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Play4Fun on 09 December 2011
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Mr Puggsly said:
Play4Fun said:
Mr Puggsly said:
Play4Fun said:


Size doesn't tell you shit, so yeah...

So we're pretending small devices are known for delivering the most the cutting edge graphics?

Safe bet the next Xbox and PS4 are going to be larger than Wii U.


I'm not talking about PS4 / xbox 3.

I'm talking about Wii-U! The size of the (unfinalized) box tells you nothing about what they can put in it.

GC was smaller than PS2 and xbox and was more powerful than the former and close to the latter.

It's all about design.

Obviously my point with cutting edge hardware tends to be bigger than hardware using dated specs. Another example would be the Wii compared to the HD twins.

Your PS2 and Gamecube comparison is bad. The Gamecube was taller, it had an external power supply, used smaller discs, and it had a pop up disc drive. The PS2 used a tray disc drive, had the power supply built in, and had a hard drive expansion.

If that's not the final Wii U, I doubt the final will look much different.

Now give up this argument already. I've already proved my point. Size does, "tell you shit, so yeah..."

 GC was one of Nintendo's best built hardware ever. Very well ventilated and and had powerful hardware for it's time fitted into a small box. Why don't you compare it to Xbox instead of PS2 since they released in the same year. It's why so many gamers refer to the engineering of the gamecube as 'Nintendo magic.'

If you are looking at Wii-U's box and thinking 'Nintendo can't put hardware that is more than slightly more powerul than PS360 in that,' then the box size isn't telling you shit.

Technology has improved since 2005.  More can be fitted onto less and Nintendo will have the box well ventilated. Nintendo can put hardware into it that will be a moderate jump over PS360

Nintendo isn't going cutting edge , by the way(They aren't in the arms race). If Sony and MS are launching 2013, they aren't going to be using cutting edge 2013 GPUs either.