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Could this be able to get ports from Ps4/720 easier than Wii from PS360?



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Pavolink said:
Could this be able to get ports from Ps4/720 easier than Wii from PS360?

Yes, but we still need to see PS4-720. 



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spurgeonryan said:
Wow! Bring on the Next gen! This is going to be strong!

Lets wait for Superchunk to come in and tell us just how strong.

I would if those specs were true or meant anything.

For one... they are not using "broadway" cores. That is 100% opposite for the last year of CONFIRMED statements from IBM and Nintendo. Its a Power7 based CPU and Broadway was NOT Power7 based.

The rest is just conjecture, but even the GPU doesn't match up to the specific two original rumors, including the one that AMD put out last year.

I put zero faith in this thread.



As Superchunk (and others) have pointed out, this "leak" goes against the few verified details we have about the Wii U ...

Any resemblance to the actual hardware within the Wii U will likely be a coincidence.



yes and no, that's what i have to say



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smbu2000 said:
curl-6 said:
Play4Fun said:

CPU: “Espresso” CPU on the Wii U has three enhanced Broadway cores

3 Broadways? The Wii CPU?

Fake as fake can be.

6 Gamecubes taped together! ;-p

4.5 actually, as the Wii CPU is 1.5x that of  the Gamecube. ;)



So, I read the GAF thread for this and I have to say this though. IF this turns out to be true (we'll only know after it launches and someone tears it down), I will be buying a 2nd console in 2014 when I see defect rate (or lack there of) for neXtBox/PS4. Because there is no way the console defined in the OP will be able to play all 3rd party games at that point.

I'll also realize NO ONE LEARNED A DAMN THING from this last generation. Also, if true.... it better be fucking priced at $250 or less for the a base version. At least in two days we'll know how good or bad the full OS/Online system is as well as pricing.



What I'm expecting from the (eventual) Wii U CPU specifications when they really become available are ... POWER 7 CPU with 3 or 4 cores running at (roughly) 3GHz and being designed to (essentially) be a chip running in constant TuroboCore mode.

From Wikipedia:

"There is also a special TurboCore mode that can turn off half of the cores from an eight-core processor, but those 4 cores have access to all the memory controllers and L3 cache at increased clock speeds. This makes each core's performance higher which is important for workloads which require the fastest sequential performance at the cost of reduced parallel performance."




superchunk said:
So, I read the GAF thread for this and I have to say this though. IF this turns out to be true (we'll only know after it launches and someone tears it down), I will be buying a 2nd console in 2014 when I see defect rate (or lack there of) for neXtBox/PS4. Because there is no way the console defined in the OP will be able to play all 3rd party games at that point.

I'll also realize NO ONE LEARNED A DAMN THING from this last generation. Also, if true.... it better be fucking priced at $250 or less for the a base version. At least in two days we'll know how good or bad the full OS/Online system is as well as pricing.

Surely there's 0% chance it's true; they're putting Mass Effect 3 and Assassin's  Creed 3 on it, those couldn't run on 3 Broadways.



I was hoping for something actually believable :(