone other than those directly working on the game. Mostly nobody else does either. Nor should you.
The only thing that helps the WII U version is that it's a first generation game on the console! Even I expect games to start looking better as time progresses, but no the graphics are not leaps and bounds better than the other systems of which many have grown accustomed too.
People need to also realize that by the time the developers get a handle on what the WII U can actually do, the other two players will have already arrived on the field!!!
Which goes to say, it was nintendos responsibility to showcase the WII U potential, for which I must say they sadly failed at.
look way better than ps360s LAUNCH GAMES
compare launch games to launch games not launch games to games that developers had 6-7 years to learn the console
Bring on ZombiU
compare wiiu LAUNCH GAMES to ps360 LAUNCH GAMES
The PS3 and Xbox 360 launch games were a huge step up from PS2 and Xbox ('which the developers had 6-7 years to learn from the system'), but yet somehow the Wii U is unable to make any progress on current gen, apart from adding a retarded amount of shine.
You don't deserve all those bubbles to keep spamming your fanboy drivel.
again, it's being ported by a different studio. writing it off as a bad indication as Ubisoft as a whole seems to have a much better grip on the system. Pitchford has been saying Aliens is easily best looking on Wii U as well. As of right now, I'll just have to take the man's word for it.
The only way to chalk these up as early efforts is by knowing the system specs in detail. Unfortunately, we know this will probably never happen. Like I said, comparisons will be useless until the games are released. As of right now, it seems like a mixed bag. Some look equal to better, and others not so much. Hardly proof of anything, especially when you consider some of the early PS3 games, which were undeniably horrendous compared to the wizardry we see now.
Edit: if you'd like to see an unbiased take, look here:
http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...
Obviously comparing a port of a nearly 1 year old game isn't really fair especially one that is early in the Wii U's life cycle, but the Wii U should have at least looked slightly better.
Both versions look about the same to me, but I do expect Wii U games to look better graphically over the course of the console's life.
Plus, I think some people are missing the bigger point here:
Why on earth would anyone spend top dollar on a game that came out last year and can already be picked up cheaply today?
Enjoy it because it still doesn't even look as good as the ps3 version. its almost the same buuut yeah.
I will give the benifit of the doubt that its because its a port.
but not a nice way for nintendo to show of its console. launching with games everyone has already and no new exclusives. sounds like a bad first half year at the least
and obviously wii-u games are going to look alot better 2 years down the line.
it still doesn't mean wii-u is worth a purchase in year one does it?
just like im sure the ps4 and 720 wont have any games. Heck they will have even less games because if they are that much stronger than the wii-u then they need games only they can handle.
and wii-u will be in the middle land between this gen and next gen preformance wise....unless those tech demo's square showed is able to run on ps4 and 720.....then i feel bad for wii-u because thats just not happening on that lol.
To be frank, it's not even the same image, the PS3 version of the WiiU screenshot could look identical... or worse.
With all the money they made selling the DS and Wii you would think Nintendo could have spent a little more in future proofing the WiiU.
I will probably get a used WiiU later just for 1st party and exclusives.
Everything that I have read has said games run at 60fps unless there are two gamepads/screens used.
or is Rayman Legends a completely different style to Origins (i.e. is it 3D and now 25
Again, we have 6 more months before it's release and gamescom to look for more info. By then we should have a more accurate view of what the Wii-U is capable of.
I'm not saying the Wii doesn't have good games, that would be ridiculous, I'm saying there's a severe lack of good games compared to the other consoles and "good for a Wii game" doesn't cut it, I'm afraid. The console never sold on "good games".