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Badassbab on 23 September 2012
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osed125 said:
Badassbab said:

That's not a good comparison to compare a current gen against a next gen console.

Check out Burnout Revenge-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX60S6bju_E&hd=1 Xbox and PS2 versions. Current gen at the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90CdPPPsF6s&hd=1 - Xbox 360 version. Next gen at the time.

As you can see the 360 version looks far superior. If the Wii U was trully 'next gen' the it should be able to wipe the floor with the 360 and PS3 with no excuses. Truth of the matter is Nintendo has hedged it's bet on the controller again however this time around the control pad is an expensive peripheral and in order to keep costs down they've had to skimp on the Wii U innards. Even so the launch price of the Wii U is noticebly more than that of the Wii. Personally I don't mind too much as finally I get to play Nintendo games in glorious HD without having to mess about with PCs but my issue at the moment is price. For an underpowered system it's quite expensive and that's thanks to the control pad.

 

Something that I didn't think about when I made that post (glad I understand it now) it's that the PS2, Xbox and GC games were in SD, while the 360 and PS3 are in HD. Like other users have said the difference in very noticeable in some games (but it really depends in which ones you are trying to compare, some of them looked almost exactly the same).

But now that all games are in HD those differences will be harder to notice with each passing gen, you can still argue about games like Watch Dogs and Star Wars 1313, but I'm pretty confident the Wii U can run those games (maybe not at the same level as the demos but still be able to play them quite nicely), or I can be dead wrong on this one, but it really doesn't matter to me since I have a PC where I can play those games.

 


The comment about the jump from SD to HD is a good point to make but I can also make out other differences such as better textures, particle effects and other post processing effects. If it was simply an upscale job from SD to HD then it wouldn't look like that much of a step up. Furthermore the jump to HD takes extra CPU/GPU grunt.

Which leads me to my other point. On the flip side to the SD to HD argument I could say the Wii U doesn't have to worry about pixel increase so can just concentrate on everything else. So far there's been no evidence of that. I am looking forward to Bayonetta 2, see what PG can pull off. Also just want to repeat that I'm not that bothered about it being underpowered as I can finally get to play Ninty games in HD with AA etc.