By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
thismeintiel on 02 January 2012
Edit Thread
Play4Fun said:
Zappykins said:



I'm a little surprised that the WiiU doesn't use state of the art DirectX 11, but instead uses the older 10.1. I hope this doesn't mean Microsoft is saving DirectX 11 for the Next Box.  While great, I don't want to  be limited to DX 11 or DX 11.1 as we will be locked into already several year old tech for another bunch of years. (Please innovate with DirectX 12 or more!)


Can I ask where you got that information from? K'thnx.

Also, DX11 has been out for a while now but devs  just recently started  using it in PC games. Most games are still using DX 9 and 10. Devs don't make a mass jump on to a new API as soon as it is released, the transition  takes a couple of years.

Even Epic gave us Samaritan as what they expect from next gen consoles and that's a DX11 demo.

You seriously think the Wii U is going to pull off graphics like the Good Samaritan demo?  We have already seen a preview of the Wii U graphics and they are closer to the level the PS3 can pull than the ones in the Samaritan demo.

@Jumpin

ALL of the Wii U's specs are just rumored.  We're probably going to have to wait til the thing is released and someone takes it apart before we get specs, as Nintendo doesn't usually release those, unlike MS and Sony.  While we do know it will be based on Power PC, and that it will be multi-core, we have no idea the amount of cores nor its clockspeed.  It's like the GPU.  We know it's going to be a Radeon, but which one it is based off of is still just a rumor.

@ OP

I think next gen will play out like this did.  The PS4 will be the most powerful, with the NeXbox slightly behind, and then the Wii in 3rd by a pretty good margin.