Mazty said:
curl-6 said:
Mazty said:
curl-6 said:
Trim those quote trees, guys. ;)
And for those of you who weren't into it or around then, we had spec wars like this at the start of the 6th and 7th gens too, and people claimed the PS2 was stronger than the Xbox and Gamecube or the 360 was stronger than the PS3 based on specs like these Wii U ones. |
Hate to burst your bubble but the specs speak volumes right now whereas in the 6th and 7th gen the difference between the core consoles was negliable.
The Wii U's max power draw is very low. It is likely that the PS4/next-box will not follow that suit and will probably use arounf 100W more power. Fact is the Wii U has yet to demonstrate power that suggests it is next-gen ready - there is as of yet no "PGR3" for the Wii U. Until such a game is released, it will not be considered a next-gen console.
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There's a whole 'nother thread for this, but power doesn't determine generations, product iterations do. I'm not expecting the Wii U to rival what the Nextbox and PS4 do graphically, and that doesn't bother me.
The specs we have now are incomplete and unclear. You can't determine a console's true processing capabilities from its power draw.
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Actually it does. The best way to explain this is to think about games. If I released a game with 2D graphics, no one would call it next-gen. Yet if I released one that used UE4 to it's greatest extent, it would be called next-gen. The difference is purely power. Claiming a console has to merely be a successor is logically flawed as every console has to start without a successor.
Unless Nintendo are using tech that has never been seen anywhere and is decades ahead of known technology, you can work out that 70W is not going to give you performance that massively dwarfs either the PS3 or Xbox 360.
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When a console launches without a successor it's in the same gen as its contemporaries. Power is coincidental. (Or with the Wii and 3DS, not) Anyway, if you want to discuss it, here's the thread: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=154418&page=1
