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dsgrue3 on 05 February 2013
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Aielyn said:
dsgrue3 said:
I quoted a random one of your posts, because the content of the specific post wasn't relevant. You've said that "next-gen" refers to a time period, but this is about "next-gen graphics power" as is stated in the title of the thread. And in this regard, Wii U isn't "next-gen". 

Again, without context, I can't respond. Did you quote somewhere where we were discussing the specific use of the term "next-gen" in the article? Or were we talking about the use on the forums? In each context, my response differs. Since you still aren't providing context, I'm going to assume that you ignored the context of what I'd said.

Since you fail to admit you said it:

Aielyn said:
Hynad said:

You all know that when people say the Wii U isn't "next gen" they don't mean it in the "successor"  sense.

They mean that it doesn't have power that distinctively puts it over the Ps3 and 360. Just like the Wii had power more comparable to the consoles from the 6th gen consoles.

So please, enough with the semantics already.

I'd rather people be semantically accurate than misuse words to try to enforce their personal bias.

Just like people took until 2011 to stop referring to PS3 and 360 as "next-gen". It was ludicrous for them to be using that term in 2007, and it was bordering on insanity to continue using it in 2010.

The Wii U is next-gen. It is more powerful than the 360 and PS3, it has more input options, and the GPU has features that no Gen 7 GPU has. Whether it's close to the other new consoles in power is completely irrelevant, for the same reason as why it's completely irrelevant that the Vita is significantly more powerful than the 3DS.

And no rational person disputes these facts, or the fact that the Wii U is next-gen. Just as no rational person should have disputed that the Wii was next-gen.

So please, enough with the stupidity already.

@Italics: You admit to being purposely obtuse to the thread being about "next gen" graphics, then proceed to deflect by rebutting by semantics. 

@bold: Your opinion isn't rational - Wii U continues to show it is equal to or marginally better than PS360 in terms of graphics. Time to face the facts here, they make it abundantly clear.