British developer Sumo Digital has found the Wii U's graphical capability to be "on-par" with current generation consoles - "or maybe even better".
The Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing Transformed developer divulged the information to Eurogamer as we tested out the upcoming racer's Wii U version.
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Look at this article for example:
"Sumo: Wii U graphics on-par with PlayStation 3, "maybe even better""
The Playstation 3 is not mentioned or singled-out in the article at all, but the trolling writer *had* to add it for hits. That does two things:
1. It makes the PS3 the "default" console for the best graphics and at the same time will make Nintendo and PS3 fanboys fight
2. It makes the 360 the "lesser" of the two graphical consoles this gen (the Wii being the least), putting-off 360 owners.
Here's the quote from the article:
"British developer Sumo Digital has found the Wii U's graphical capability to be "on-par" with current generation consoles - "or maybe even better". "
"Current generation consoles"-- not "Playstation 3"
But at the same time, if you notice, eurogamer will constantly lambast PS3 games' graphics for one reason or another.
There's over 100 million PS3,360,Wii's out there. The haters probably number in the 1000s.
What's worse is gaming media sites tend to encourage trolling for the simple fact that they fuel their comment section. IMHO trolls should be discouraged and stripped of their power in every way possible. The most effective way to do this is to pay as little attntion to them as possible, when possible. Never flame them.
2. It makes the 360 the "lesser" of the two graphical consoles this gen (the Wii being the least), putting-off 360 owners. "
and ?? reality is not a problem....we have enough lies, bad reviews, etc to blame, accept the reality, even if fanboyz don't like that.
edit : LOL@greenpowers ultimate denial
Microsoft had more money than their competitors 15 years ago, now they're getting beaten by Apple and Google.
And please, stop with that "Microsoft buying Sony" nonsense, because Sony is a larger company. It just makes you sound stupid. They couldn't even buy Nintendo if they wanted, seeing as the Japanese government would most likely step in and put a stop to such an acquisition.
On top of that they make the whole point of gaming a lot less fun. Ruining excitement for many people, purposely looking for ways to canabalize gaming from the inside out... It's just wrong.
Ironic, this kind of problem plagued my Sega Dreamcast too as I remember & Nintendo is bringing it back.
stop hating, as of now we know so little about actual specs so we should't hate on something we know little about
Or wait..is a Power 7 basically an upgraded Cell or something? I ain't sure
Besides only a small amount of their market might even understand what the specs actually means. 95 percent of people who will buy one of these things couldn't care less what sort of single precision gigaflops its GPU can do...
You are so correct you are not allowed to like more then 1 thing and if you do it is just to hide the hidden agenda. Are fanboys unable to accept not everyone has the same malfunction in their brain as they do?
I am a gamer i play on every system and will continue to do so as long as the systems cater to what i want. I can prefer one over the other without hating the other.
WE ARE GAMERS lets just play game and discuss the difference - the hate.
Here is the real quote.
The >>game<< is “easily on a par [with Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions],” says Lycett.
“We’re still very much getting to grips with what we can make the hardware do [...]. So it’s hard to really answer that right now, but yeah, I think once we’ve had a bit more time finding our way around it, chances are you can look to >>do things that you may not be able to do before<<.”
Back to sleeping dogs ;)
Those games you're talking about are mostly linear, static QTE games sometimes with fixed camera design.
I was talking about games that show the true difference with more complex design that take true power to run them. Games like Crysis 2, GTA4/5, Sleeping Dogs, Rage, Skyrim, Watch Dogs, Forza Horizon/4 Talking bigger and more open games with more features and mutli player games that are more taxing.
There are multiplatform games that look better than PS3 exclusives that are much more ambitious in design and tech that run and look better on the 360.
There is no excuse for this http://www.lensoftruth.com/...
If the PS3 version was on par with the 360 version the ps3 would choke. If the game was shrank and striped of complexity and offered as a PS3 exclusive the devs would be told to make nice graphics on par with what you guys think as being unmatched
I think you're talking about games that can afford a shiny coat of paint vs complexity.
true, there isn't, but that's not the fault of the hardware - it comes down to the skill of the devs, who apparently aren't very good at their jobs in that case.
also, care to name one muliplatform game that looks better than a PS3 exclusive title?
actually thats not true, it is the fault of the hardware, the sdk and developer. those 3 combined form the final product
Just because some multiplatform games look better on the 360 does not mean the PS3 is less powerful. That's a complete logical fallacy. Most multiplatform games are lead-developed first on 360 and then ported to the PS3, hence the poor optimization of the PS3 versions.
If every developer led on PS3 or focused on optimizing their games for the PS3 first, then the story would be completely different. Battlefield 3, LA Noire, and Portal 2 are clear examples of this; they more-or-less look better on PS3 because their lead console was the PS3.
Wow Green said something I agree with.. The world will end
@hoje,guess that is why the highest rated exclusive this gen is on the Wii right? Cause PS3 being the most powerful means its games are better. Guess when Wii U is more powerful you'll instantly give credit to Nintendo as having the best games then right? According to your words thats all that it takes to have the best games after all. reviews and sales are meaningless
Itcdoesnt have GTA 4, which is 98. Metacritic is shit anyways.
@disagrees on 1st comment
3 disagrees? i was only stating a fact, I wasn't saying Mario galaxy 1&2 was better than Uncharted 2
for example being able to support more players online and keeping a steady frame rate or being able to add more city's to grand theft auto 5. that would make it better then current gen.
Even Ninty said it's not next gen.
Same amount of buttons, same tech and specs, same games, same generation.
We're talking about a studio that is currently making a multiplatform mascot racer. When they build a game from the ground up on the Wii U, I'll take a statement like this more seriously.
