Wii U blitzes PS3 and 360 as the "greenest" console

[emigre]

For all you Wii U owners who are mocked, insulted and discriminated against on a daily basis by your Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 overlords for having an inferior console which bricks during updates, won't let you buy adult rated games till 11pm, has no gaems and, most damning of all, is a console for children. Now you Wii U owners can look these unpleasant chaps in the eye and proclaim that your Wii U is saving the planet whilst their dirty, old consoles are in fact killing the planet.

The clever chaps down at the Digital Foundry have found the Wii U is a rather efficient piece of kit. In terms of performance per watt the Wii U is the clear winner, providing an equivalent graphical and gameplay experience to the tree killing Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 all whilst using less than half the power consumed by the other consoles.​

When examining whether the Wii U will do what the Xbox 360 did and, y'know, Red Ring itself to death for epic performance (I'm not talking about erotic asphyxiation). So don't expect to have a heavy drug gaming session and wake up to find her the Wii U dead like I have experience on many occasions.​

However not everything is fantastic and magical. To quote the article;​

"The Wii U's lack of CPU power compared to the Xbox 360 and PS3 is a topic that's been covered extensively before, but the main takeaway here is that a CPU running at just 1.24GHz and using far fewer transistors than the competition (the physical size of the chip is much smaller than both Xenon and Cell) is obviously going to consume far less power than its rivals (Leadbetter: 2010)."​

The best analogy I can think of is being able to produce more sperm but at the price of having a smaller penis.​

Overall whilst it seems the Wii U isn't a huge leap ahead regarding power, it does like look a well built piece of tech. Like meeting a girl who is kind, thoughtful and generous but she has small breasts and you have to get home by 11.​

Source and full article​

 

[Valwin]

For all you Wii U owners who are mocked, insulted and discriminated against on a daily basis by your Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 overlords for having an inferior console which bricks during updates, won't let you buy adult rated games till 11pm, has no gaems and, most damning of all, is a console for children. Now you Wii U owners can look these unpleasant chaps in the eye and proclaim that your Wii U is saving the planet whilst their dirty, old consoles are in fact killing the planet.

most of that is by you

 

[emigre]

most of that is by you

Will you cry again?

EDIT: Learn to laugh.

 

[Sanoblue]

well duh! the wii-u is a newer console... any tech, in this case the 360 and ps3, that's older than the wii u will of course be less efficient.... there is about a 10 year gap in tech.... it's like comparing the nes or Snes to a xbox.... the separation in gens isn't just limited to graphics people..... >.< stop comparing wii u to the previous generation!!!! wait and see what micro$hit and Playcrap come up with

 

[shakirmoledina]

I think smaller scrotum would be a better analogy

 

[Bladexdsl]

What's with everyone using banned avatars all of a sudden?

 

[Guild McCommunist]

It's the little victories that count I guess.

...Although last time I checked Nintendo is still rather high up on the list of companies that use conflict materials.

 

[FAST6191]

Damn, here I thought greenpeace's semi annual roundup had actually got some data this time.

@sanoblue the sentiment is appreciated but as far as the science goes it is was still potentially up in the air and the Wii U could still have been similar to the PS360 side of things easily enough.

 

[Foxi4]

It eats up the least power of the three because it's the least used due to no gaems. ;O;
/trololo

Seriously though, no wonder - it's a more refined build of the same technology - all processors gradually become more energy-efficent, that's the current trend.

 

[p1ngpong]

How is this news? A less powerful technically inferior console uses less power than its ten year old counterparts. Stop the presses.

 

[Valwin]

How is this news? A less powerful technically inferior console uses less power than its ten year old counterparts. Stop the presses.

but thats not true


by valwin

 

[NES SNES V.B. N64 G.C. Wii WiiU]

There you go, the WiiU is now officially GreenPeace's favourite console.

"It'll save the whales, man..."

 

[Guild McCommunist]

by valwin

Then it must be true.

 

[Joe88]

what about the other factors? http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2010/01/08/nintendo-still-most-eco-unfriendly-console/1

 

[Rockhoundhigh]

Damn son, now all the cool kids are going to have to show Nintendo some respect.

 

[Bladexdsl]

and it begins again...

 

[Gh0sti]

that's a cool story brah!
except I don't have a small penis and I still outperform most guys yep

 

[Gahars]

I bet Microsoft and Sony are just green with envy...

...

...I'll be going now.

 

[weavile001]

what about the other factors? http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2010/01/08/nintendo-still-most-eco-unfriendly-console/1

it's from 2010....

won't let you buy adult rated games till 11pm?
why?

 

[B-Blue]

How is this news? A less powerful technically inferior console uses less power than its ten year old counterparts. Stop the presses.

BUT IT WILL SAVE THE EARTH!