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How Many Gamecubes, 3DS and PS3′s Would You Need To Make A Wii U

Here’s a good illustration ThisIsWiiu.com has made of how powerful the Wii U is in comparison to other consoles (the PS3, the 3DS and the Gamecube). They've based it solely on CPU so take it with a pinch of salt...

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TruthbeTold5094d ago

Every generation, Power PC technology gets more and more efficient. Counting raw mhz/ghz just can't give us an accurate idea of that the CPU is capable of anymore.

For example, the original Xbox had a Pentium 2 at around 700mhz. The Game Cube had Power PC at just under 500mhz. The efficiency of the latter made it more useful for computing than the former. Now all of the current consoles either use Power PC chips, or chips with a similar philosophy. And every year the newer chips get more advanced.

Peaceful_Jelly5094d ago (Edited 5094d ago )

the ignorance of some really grind my gears. What this guy is saying is 100% fact and it has 5 disagrees? Come on!

fr0sty5094d ago

This is just stupid, they don't even know the exact specs of the CPU, GPU, memory, or anything and they're trying to make comparison articles? Hold on, let me try...

"How many Wii U's will it take to make one PS4? You'll need to duct tape 500 of them together and then throw a PS3 on top of that pile to make one PS4, because Sony said it will contain tech that is at least slightly more powerful than PS3. At least slightly more powerful means 5000 more cores in the CPU, a 500.4GHZ clock speed increase, and 15TB of RAM.

arjman5094d ago (Edited 5094d ago )

You'd need over 9000 calculators!

ASTAROTH5094d ago

Ohhh and I will need a duck tape to put together the more than $1000 bucks I need to collect to buy a PS4... ;)

2v15094d ago

1.09 ps3 eats the w2 all up.

Solidus187-SCMilk5094d ago

How many other stupid video game articles do you need to have the stupidity of this game article? At least 2.

fatstarr5093d ago

yep thats why the 3ds is capable of great visuals even though its specs are lower. technology advanced giving it the ability of current gen systems.

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Xof5094d ago

Mechanical prowess became meaningless years ago. The game industry is no longer defined by how realistic or detailed developers can make games. How long will it take people to wrap their minds around this?

iNMyFiN4LH0uR5094d ago

theoretically you're right, but in reality it is precisely detail and realism which made COD4 successful, brought BF3 into the spotlight, Gears, Uncharted, Crysis and some of the biggest franchises today are not necessarily defined by 'mechanical prowess' but it certainly is a piece of the cake.

Xof5094d ago

I don't think so.

Uncharted and Gears of War were recognized primarily for distinctive, top-notch art-design and well-crafted gameplay. Crysis, while certainly talked about a lot, was not recieved well by critics IIRC.

Even games like Call of Duty, I think, sell more because of the established franchise and fanbase than because of their "gritty realism."

ASSASSYN 36o5094d ago (Edited 5094d ago )

But yet fable, forza, GT, and skyrim devs strive for realism, detail, and focus on emotions. Flashpoint and especially arma series seek to put you in simulated real world conditions through combat. the new unreal video detailing future game design sure looks like it is focusing on realisim and detail. For it to run today it requires heavy mechanical prowess that hardly exists in homes or on the market today.

No consoles can currently run the new engine. I have no idea why you made the claim that developers have abandoned their main focus of bringing gamers into the most detailed and realistic simulated worlds possible. And as that work evolves with greater determination to obtain realism the hardware to support it must evolve. It (affordable hardware) lags compared to software but it doesn't mean it has been abandoned as you alleged.

And how is he possibly theoretically right about anything he said? You (final) even contradicted that in your statements. The facts don't support him. The Gaming industry would have to, have abandoned realism and superior graphical prowess of next gen hardware. I ceartainly don't see that happening in currently unreleased titles.

Ingram5094d ago

dear thisiswiiu.com, you can't measure graphical quality nor sheer horsepower by just looking at clock speed: you are retarded.Severely.
Deeply.
In the head.

theredsquire5093d ago

Did you read the article? We said take it with a pinch of salt because we knew people (i.e. you) would get wound up;

cpt5094d ago (Edited 5094d ago )

They're using the CPU clock rate as a direct benchmark for computing power. This comparison is as accurate as comparing people's IQ based on their height alone.

Peak CPU clock rate has been stuck at around 3GHz for almost a decade. Are you telling me that a decade-old Pentium 4 is as powerful as the latest Core i7? (Thay have the same clock rate!!)

jidery5094d ago

My 2.5ghz i7 wipes the destroys a 3.0ghz celeron.

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The Evil Within Deserved More: A Great Horror Series Left Behind

The Outerhaven writes: While I hold Bethesda's The Evil Within series as some of the best Survival Horror games available, it's clear that Bethesda has no intention of revisiting the series. While Capcom is still working on its Resident Evil series, I look back at the now-dead survival horror series from Bethesda, wondering why the series was left wide open, and yet still not revisited.

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SimpleSlave1d 1h ago

An OK horror series left behind. It had some great ideas, but it never knew how to play to its strengths. Instead, it came out like just another RE4 clone.

I would love for a third entry to come out, but it needs to learn to lean in on the psychological aspect and move away from the generic "pew pew" ideology at the center of the gameplay loop. It doesn't need to abandon it; it just needs to put it into better context, is all.

Also, try a first-person perspective instead. Too many 3rd-person games with nothing to offer but an avatar taking precious screen space. At least make it an actual option and not that janky-ass mess the second game pretended to have.

Venoxn4g14h ago

Love both games, hope that we will get third game

gold_drake6h ago(Edited 6h ago)

i really didnt like the 2nd game.

first game was fantastic

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John Marston Voice Actor Teases "Exciting" Red Dead Redemption News

During a livestream on his personal Twitch channel, Rob Wiethoff (who voices John Marston in the Red Dead Redemption series) hinted at "exciting news" to be revealed next week. According to Wiethoff, the news will be announced "before Friday".

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jznrpg1d 2h ago (Edited 1d 2h ago )

PS5/Pro/Switch 2 version of RDR2 seems most likely. I’d love a RDR3 but that seems years away

Cacabunga1d ago

Id be happy for just a 60fps patch

OmegaSoldati23h ago(Edited 23h ago)

Agreed, but at the same time RD2 came out in 2018. Could it be a remake of Red Dead 1?

Spoiler:

Marston died in the end of Red Dead and Red Dead 2 is set before that. Im curious now. What news could it be?

mkis00716h ago

I'm pretty sure the next game will be another prequel as the story really has no where to go as far as being a western after red dead redemption. The next game will end with the ferry boat incident.

Profchaos1d 1h ago (Edited 1d 1h ago )

Their contracts are iron clas if they leak anything legit they are threatened with immense legal action.

My hopes for what this is are minimal its probably a meet and greet with the cast

I dont see why they would be involved in a upgraded version of rdr2 when the dialogue hasn't changed

thorstein22h ago

He seems to have been cleared to do this as he purposely picked up the game, streamed it, and made the announcement.

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XBLA Classic 'A World of Keflings' Is Coming to Steam, and There's a Demo

"Back in the innocent days of 2010, A World of Keflings was a fairly popular successor to A Kingdom for Keflings. I even wrote about it a few times in 2012! But the world of humans moved on, and NinjaBee's city-building/adventure game was last seen on the ill-fated Wii U in 2014. Fast-forward to the dark year of 2025, and not only is A World of Keflings coming to Steam, but there's already a playable demo! Perhaps the cheerful, no pressure gameplay that the Keflings bring is just what we need nowadays," says Co-Optimus.

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