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acking up a report this week claiming Wii U is less powerful than Xbox 360 and PS3, key developers told CVG that it's processor intensive game systems which they're struggling to get up to par with current-gen consoles.

"Assumptions that Wii U games will look like 'up rezzed' current-gen titles with better textures aren't quite right. They'll look just as good, but not better," one developer told CVG. "You shouldn't expect anything special from a graphics point of view," they added.

A second source working on a big name franchise said GPU and RAM power "won't be a problem" on the new console but, again, claimed Wii U struggles to match PS3 and 360 in processing power.

"We're still working on dev machines but there have definitely been some issues [in porting PS3/360 games]," our source said. "It's not actually a problem getting things up and running because the architecture is pretty conventional, but there are constraints with stuff like physics and AI processing because the hardware isn't quite as capable."

The same source concluded, bluntly: "I suppose you don't need sophisticated physics to make a Mario game."

Some dev sources have speculated that Wii U's relatively low technical specs may be down to an attempt to attractively price the console, which will of course come bundled with a pricey touchscreen controller, as first revealed by CVG. It's also worth noting that unlike its rivals, Wii U has the task of sending separate images to that controller, potentially eating up more hardware juice.

The various sources of course conflict somewhat with fresh comments made by Gearbox COO Brian Martell, who claimed in a video interview published today that Wii U has "more RAM" and a "great processor".

It's unlikely we'll know exactly how powerful the Wii U is before we've actually got it in our hands later this year. One thing looks certain though, and that's that Nintendo is sticking to its strategy of less powerful hardware combined with an innovative interface, leaving the high-end console space to its rivals.

Can't we just wait for E3 instead of posting all these posts?

This is getting rather silly. We've seen the Zelda tech demo, and frankly it looks head and shoulders above anything on the PS3 and 360 as it should considering the better tech, granted it is a tech demo, but an interactive one nonetheless. It's starting to sound like people are just trying to get hits.

This is seriously getting ridiculous now. And of course it's only going to get worse in the next two months...

Oh dear...

So far, we have people saying it´s better than this generation in every way, people saying it´s worse, people saying it is better in some areas and not quite in others.

Again?! Who are those sources they don't say because they're SCAM. If today Gearbox said it has a more RAM than the others and a great processor, note "A GREAT PROCESSOR", there will be no problems with that physics and AI that they're saying. First they blamed the graphics, then a reliable source said that the best version of their game in will be a Wii U version, now they claim that it's about AI and physics, yes ofcorse. if the processor was bad the Gearbox game would not be the best on Wii U and the director wouldn't say that it has a great processor.

that The same source concluded, bluntly: "I suppose you don't need sophisticated physics to make a Mario game." proves that they're scam

Did you not read the OP? That was adressed specifically in the bold text: 

"Sources said graphical quality "won't be a problem" on Nintendo's new console, but a drop in CPU horsepower compared to 360 and PS3 could see Wii U lag behind in areas such as complicated physics and AI."

Anyway, I really hope this isn't true, though how specific the source is makes me worried it is.

"And even since they gave us our first alpha kit, our very first 'pre-prototype' development hardware that they kind of let us play around with, they've done so many things to make the platform better. So it's getting better for us as developers."
-Gearbox.

Any dev complaining right now, simply has an alpha kit. Their have been 5 SDK's so far. Each have enhanced certain aspects of the console. From power, to cooling, to networking...power has been upped a few times already.

Maybe EA has expanded their trolling efforts beyond Activision? :P