Seriously, first someone says "Oh look atthe delusional Nintendo fanboys. The Wii U will be just like the Wii."
"But so-and-so says it's actually stronger."
"Congratulations! Wii U is stronger than six year old tech!"
Seriously, make up your mind.
Don't worry, I doubt this article is correct, from what I've heard its pretty powerful, with rumors of games running at 1080 natively. I say we should wait for official specs before making assumptions. See you when that happens.
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@dorron, "7 years late..."
PC games were doing 1080P way before Xbox360/PS3 so now what? Any other ignorant comments?
As for PC, why are you bringing it up in reference to consoles? Consoles within a generation are, historically, in direct competition with each other. In that respect, it makes sense to be skeptical about Nintendo just now entering the HD era, as the current generation already does that. PC isn't in competition with consoles in the same way; if they were, however, that would make Nintendo's Wii U look THAT MUCH WORSE, being that it's even further behind PC than the 360 and PS3.
At least the start, I'm not expecting a huge graphical leap from PS3 to Wii U. For one, that doesn't make sense. For PS3, the comparison was to the PS2(the weakest of last generation). So why not compare the Wii U's graphical prowess to the Wii's performance? That's a more logical comparison from one generation to the next, and parallels the one from PS2 to PS3.
The funny part is when some hater actually post you the link during an argument. The fun never stops around this place.
Worse than that. This is someone elses 'interpretation' of the original quote, which apparently no one bothered to read. The dude said nothing of the sort.
This is actually very disappointing. And reminds me why I stopped checking this site out. The person responsible for such blatant misinformation should be reported and dealt with accordingly.
Very silly, very immature, very N4G.
And it's pathetic that Eurogamer took the quote from an IGN article and made an inflammatory title out of it. Games journalism is a gift that keeps on giving. This is what was said:
"The game is “easily on a par [with Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions],” says Lycett. “We’re still very much getting to grips with what we can make the hardware do [...]. So it’s hard to really answer that right now, but yeah, I think once we’ve had a bit more time finding our way around it, chances are you can look to do things that you may not be able to do before.”
Absolutely shameful.
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-so it looks last gen. sub hd and has tons of jaggies?
i sure hope not, i think the tablet alone will have better specs than the 7 year old ps3, i sure hope so
The Wii U is going to be the only console running Assassins Creed 3 at 1080p and 60fps. That tells me that its more powerful than the Xbox 360 or PS3.
The next generation isn't going to be a huge leap, Nintendo just having an HD console is going to mean there wont be a huge noticeable difference between the next gen console games.
he said launch titles you idiot, and yes black looked just as good.
Learn to respect different opinions for once in your life Brian.
@mkai28 "We all know that graphics doesn't make a console. Did not Nintendo prove this with the wii?" It was perfect for shareholders, for gamers not so much. Hence why a significant chunk of big multiplatform games weren't on the wii and there was a lack of content for months at a time to play on the wii.
"People talk about how well uncharted, gears, and god of war look. Why is it bad for the wii u to look like that?" Current gen games, that are exclusives utilising the best strengths of that 8 yr old console. Look closely at a majority of the 3rd party games, many are well behind the better console exclusives in quality over all.
"With the wii u looking on par or slightly better then 360 or ps3, it is enough to attract gamers."
For nintendo fans just getting into the hd era sure no problem, for most ps3/360 owners yeah that will be a huge problem at anything above $250.
Basically wii owners are used to marginally improved hardware from 2 generations ago. Ps3/360 owners are used to the hd graphics, physics, online connectivity ect, that are lacking on wii games.
So all this has a been there done that, feeling to hd owners, especially with nintendo's online still questionable at best.
The wii u, is supposed to be a next gen console going up against the ps4 and xbox 720, not the ps3/360 a current and before too long a last gen console.
I saw absolutely nothing from nintendo that says this is a next gen console(ie shock and awe/omg), the ps3 exclusives looked better visually than the wii u games.
So yeah $350 for on par or slightly better than current gen consoles, is a hard pill to swallow, for a gamer that isn't a massive nintendo fan.
"Nintendo does this to save money and make profits more quickly, making the hardware cheap, I assume the wii u will be $349."
And this is a good thing, for you as the player how exactly?
It's true that graphics don't make a console, it's games and services/features do, but since we aren't even doing 1080p across the board at a steady 60 fps.
I really think people should stop trying to downplay the importance of graphics/power in the upcoming consoles.
Look at some of the breakthroughs(for consoles at least, pcs may have had this already) that has been made this gen, full motion capture, facial motion track ect.
Uncharted, gears, and god of war, halo(added it) okay stop using these games as examples. Because absolutely none of them fit nintendos style of games, all nintendo's games(franchises) are very stylized.
Nintendo is likely never(i hate using that word) going to bother with uncharted's level of detail to animation or facial features. Have gow's level of scale(ie fighting on a giant monster climbing up a mountain), it is pointless overkill for most of it's franchises. They aren't going to make a violent fps like gears or halo.
Most of there franchises are for younger audiences, that don't look for or even care about graphics, physics, ai, challenges ect. If you do see content like that a 3rd party probably made it.
Ps3/360 gamers are looking at pc gaming as a reference point/guide as to how their next gen consoles will progress to ect.
Nintendo goes in whatever odd ass direction they want to, which is why i'll likely pick up a wii u the same time frame i bought a wii. 5 yrs later for under $100, after it had 15-20 games that looked appealing to me.
Wiiu weaker than the ps3/360, sounds almost impossible, even if nintendo wanted to do it. The real question is exactly how more powerful is it vs this gen.