ECM said:
Mazty said:
Viper1 said:
Mazty said:
Viper1 said:
Mazty said:
R700 is the chip that is comparable with the WiiU GPU.
For a 2012 console, not matter what happens, the Wii U will not be kicking out graphics that are anyway near as good as gaming PC's from a few years ago. In short, with that GPU, the WiiU really isn't a next-gen console.
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The Wii U is launching after the Wii, isn't it?
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So if I released a console with a 200Mhz CPU, 46Mb Ram and a Geforce FX 5200 you'd classify it as next-gen?
Note how I said "with that GPU".
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The GPU, in fact all specs, are largely irrelevent to being classified as next gen.
The sole requirement is that you are part of a predecessor/successor relationship of flagship consoles.
Whether they want to release a console with specs that are doomed to fail is their business. It's dead on arrival next gen but still next gen.
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Then how come re-releases of old consoles like the Sega Saturn aren't considered current gen?
You have to be a successor to your previous iteration whilst being better then the current gen competition. As such, the WiiU is not next-gen, but this gen, due to it's hardware being on par with current consoles. It's this gen, and very late to the party.
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Hey, guess what! You're wrong! And your example is a contortion and evasion of Viper's point, which is the 100% commonly accepted defintion of "next generation".
But, hey, rock on with your very own, personal, definition of what "nextgen" means--it isn't like you dont' hvae plenty of company in the 'distort language to suit my own needs' category of message board posting (or the annals of marketing or politics)--you're a regular Humpty Dumpty, in fact!
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"100% commonly accepted defintion"
Yeap..I'm not going to bother with such flawless logic as you clearly know everything, so to do so would be pointless.
