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TheBardsSong on 23 October 2012
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osed125 said:
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phenom08 said:
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phenom08 said:
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I think at this point if you're still expecting Wii U to be a massive upgrade from 360/PS3, you're just going to be disappointed. Also, I think the guy is more excited by the fact he can release ACIII on 3 home platforms finally, nothing he says hints at him thinking it's underpowered.

Who said this? Or is this something you made up? From what I have seen it will be an average upgrade over 360/PS3.


What do you mean by average? A typical jump? That's usually pretty massive...

No they aren't pretty massive, you only say that because of the jump from PS2 to PS3. That isn't the usual jump in graphics, many also ignore last gen was SD and we made a jump to HD. The WiiU doesn't have that benefit.

I don't say it because of the PS3. The SNES was a massive jump from the NES, the N64 and PS1 a massive jump from the SNES, the Dreamcast/PS2/GC/Xbox all a massive jump from the PS1/N64/Saturn.

NES - SNES = 8-bit to 16 bit

SNES - PS1/N64 = 2D (except the polygon ones like Star Fox) to 3D

PS1/N64/Saturn - Dreamcast/PS2/GC/Xbox = this one yes

PS2/GC/Xbox - 360/PS3 = SD to HD

This next gen will stay in HD, no big changes,. That doesn't mean there won't be a "massive" leap, but most of the other gens benefit from changes that were really big at the time, this time everything will remain in HD. 

You can argue about 4K TVs but those won't become mainstream in a long time.

The only possible reasons the other two next gen consoles wouldn't be a massive jump over what we have now, is because of development costs or following the Wii's example, but I have no doubt the technology is there. People have said "there isn't any room for improvement over what we have now" 7 generations in a row... and been proven wrong every single time. I think we're going to see the same deal with the eighth generation, at least from the PS4 if nothing else.

I fully expect the PS4 to support 4K, though not as a standard. I view it more like how the PS2 and Xbox were capable of HD resolutions, but hardly ever utilized it. I really don't know what direction MS will go, but I have a feeling they're intrigued by Nintendo's direction and will follow them in the next generation.