This is for when Superchunk get's banned...
July24 update
| Name | Wii U | neXtBox | PS4 |
| Project | Cafe | Durango | Orbis |
| CPU |
IBM Power 710 Express OR 3 core version with 3.2GHz (maybe still 4 but with 4th dedicated to OS?) |
IBM Power7 |
AMD Fusion |
| GPU |
AMD 4000 series |
AMD 7000 series (8x > X360 GPU) |
AMD HD6550 in APU |
| Memory | 2GB RAM (512MB for OS) 32MB eDRAM |
4GB RAM >32MB eDRAM |
4GB RAM |
| Storage |
8GB Flash Memory |
Internal Flash (diff skus?) 250GB+ HDD |
Internal Flash (diff skus?) 250GB+ HDD |
| OS | Custom Nintendo UI App integration (GoogleTv?) MiiVerse and Nintendo Network Video/Voice/text chat w/ gamepad |
Windows 8 core App integration Live Video/Voice/text chat w/ Kinect2/phone/tablets/kb |
Custom Sony UI App integration (GoogleTv?) PSN Video/Voice/text chat w/ eye/phone/tablets/kb |
| Media | Proprietary 25GB Disc Wii Discs |
Bluray |
Bluray |
| Display | up to 1080p Various connectors |
up to 1080p Various connectors |
up to 1080p Various connectors |
| Controllers | 2 Gamepad controllers 4 Pro controllers 4 Wiimotes and all Wii accessories |
Variant of 360 controller Kinect 2.0 SmartGlass |
Variants of Dual Shock and Move Integration with tablets/phones? |
| Other | 4 USB Fully b/c with Wii Wi-Fi (802.11n) |
USB B/C with 360 Wi-Fi (802.11n) |
Wi-Fi (802.11n) |
| Launch | November 2012 |
2013 |
2013 |
| Price | $299 USD $299 EUR 20,000 YEN |
$299 USD | ? |
CPU: (neXtBox > PS4 >= Wii U)
| Wii U | NeXtBox | PS4 | PS4 (latest) |
| IBM Power 710 Express | IBM Power7 |
AMD Fusion (A8-3850) |
AMD Fusion (Steamroller) |
|
Produced: 2010 |
Produced: 2010 |
Produced: 2011 Cores: 4 L1 cache: 64+64 KB/core L2 cache: 1MB/core L3 cache: none Threads: 1/core |
?FX-81-40 Produced: 2013 Cores: 4 L1 cache: 64+64 KB/core L2 cache: 4MB/core L3 cache: 8MB Threads: 2/core |
Source info from companies sites, wikipedia, newegg, and tom's hardware.
Ok so now things are coming to what more people would consider as expected. PS4 is the biggest change and back to top level. However, this top-tier has some risks as it will be priced high, hot, and have low yields. For now I'll leave both PS4's high and low end rumors. Still, WiiU will not be like Wii and it is still running with the big boys.
GPU: (neXtBox >= PS4 >= Wii U)
I decided to break this up a little bit due to so many rumors per console. I also added more data per GPU for better comparisons.
| Wii U's Card (original rumor) |
Wii U's (more recent rumor) |
| AMD HD 4870 | AMD HD 6770 |
|
Produced: 2008 |
Produced: 2011 Memory: 76.8GB/s 128bit GDDR5 Clock core: 850Mhz Clock Mem: 1.2GHz GFLOPS: 1360 Pixel Fill Rate: 13.6GP/s Texture Fill: 34GT/s TDP: 18 to 108W |
More recently Wii U has been rumored to have an upgraded GPU in order to be able to utilize Unreal Engine 4. The newer card would be a good upgrade to the original and based on rumors below, it should be right in line with the PS4... possibly even a better card.
| neXtBox |
| AMD HD 7000 series |
| Produced: 2012 Bandwidth: ~70 to 260 GB/s Memory: 128 - 256bit GDDR5 Clock core: 800MHz to 1GHz Clock Mem: 400MHz to 1.4GHz GFLOPS: 600 to 3870 Pixel Fill Rate: 1.6 to 32GP/s Texture Fill: 3.2 to 118GT/s TDP: 6.4 to 230W |
Really not a whole lot here for neXtBox. Still waiting on a proper rumor to place the card. I'd bet it would be a higher end 7000 series.
| PS4 card (default with APU) |
PS4 card (rumored 2nd card or similar chip with new APU) |
| AMD HD 6550 | AMD HD 7670 |
| Produced: 2011 Memory: 29.9GB/s 128bit DDR3-1866 Clock core: 600MHZ Clock Mem: ?? GFLOPS: 480 Pixel Fill Rate: 4.8GP/s Texture Fill: 12GT/s TDP: 25 to 100W |
Produced: 2012 Memory: 64GB/s 128bit GDDR5 Clock core: 800MHZ Clock Mem: 1000MHz GFLOPS: 768 Pixel Fill Rate: 6.4GP/s Texture Fill: 19.2GT/s TDP: 12 to 66W |
PS4 is still pretty unclear. If its the low-end APU then it very well could be less than some of WiiU's rumors or at par with them. If its the newer APU or a combination of lower APU with 2nd card, then it could be at par with the neXtBox rumors.
Memory: (neXtBox = PS4 > Wii U)
Looks like WiiU is going with 2GB of shared RAM for everything and 512MB or that dedicated to OS. Rumors of the other system are still unclear, but I wouldn't expect more than 4GB. Interesting if they have double the RAM of Wii U. Unfortunately, the type of RAM is still unknown for any system.
Controls:
| WiiU | neXtBox | PS4 | |
| Main Controller(s) |
Gamepad
Wireless Pro Controller
|
Variation of 360 controller
|
Variation of Dual Shock
|
| Secondary |
All Wii controls
Interoperability with any smartphone or tablet for MiiVerse, eShop, etc types of interaction. (Don't believe this is gameplay related) |
Kinect 2.0
SmartGlass
|
Move 2.0 and/or tablet device or Vita promotion? |
Essay Pro