will the wii u be able to upscale wii games?

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Viper1 said:

Crono141 said:

Viper1 said:

Crono141 said:
This seems like a bonehead move on Nintendo's part. How difficult is it to increase the internal resolution and output at 720p? A: Its not. All their Wii software sales would go through the roof if the WiiU could play them in HD.

HappySquirrel and I just explained why.

 

B/C will be hardware based, not software based like PS3/X360.

Yes, and the choice to go that way for B/C is a bonehead move.  I'm also not convinced that B/C is entirely hardware based.

If they want 100% B/C with everything as they are pushing, a lot of the hardare will need to be there.  And that could incude everything that limits Wii to 480p.

what do you mean with a lot of hardware? the cpu is still a ppc, just generations ahead. the gpu of gc/wii was built by ati/amd, so will the gpu of wiiU. so i don't really see nintendo will build in wii-hardware - this will also increase costs what we could see with the japanese ps3 at launch.

and also keep in mind that it is almost a tradition at nintendo to keep close to last generation in terms of hardware for bc.