"Now, with all the current skeptical speculation encircling the Wii U’s potentials and technical capabilities right now, a lot of gamers are asking one key question that may seal the awaited fate of the Wii U as a real eighth-gen introductory console – how powerful exactly is the Wii U, much more so than the non-Nintendo current-gen platforms? Personally, I don’t see why people are using the PS3 and Xbox 360 as comparison points-of-view for the power the Wii U will be able to provide – it’s an individual eighth-gen platform, and there are uncountable features that show the console is not just another catch-up-to-the-game console..."
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Rumors are saying it has 2GBs of ram (500MB locked for the OS at launch) against 512MB on the x360.
Do you really think it will be "a bit more powerful"?
I am sure it won't even touch PS4/x720's graphics capabilities, but the WiiU will probably be more powerful than people expect. Don't expect it to be on par with PS4/x720, but it's obviously a more capable machine than current gen tech.
Although we don't know the specs. of the Wii U, it's safe to say that in a 6 year time span hardware equivalent to that of the PS360 are now below entry level gaming rig prices, as well as, less powerful.
Even if the Wii-U uses tech from 2010 (as rumored) it should still be more powerful than PS360. The weakest Power 7 CPU, a 4000/ 5000 / 6670 / GPU, and 1GB of RAM are anywhere between 3x - 5x above the PS360. While we don't know the specs. of the Wii U, these are realistic and low expectations for the console.
The problem with the games so far is that you'd expect the games to automatically look great seeing how, they're being developed on already established PC hardware. Honestly that's a good complaint, and the best response I could come up with is that developers haven't had enough time to really work with the Wii-U. But compare a Xbox 360 or PS3 launch title to the best looking PS2 and Xbox games. Not the huge difference you'd expect is there. Now compare PS360 launch titles to any of the Wii-U's launch titles, and you can clearly see the Wii-U is ahead of anything being produced at that time, and the current Wii-U games are nearly on par with PS360. In 2014 the Wii-U will show what it's truly capable of.
This is the interwebz though so let the BS commence!
Get a bloody life, you immature wanker.
Anyway, I don't care about the Wii U's power as much as it's games...which there is a serious lack of.
At least Hiseru and Wishingw3ll provide some solid information.
What, i your opinion does this article say that enlightened you in any meaningful way about the Wii-U?
And that was the point of this whole article - to look back on all the previous discussions regarding this tech demo. It's a re-collection - obviously I was part of the discussions back then, which is why I'm bringing them up to the surface once more, so we can remember what we did see with the Wii U. It isn't meant to enlighten anybody on the Wii U. Any simpleton would be able to see that.
Before you go on to criticise somebody else's article unintelligently, make sure you understand the whole read and its purpose swimmingly first, then come back and leave your feedback like a mature human being.
And no, it wasn't to look back on the discussions regarding this demo. It was to look back on the discussions about the Wii-U graphics capabilities based on the gameplay we've seen so far at E3 and later events and the discussions that followed (people shooting all kinds of stuff about the Wii-U's graphic capabilities).
He uses the Zelda demo as a reference point to show what games could look like.
I would have no problem believing first party Nintendo games will look even better than that. The tech demo lacked anti aliassing for instance.
And although a lot of people liked what that demo was showing, a lot of other people thouht it wasn't that impressive at all (i thought it was impressive in some regards and it was very promising, considering Nintendo always blows these techdemos away when the game releases.
I agree my first comment wasn't very intelligent, but it did cover the same feeling i still have now. That article is made by someone who wants to play gaming journalist and isn't very good at it. It was a complete waste of time reading it.
edit: for what it's worth, it's a nice article for people that aren't that interested in gaming and don't follow the news that much. If they happen to stumble upon this site through N4G like i did, they might get a nice recap..
Nothing new. Nothing fresh. Nothing immersing at all. You shouldn't have gone in to the article with high expectations - it was a mere re-cap editorial I was interested in writing. It doesn't make me any less of a good writer, or an attentive gamer who pays great attention to the industry's happenings. If you don't like the article, that's your opinion and yours alone. Please do not wrongfully criticise my writing abilities based on your distaste for the article.
To answer your article: No, this is not the possible answer to how powerfull the Wii-U is.
Pretty sensational title for an article that just rehashes old stuff everybody allready knows.
It was not a clear recap from the get-go.in the end, yes, it was just a recap.
Having said that, i wish all the best in your writing career. Seriously, it's not like i think the article is badly written. It's just that the title made me believe you had new info or a smart dive into material someone else hadden't noticed yet.
Anyway, good luck. I'm off to a site where they have a bit more interesting news.
Take Condemned: Criminal Origins as an example. When it launched on the 360, there was no question it was not only a next gen game, it truly couldn't be done on previous gen consoles. That's the only thing I feel the WiiU lacks right now - that game that makes you say "wow, this couldn't have been done last gen".
come on lets hear from these daydreamers what they think the next generation of console will add??
i see a few comments above like it will not come close the the next ps4 and box?
what are you talking about laff
framerate,resolution,draw distance,shaders and a few more graphical enhancements, thats it.
Checkout high end pc's running the best games at highest settings.
a trade off and pc's are being held back at the mo by consoles which is why all you get extra on a PC is slightly better graphics and much better framerates and resolutions
Not to mention all of the misinformation... the only comment on the article itself claims the Wii U has a "weaker CPU" than current generation consoles. A Power-based CPU cannot ever be weaker than six year old hardware. Anyone who knows anything about specs knows that.
Think they need some schooling on cpu-101
If the GPU winds up being anywhere close to being as modern as the CPU, then I can't see how anyone can possibly believe that the the Wii U is on-par with current generation consoles.
In the end, the assumptions are being made by launch titles for the console, which is unfortunate given how good ZombiU's most recent showcasing turned out to be.
This is no disrespect to the n4g community, but we do have a large amount of console gamers and to them the technicalities of old chip sets vs new generation chips might not be well understood.
Even the gentleman from Namco said it had a lower clock. Then the internet goes crazy.
I would like to add, one little detail for some people still using a P4 pc with windows xp. Even if that p4 was OC at 4Gz+ and having HT, it would get smoked vs a modern chip that has a consumer label of 2.2Gz.
What pop said in terms of a more modern chip, that p4 ht was maybe the beast back then but times change and that chip with only 2 threads of data lanes with a maximum bandwidth can only do so much computing. Fast fwd to a modern chip that many more lanes of bandwidth and technicalities that are available but uses lower clock and will equal to less heat, equals gaming console can stay on longer without worrying the system will over heat.
For gamers that a big win.
Thanks pop, sorry didn't mean to highjack your post. =)
If Sony wants to keep the cost low and Xbox is projected t cost $299 these machines aren't graphical beasts in the least. Relax.
Also the kindle fire makes a small loss on hardware to make it back on software as does the new nexus 7.
Its the business model consoles have always used.
GAMEPLAY has nothing to do with next Gen consoles, Having good gameplay is up to who ever is making the game, like a video game developer. Just because people want good graphics dosn't mean we dont want good gameplay as well.