Rumor: Wii U 50% More Powerful Than PS3

[ManFranceGermany]

Wii U will be HD, supporting up to 1080p resolution just like Xbox 360 and PS3, but beyond that it's unclear how powerful the hardware will ultimately be when it ships sometime next year. Nintendo never provides a full breakdown, although the company did say that the form factor is "near final." While many assumed Wii U would be on par with the current HD consoles, word is coming in from developers that it's quite a bit more powerful.

Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia commented today, "Some of the developers we spoke to indicated to us that the console will have 50% more processing power compared to the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360. This is yet to be confirmed by Nintendo."

At E3 last week, Nintendo did little to prove this point. During the press conference, footage of Xbox 360 and PS3 titles was used, although the company did show off an impressive tech demo of a bird flying around some trees, and Nintendo also created a very pretty tech demo to represent what a new Zelda might look like.

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mh... If this is true (and this would be typical for Nintendo in the last Years, to not boost Specs, but use some kind Innovation) its technically not really good news, but oh well, its around the same boost as from Gamecube to Wii(50%), which was not bad.

I suppose Sony and Microsoft will include again 7 to 10 times better Hardware, than last Generation.

 

[MaxNuker]

Graphics aren't Everything... i think its a good play by nintendo, and well... its not like graphics will get much better on the next generation... they wont have the boost that they did on this generation... so i think its just well played by nintendo...

also, didnt Wii U Use a CPU that is mostly used on servers? that should give it a HUGE processing power boost

 

[Tonitonichopchop]

I think that consoles will become more powerful in later years just so the complexity (Such as the amount of things on screen and how they move) will become better. We're near the point of graphics becoming as good as they can get.

 

[Rydian]

People still drool over the PS3? ~It's 4.5 years old. Moore's Law says hi.

 

[ojsinnerz.]

Like I give a shit about what's stronger. Just give me games.

 

[Erdnaxela]

Well, nintendo fan don't mind about power after all~
Personally, I just want Nintendo games, that's all, 3rd party game are just a plus.

 

[Uchiha Obito]

Maybe, but (as stated by many people) graphics are not everything...

It still bothers me with that remote... I mean, sure it will rock, and the Sony and Microsoft go and make a cheap version of it, like always...

But is it pratical? A console with unseen graphics beyond our imagination isn't good if you can't play it right because of the controllers... That is what links you to the console and games... It it's no good, the console is no good either.

 

[Hielkenator]

Well, nintendo fan don't mind about power after all~
Personally, I just want Nintendo games, that's all, 3rd party game are just a plus.

Agreed, If I'm really in a game, I don't bother with the graphics...

 

[ManFranceGermany]

Like I give a shit.

so why do you post?

BTT: yea, as many people said Graphic is not everything, still to be every Generation one Gen behind, is not really healthy for Nintendo, but I do'#t have shares, so don't care about it. Also, maybe I will buy, like for this generation, an xbox.

I just hope this time they will get finally a lot of good thrid party games... they really deserve it.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

The tech demos didn't peg it as like next gen powerful, and they're still not selling me on content. People are just dying over it already because it's Nintendo and they can only think in terms of "OMG FIRST PARTIES".

I still don't believe it'll be powerful enough for the next gen.

 

[machomuu]

The tech demos didn't peg it as like next gen powerful, and they're still not selling me on content. People are just dying over it already because it's Nintendo and they can only think in terms of "OMG FIRST PARTIES".

I still don't believe it'll be powerful enough for the next gen.

I don't think it will matter looking at the Gamecube and how Nintendo did that generation.

 

[Lucifer666]

Well, nintendo fan don't mind about power after all~
Personally, I just want Nintendo games, that's all, 3rd party game are just a plus.

Well said.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

I don't think it will matter looking at the Gamecube and how Nintendo did that generation.

I don't care about sales. The Gamecube still had a good library (although some of the first parties like Super Mario and Star Fox were kinda mediocre). I'd rather have a system that sold poorly and had a great library than one that sold well and a poor library.

 

[Deleted member 473940]

People still drool over the PS3? ~It's 4.5 years old. Moore's Law says hi.

I was going to post that.
Anyway, power is not everything. Wii was too underpowered.. but that wont be the case with WiiU.

 

[machomuu]

I don't think it will matter looking at the Gamecube and how Nintendo did that generation.

I don't care about sales. The Gamecube still had a good library (although some of the first parties like Super Mario and Star Fox were kinda mediocre). I'd rather have a system that sold poorly and had a great library than one that sold well and a poor library.

IMO the Gamecube had a really crappy library. I consider it to be Nintendo's worst system that wasn't a failure.

 

[ManFranceGermany]

I don't think it will matter looking at the Gamecube and how Nintendo did that generation.

I don't care about sales. The Gamecube still had a good library (although some of the first parties like Super Mario and Star Fox were kinda mediocre). I'd rather have a system that sold poorly and had a great library than one that sold well and a poor library.

IMO the Gamecube had a really crappy library. I consider it to be Nintendo's worst system that wasn't a failure.

really?
I think the third party library was dozen times better than on the Wii, maybe Nintendo games were more rare and sunshine was worse than Galaxy, but all in all a very childish looking but powerful and fun Console.

 

[KingVamp]

The tech demos didn't peg it as like next gen powerful, and they're still not selling me on content. People are just dying over it already because it's Nintendo and they can only think in terms of "OMG FIRST PARTIES".

I still don't believe it'll be powerful enough for the next gen.

Why is it you always negative to Nintendo?

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Why is it you always negative to Nintendo?

Why is it always you who thinks they can do no wrong?

 

[machomuu]

I don't think it will matter looking at the Gamecube and how Nintendo did that generation.

I don't care about sales. The Gamecube still had a good library (although some of the first parties like Super Mario and Star Fox were kinda mediocre). I'd rather have a system that sold poorly and had a great library than one that sold well and a poor library.

IMO the Gamecube had a really crappy library. I consider it to be Nintendo's worst system that wasn't a failure.

really?
I think the third party library was dozen times better than on the Wii, maybe Nintendo games were more rare and sunshine was worse than Galaxy, but all in all a very childish looking but powerful and fun Console.

It did have some amazing games such as Sunshine, Twin Snakes, Double Dash, and Melee, I just consider the overall library to be mostly crap.

 

[KingVamp]

Why is it you always negative to Nintendo?

Why is it always you who thinks they can do no wrong?

'Cause I didn't. It is you that thinks the worst of Nintendo.

Yes I seen some stuff bad about Nintendo, but you always make it seem they fail before they start.

It no wow they have a chance. It %50? Instant Epic fail!

Is what I get from you.