Play4Fun said:
selnor said:
Play4Fun said:
selnor said:
Soundwave said:
There will be a pretty significant gap between the Wii U and PS4/720, what we know of the leaked PS4/720 specs show them to be well beyond the Wii U.
It may not be quite as bad as last gen, but that doesn't mean there won't be a pretty large difference.
A lot of hardcore gamers are already biased against Nintendo to begin with, lets be honest, so that doesn't help either.
If a game like Star Wars 1313 is available on Wii U, 720/PS4 ... and 720/PS4 versions run at 1080p + better graphical effects, higher poly count, higher frame rate, etc. not many people are going to buy the Wii U version, then the excuses from developers will start ("oh the Wii U version didn't sell great, so we're pulling resources away from it"), etc. etc.
This is all so predictable, happens to Nintendo over and over (and over) again.
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if the rumours are true about Wii U specs and 720 then the gap will be bigger next gen than this.
Wii U rumoured 1.5 gb ram. 720 rumoured 4gb minimum 6gb max.
Wii U rumoured 3 core 3.2ghz. 720 rumoured 12 core 3.2ghz.
Wii U maybe able to 1080p most games as native atandard. 720 1440p - 2140p.
Those figures are much broader than 360 - Wii.
But those are rumours and we will wait and see.
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720 is said to have alot of RAM with a good chunk being for OS, multimedia and multi-tasking. It's probably going to have 2-2.5x the RAM of WiiU dedicated to gaming and that's not a gap bigger than this gen at all. That's more similar to a PS2 vs Xbox gap in RAM.
The 720 will no doubt have a better CPu than WiiU, but once again won't be the same gap as wii vs 360.
You'd be lucky to get 1080P as a standard next gen, don't know why you're pulling 1440p - 2140p out of thin air.
Wii was an overclocked GC, which meant it it used tech from the late 90s. It didn't even support programmable shaders.
WiiU won't be the same situation. Saying the gap will be bigger than this gen was in just an outright lie. It won't be anywhere as big.
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Its all rumours yes.
But saying the 720 will dedicate the sort of ram you think to OS etc has no basis.
the 360 and microsoft have been praised on the 360 for using such minimal resources for its OS etc. Even though te OS does more than the competition this gen.
I expect next gen to be no different.
My point. I expect Wii U to be behind just the same as the Wii was this gen. Based on rumoured specs of 720. If indeed the claim the dev kits are 12 gb ram for 720, 6 gb ram ( ram being the biggest draw back of 360 & PS3 claimed by devs ) it should help the 720 to be able to achieve alot more than wii u.
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I like how you didn't acknowledge anyone's post but instead just repeated the "same gap as this gen" thing as before.
Let me put this into perspective for you:
Let's say, hypothetically, the WiiU is 3x 360.
And let's say the 720 uses a 7850 level GPU since that's the max I could see consoles going next gen because of the power consumption of high end GPUs. That GPU is a bit less powerful than a GTX 580 which is 9x 360.
So how would a console that's around 8x 360, while Wii is 3x 360 have the same gap as Xbox 360-20x-WiiU gap? Also, GPUs are the best way to judge the power gap between the consoles, not RAM like you are trying to do.
Lastly, every 720 rumour regarding the OS, especially that leaked document a month back, have touted that it would be an all in one media box and is likely to use a version of windows 8. We've seen MS moving towards this with the 360 for a while now with other functions taking priority over gaming in the OS lay-out.
In fact, the whole reason MS got into the gaming industry was to gain control of the living room. Their aim has always been for a entertainment system that also plays games, not a gaming system that does other stuff.
Just face it, a good amount of that RAM will be for the OS, multimedia functions and muti-tasking.
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