| mantlepiecek said: Its very easy to know how powerful a system is on average. Look at its size: If its big, its probably a lot more powerful than small. This is usually due to heat production of better hardware. Wii u is small so I don't really think it will have the potential of PS4/720. The wii was small too remember? When PS4/720 release they will have extra-ordinary specs and tech-demos, blowing away Uncharted 3 type. The zelda tech-demo they showed was ok for this gen but under-whelming for the next-gen, when you compare it to other games like Uncharted, Gears, God of War. And it was a tech demo as well, tech demos are supposed to look the best. If you think about it killzone 2 was showcased back in 2007 and that looked better than zelda tech demo. I don't think wii u is that powerful at all. Maybe they will change the console design and make it more powerful. |
The gamecube was also very small compared to the original Xbox and PS2, and it outperforms the first in a few tasks and the latter in most. It all depends on how efficiently it is designed, and how well the cooling system performs(in the case of the Gamecube it was great.) As for the PS720 having "extra-ordinary" specifications, unless they're released a few years from now, I doubt it. Both companies aren't interested in the expenses as much as they were in 2005/2006. I personally speculate that the difference will be comparable to what we saw with the Dreamcast --> Xbox at most and PS2 --> Xbox at least. Where the latter is significantly more powerful, but since the first sets a precedent by releasing earlier(PS2) most multiplatform games will be developed based off of the lowest factor(PS2/Wii U) opposed to that of the highest factor(Xbox/ One or both of the future consoles.) I think this generation will be comparable to the Dreamcast/PS2/GC/Xbox generation in one way or another rather than WIi/XBOX 360/PS3
Edit: Btw historically Zelda tech demos have looked WORSE than the actual games. This was the case for Majora's Mask/Oot vs Zelda 64 CD, Twilight Princess/WIndwaker vs Space World 2000, and the 2005 Zelda Twilight Princess vs released Twilight Princess.
