| Nsanity said: Eurogamer The Vita's impressive horsepower gives Sony an important advantage over the Wii U and its tablet controller, so says Sony Worldwide Studios VP Scott Rohde. Speaking in an E3 interview with GamesIndustry International, Rohde argued that Vita-to-PS3 connectivity inherently holds more potential than the Wii U's dual-screen offering as both Sony systems boast their own processor. "That Wii U tablet doesn't have a processor in it, so it's got to be fueled by that box sitting under your TV," he said. |
Does this guy actually know what he's talking about? According to the pre-E3 show, the GamePad acts as a fully independent TV remote control with touchscreen. It doesn't strike me as a device without a processor, and it seems easier to implement the connectivity we've seen using a processor and rudimentary OS. I'd expect it to have at least the CPU power of a DSi (those ancient ARM processors must be dirt cheap to produce).
