Wednesday, April 4th 2012
Nintendo WiiU Hardware Less Powerful Than Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3: Developers
Although Nintendo's next-generation WiiU game console can drive 1080p graphics, developers familiar with its hardware specifications say its hardware is not even as powerful as that of current-generation Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. "No, it's not up to the same level as the PS3 or the 360," one of the developers who spoke with GamesIndustry Internation said "The graphics are just not as powerful," they reiterated. Another developer, working for another company backed this view. "Yeah, that's true. It doesn't produce graphics as well as the PS3 or the 360," said the source. This should let us in on Nintendo's focus with the WiiU: gameplay mechanics over visual details.
Source:
GamesIndustry.biz
61 Comments on Nintendo WiiU Hardware Less Powerful Than Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3: Developers
and its beyond me why anyone uses such tat, my reason for this is that i have a job.
and because i have a job i game so little that anything i do play not only has to be fun but it also has to have some wow in it .
i dont doubt there Is entertainment to be had in a wii or wiiuu ,im just not buying into that baby and fitness nonesense , im thirty godam six in two days and nintendo stopped catering to my gameing needs with the snes, not because their consoles thereafter were shit gfx melons ,which they were, but because other game experiences were BETTER psone ps2 pc pc pc ,pc pc etc etc:p
IN ALL NINTENDO IS ERELIVANT TO TPU imho , bet i spelled that wrong too
Gamecube was a terrible console, just like an Nintendo console after the SNES. The N64 was garbage. An absolute piece of junk. How could something that has specs that much higher than the Playstation produce graphics that bad.
in terms of gameplay, I personally say the gamecube was a failure and a success because nintendo hyped them to hell and tons of people bought them and never played them much, same for the wii, played xenoblade on mine then got rid of it after it sat in my attic for years before that games release, maybe i'm just too old for wii games now(childrens games) but the N64 was a little different, I think the N64 is where they made that move to the kiddy games but it did have its moments.
I loved my GCN, and thought the graphics were very comparable to XBOX. The XBOX boys always bragged about HALO, but I thought that Rogue squadron and Metroid games put them to shame. (also RESIDENT EVIL 4, possibly the best looking title in that entire gen). THe GPU in GCN is very similiar to what is in Wii. Wii is still more powerful then XBOX, so not sure what you are smoking with the crappy visuals claim.
Just tired of hearing the hunkey-dorey "gameplay matters not graphics argument" You can have both and still have a low price console! Gust look how cheap GCN was when released!
She now plays Battlefield 3 with me:D
GCN < XBOX << Wii <<<<<< 360 Next gen will be: Wii <<<<< WiiU < 360 <<<<<< Durango