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Technical jargon is always so implicit. Everyone thinks that how they are seeing it should just be plain obvious to all the other people in the thread. Like the story of three blind men being asked to touch a object, but they weren't told what that object was. So each came back with a different interpretation based upon what part of the object they touched. By the way the story is about a Elephant, but that is aside from the point. I am sure that someone in this thread may have hit the nail on the head, but I haven't any clue whatsoever who that might be.

Anyway it seems that the consensus is that the Wii U is modestly better or merely on par with the capabilities of the High Def Twins. Which is what I expected months ago. Seeing as Nintendo is economical about design, they aren't a loss leader, and their control scheme split hardware resources. Reality seems to be matching reasoning. With that all said. I think the real issue is that Nintendo really needed to unquestionably exceed the competition. In order to shake brand loyalties. People just don't leave their comfort zones for about the same, or even for just a little bit better.

There is one thing that really irked me in this thread. Developers are hardly impartial sources. Most especially if they have a financial stake in a products launch. Anyone who has developed for the platform either has a title that is launching with the platform, or will launch in a short time frame. Any negativity on their part could drive down the sales of the platform, and in doing so drive down their own sales. Few developers would be so self defeating.

To get a genuine developers take on the hardware your going to have to wait between five to six months. Which is about the time it takes for the sales of their games to slow to a trickle. That is when you are going to get their honest opinion, because that is when they are going to start juggling the pros and cons of continuing their own development on the platform. Just look at the PS3s first year. It wasn't really till early summer that developers started to come out of the woodwork, and started to state their opinions on the record.

This is one thing I can say with some certainty that we really do have to wait on.