Viper1 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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See that line I bolded? Read it again.
A re-release is not a sucessor, it's, well...you said it, a re-release.
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Let's analyse this statement, shall we?
Is the Wii U the sucessor to the Wii? Yes.
Is the Wuu U better (subjective...I suppose you meant stronger) than the current gen compeition (what an arbitrary requirement)? Yes, it is.
Therefore, under your very own logic and reasoning, Wii U = next gen.
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Apparently it's hardware isn't better though...Look at the claims of the CPU.
But yeah, your definition is a good one although I'd insist that hardware has to be notiably better as generation should include a technological advance over the last generation as a whole, not just from the previous companies console interation. It's not arbitrary because gaming is ultimately based on technology which is linked to hardware. As consoles develop, so should the hardware.
