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Zero999 on 20 April 2013
burninmylight said:
Captain_Tom said:
Zero999 said:
hinch said:
burninmylight said:

 MY POINT WAS ABOUT METRO: LAST LIGHT AND WHY IT ISN'T COMING TO THE WII U. I then went on to talk about how every console receives less than stellar ports. I will not repeat things I've already typed. Please go back and read more carefully.

I've already answered that. This topic is about the next gen console (specs) and its influence on the Wii U.. Which is why I compared them, to give you some perspective on the hardware. If a brand new console cannot hold up to 7-8 year old ones.. (in terms of performance, on ports), then thats shocking tbh. Unoptimised or not, it should be at least powerful enough to handle ported games from the PS3/360 with little trouble. If the console had a more balanced architecture it would have been much easier decision for THQ to consider the Wii U version. Yes, they were in financial trouble but guess what.. hardware plays a major factor in decisions regarding cross-platform development. Making a game for multiple consoles costs them time and money and if a dev deems it not worth the hassle well then, thats.. that.

bolded: just like xbox 360 could barely run ps2 ports on the same quality.

They never looked worse lol.  Are you high?!

I missed the part where Zero999 said they looked worse. You position yourself as a technical know-it-all, so I figure you would know that graphics aren't the only factor that goes into the quality of a port. Perhaps he's referring to the framerate, load times and input responsiveness on how those games run? Like I said at the bottom of my last post, Tony Hawk's Project 8 came out for PS2 and PS3, but played like crap on the more powerful console.

Precisely.



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burninmylight on 20 April 2013
Captain_Tom said:
burninmylight said:
Captain_Tom said:
Zero999 said:
hinch said:
burninmylight said:

 MY POINT WAS ABOUT METRO: LAST LIGHT AND WHY IT ISN'T COMING TO THE WII U. I then went on to talk about how every console receives less than stellar ports. I will not repeat things I've already typed. Please go back and read more carefully.

I've already answered that. This topic is about the next gen console (specs) and its influence on the Wii U.. Which is why I compared them, to give you some perspective on the hardware. If a brand new console cannot hold up to 7-8 year old ones.. (in terms of performance, on ports), then thats shocking tbh. Unoptimised or not, it should be at least powerful enough to handle ported games from the PS3/360 with little trouble. If the console had a more balanced architecture it would have been much easier decision for THQ to consider the Wii U version. Yes, they were in financial trouble but guess what.. hardware plays a major factor in decisions regarding cross-platform development. Making a game for multiple consoles costs them time and money and if a dev deems it not worth the hassle well then, thats.. that.

bolded: just like xbox 360 could barely run ps2 ports on the same quality.

They never looked worse lol.  Are you high?!

I missed the part where Zero999 said they looked worse. You position yourself as a technical know-it-all, so I figure you would know that graphics aren't the only factor that goes into the quality of a port. Perhaps he's referring to the framerate, load times and input responsiveness on how those games run? Like I said at the bottom of my last post, Tony Hawk's Project 8 came out for PS2 and PS3, but played like crap on the more powerful console.


Yeah the 8th Tony Hawk game isn't a cherry picked example.  Good point!


I don't see what that has to do with its quality. I'm sure there have been at least eight COD games, yet people of your ilk were picking apart the WU version. By the way, the reason why I pointed that game out because that's the only game I can recall playing on both a previous and current gen console, therefore I can personally vouch for. I'm sure Google and YouTube could help me find other examples.

I can't seem to find the straw for my smoothie. Did you just reach out and take it?



Captain_Tom on 20 April 2013
burninmylight said:
Captain_Tom said:
burninmylight said:
Captain_Tom said:
Zero999 said:
hinch said:
burninmylight said:

 MY POINT WAS ABOUT METRO: LAST LIGHT AND WHY IT ISN'T COMING TO THE WII U. I then went on to talk about how every console receives less than stellar ports. I will not repeat things I've already typed. Please go back and read more carefully.

I've already answered that. This topic is about the next gen console (specs) and its influence on the Wii U.. Which is why I compared them, to give you some perspective on the hardware. If a brand new console cannot hold up to 7-8 year old ones.. (in terms of performance, on ports), then thats shocking tbh. Unoptimised or not, it should be at least powerful enough to handle ported games from the PS3/360 with little trouble. If the console had a more balanced architecture it would have been much easier decision for THQ to consider the Wii U version. Yes, they were in financial trouble but guess what.. hardware plays a major factor in decisions regarding cross-platform development. Making a game for multiple consoles costs them time and money and if a dev deems it not worth the hassle well then, thats.. that.

bolded: just like xbox 360 could barely run ps2 ports on the same quality.

They never looked worse lol.  Are you high?!

I missed the part where Zero999 said they looked worse. You position yourself as a technical know-it-all, so I figure you would know that graphics aren't the only factor that goes into the quality of a port. Perhaps he's referring to the framerate, load times and input responsiveness on how those games run? Like I said at the bottom of my last post, Tony Hawk's Project 8 came out for PS2 and PS3, but played like crap on the more powerful console.


Yeah the 8th Tony Hawk game isn't a cherry picked example.  Good point!


I don't see what that has to do with its quality. I'm sure there have been at least eight COD games, yet people of your ilk were picking apart the WU version. By the way, the reason why I pointed that game out because that's the only game I can recall playing on both a previous and current gen console, therefore I can personally vouch for. I'm sure Google and YouTube could help me find other examples.

I can't seem to find the straw for my smoothie. Did you just reach out and take it?


My ilk?  What ilk am I lol?  

I have never talked about that.  But hey if you want to talk about COD, I can mention that the PS3 COD3 looked WAY better than the PS2 one.