Wii U specs are surprising, says Sonic developer, specifically the GPU and memory

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teigaga said:

Yeah, I should know this. Don't know why I included the p (480p) at the end as well, that made zero sense lol. Regardless the same priciple applies, a 8192x8192 texture of pure black is no more demanding then a 2x2 texture of black.

Actually, no ...

The net result on the image may be the same, but the larger texture would eat up far more memory and have a dramatically higher impact on the bus than the smaller texture. To render the same image using both textures you would see a substantial downgrade in performance using the larger texture.