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

[zarx]

superchunk said:

zarx said:

For the 3 core CPU + other details, the latest rumours

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/352365/full-wii-u-specs-allegedly-leaked-at-e3-tri-core-cpu-15gb-ram-8gb-flash/?attr=cvg-general-rss&cid=otc-rss&site=cvg

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=38686027&postcount=802

There were some older leaks that said a 3 core CPU as well

http://www.01net.com/editorial/531660/project-cafe-la-wii-2-de-nintendo-aura-une-tablette-pour-manette/

Interesting and its from yesterday. Odd though as rumors up til now all focused on quad-core. However, it does say 2GB RAM in that as well.

It is possible considering the heafty OS/background tasks allotment that Nintendo are also reserving a full core for those things as well. Especially if they are going to offer multitsking capabilities, being able to bring up a wen browser on the tablet while voice chatting without causing any slowdown in the game could be a really cool feature for the system. So the Wii U might be quad core but devs only have access to 3 of them. 

Having said that the rumours do include details such as cache, so leaving off a core does seem pretty odd.