By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
sguy78 on 02 August 2009
Edit Thread
HappySqurriel said:
Destroyer_of_knights said:
Judging from what Nintendo has done in the past I'd say that the Next gen Nintnedo console will barely reach the horse power of the PS3/360 , in essence the Wii HD will just have enough horse power to render 720p only, all while keeping the machines cost at a good $200 - $250.

the PS4 and 720 or what ever they'll be called will go out for native 1080p graphics as it is a small jump from what the PS3/360 can do now, but the key thing is that the machines will be cheaper to manufacture which means they won't lose money on them at all from day one, but not to say they'll make money, more a cost to cost thing till they're able to decrease manufacturing cost and such.

What past are you talking about?

The SNES was very competitive in processing power and was (really) only outperformed by systems that were amazingly expensive, the N64 was the most powerful console released that generation by a wide margin, and the Gamecube was competitive with the XBox and noticeably more powerful than the PS2 or Dreamcast.

The performance difference between the Wii and the HD consoles is very unusual this generation both because Nintendo decided to go for a smaller, more energy efficient console at a reasonable price (which reduced its performance noticeably), and Sony and Microsoft decided to go for as powerful of a system as they could produce which resulted in much larger, less efficient and much more expensive consoles than are typical. A much more conventional console would have been able to display "Wii Like" graphics at 720p or "HD console graphics" at 480p.

I think all three manufacturers are going to return to the "Middle Ground" and from a performance perspective you will see three very similar systems that are roughly equal in processing power and are released at a reasonable price. The kind of performance I would expect to see from these systems is that they can display the kinds of graphics that the PS3/XBox 360 struggle to achieve at their (below) 720p resolution with a framerate (below) 30fps at 1080p at a framerate of 60fps. Most of the games that have a big graphical jump will probably be rendered at a lower resolution (720p or 1280x1080) and at a lower framerate (30fps).

If by the past, he means the present.