IBM confirms that Wii U does not use Power 7 CPU

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TheShape31 said:

Sal.Paradise said:
Oh lawd. About a million posts on vgchartz invalidated.

Yep, a lot of people put a lot of energy into defending the Wii U as being much more powerful than it is.  I was hoping that those people would be correct, but I sort of had a feeling that things would turn out this way.

I wonder now how many think that Wii U isn't overpriced by $50.  Or how many still believe that Wii U can easily do 1080p 60fps on just about any AAA 3D title.  I think it's time for many on this site to start thinking a bit more realistically about the capabilities of this new console.

Just as the Wii was barely capable of anything more than Xbox and Gamecube, such is the Wii U to PS3 and X360.

What are you even talking about? All we got here is saying that it's not (necessarily) Power7. Where does it say that it's weaker than Power7? As far as we know, it could be better.