Wii U has “capability issues” due to single processor,says VentureBeat’s Takahashi

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VGKing said:

JEMC said:
Just to clarify, what does he mean with "single processor"? Is he talking about the CPU, the GPU or another thing?

He means the Wii U CPU. Although it is a quad-core, that is irrelevant since the CPU has to do so much more work than the 360/PS3. Essentially multi-platform games will end up looking the same or worse.(this might change later in the Wii U's lifecycle)

This is nonsense as the CPU's load will be minimally more on multiplat games, the GPU is what will be hit harder by complex rendering on 2 screens.  Multi-plats with minimal second screen usage (eg AC:3) could always look better on wii u than the other two.