Wii U vs PS4 vs Xbox One FULL SPECS (January 24, 2014)

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superchunk said:

spurgeonryan said:

superchunk said:
Updated based on latest stuff and I added more table info for CPU technologies and a GPU table now that we've heard various GPUs thrown around.

Still looking to be what I always expected. MSony reaching for top of the line with Wii U really close behind allowing 3rd parties the ability to easily push ports etc.

So you are saying that the Wii U should be around where the PS4 and Next box is? Or did I read that wrong?

Within reason.

Based on latest rumors this is how I see it.

Wii U vs neXtBox: Wii U will have a couple less cores in CPU, but similar speed and RAM. Slower GPU, but with specific tweaks from Nintendo, it will have nearly all the same types of technology (i.e. similar to DirectX 11)

Wii U vs PS4: Wii U will have a similar or better CPU, similar speed and RAM. Slower GPU but with specific tweaks from Nintendo, it will have nearly all the same types of technology (i.e. similar to DirectX 11)

neXtBox vs PS4: Box will get a better CPU and virtually the same GPU. RAM will also be pretty much the same.

All in all, instead of a case where one is detrimentally inferior to the others, I see three consoles very similar and in no way will one be cut out due to technical limitations. 3rd party titles will look and run very much the same across all three.

What rumor told you that Wii U will have a similar or better CPU than Nextbox/Ps4??? Just because it is power PC based and delievers 4 cores doesnt really mean all that much. We have no indication of the per core performance do we? There are a host of old and weak intel cpus that can clock at 3.0 GHz with quad core and would still get destroyed by an intel i5 dual core running at a lower clock.

On the GPU side the most telling fact that Nintendo wont be able to compete is their choice to go for a RV770 based design....why in the world would they ever want something like that if they wanted to even come close to a 6670??? There is absolutely no reason why you would want to even consider spending all the R+D money on trying to boost a RV770 up to a upper end 6xxx based GPu, when you could, you know, just use a 6xxx based design. Sony and MS will also tweak and boost their own GPUs as well setting an even further gap.

As for the XDR2 ram, that is a good joke, a split pool would just anger devs, the new memory would be expensive, and finally that leak came from a rumor that pointed to the Wii U employing a power 6, not 7, CPU with custom blu ray disks up to 50 gigs....according to ninty it will only be up to 25 gigs and wont be able to have the licensing to play movies so i dont think you can really call it a 'blu ray' even if it is pretty much the same tech, so that also further disproves that rumor.

Looking to the rumors once again i fail to see anything that would remotely show the Wii U specs coming close to the Nextbox/PS4, all i see is vague adjectives thrown around like "great" and "much" no one mentions the Wii U as coming close to the competition or even being 'next gen' in terms of tech.