Wii U graphics power finally revealed - "we can now finally rule out any next-gen pretensions for the Wii U"

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Soundwave said:

BlueFalcon said:

ninjablade said:

HD 3850 = 320:16:16 (more 8 ROPs than Wii U GPU).

 i'm only followong the sp count, is this bad news for wiii u? 

Very bad. HD3850 has 53 GB/sec memory bandwidth. Chop off half the ROPs and drop memory bandwidth to 12.8GB/sec, the GPU is hopeless for next generation games. Even if it's 50% faster than Xbox 360's GPU, that won't even make a dent for next gen games. However, since people enjoyed Nintendo's 1st party games on the N64, Gamecube, Wii, it's not the graphics that interests them, but gameplay. The gap in visuals between Wii U and PS4 should be a full generation. 

Wii U is shaping up to be basically an Xbox 360+ & a Gamepad. 

That's basically what Nintendo wanted though, something good enough to run PS3/360 graphics + a second screen. Black Ops 2 already does this.

Iwata already said they don't see a future in pursuing higher and higher end graphics because the cost to develop games will out weigh the possible return in most cases.

dont forget being green is more important then power, and who the heck hides there specs like nintendo, too embarressed to show there specs.