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happydolphin on 11 March 2012
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Andrespetmonkey said:
happydolphin said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
Twice as powerful wouldn't be that much, if MicroSony take the same route they took this gen, and make the consoles very powerful, they'll easily make the Wii U look dated, Wii U will be behind in Graphics, Physics, AI, and probably online player counts. This wouldn't help them with third party support, which they are apparently trying to win back, because games will easily look and run better on other consoles, leading to better sales on other consoles.

But I guess Wii never needed powerful next-gen hardware to succeed, so I doubt the Wii U will either.

These are just rumours though so I really don't know what will actually happen.

@bold. Very unlikely.

And the issue with the Wii was not that it was less powerful than the X3sony (PS360), but rather that the Wii was SD, and was not even on the same level as the other market players. Understandably this was to create a radical shift between them and their competition, but it was ultimately counter-productive. Nintendo could have had the all-around console of gen 7.

As for WiiU, even if it is not as powerful as the nextbox3 (which I doubt), it would still be on the same playing field, as PS2 was to GC.

Also, 2x as powerful is probably a horribly simplistic metric of comparative HW capabilities, like HappySquirrel said.

The Wii being SD is because it didn't have powerful next-gen hardware in it, the Wii U will be in the same position if this rumour is true. 

Keep in mind I'm speaking from the hypothetical scenario in which the Wii U isn't in the same league hardware-wise as playbox 4 (which is what the "2x as powerful rumour would suggest), I'm not saying anything about how likely this scenario is, not even saying I think it will happen.


Either way, at best in favor of your view Andre we'd have a PS2 to GC/Xbox scenario, where PS2 was the leader by a landslide, and in this occurrence WiiU would be the analog of PS2. Middle case, in disfavor of your scenario (and the more likely case), we will have a Sat/PSX vs N64 scenario, where WiiU and PS4 would be on par (due to budget limitations), the WiiU being the likely leader, and Xbox overkilling with bleeding edge. Worst case (the most different from what you present), is a scenario where all 3 have relatively the same power, no bleeding edge. In that case, chances are of the WiiU being the dominant platform.

But my predictions are a distraction to my main point that either way, no scenario is in disfavor of Nintendo's platform as it was for Wii vs HD twins. That should never happen again in the home console front if Nintendo learnt their lessons (which I believe they have given interviews and all).