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A HD 5450 can use DX11. But it's not powerful enough to ever use the benefical features of DX11 e.g. tesselation. Saying "It's DX11 therefore it's instantly better" is a complete lie. The GTX280 is far better than any low-end DX11 card. Also you fail to address that the Wii U has yet to demonstrate any of this power. At the moment, it's nothing but theoretical.
Power per watt doesn't mean anything as that has been improving massively with each downscale of the existing consoles. So far it uses less power than existing consoles but has yet to perform better. In fact, with ports, it performs considerably worse.
"Sales will be compared" By whom? This site? Or Wall Street? This is what really pisses me off. A bunch of gamers ranting about their console suddenly think they are Havard graduates in business. This site, and other gaming sites, are not legitimate sources of buisness analysis.
"Another interesting point, is a massive power jump the only technological advance that exists? (the answer is no in case you actually were wondering)"
Is it no? Have you thought about the contradictions that arise if you start to use controllers and media? Controllers - eyetoy make the ps2 7th gen? Media - PS3 therefore is 8th gen yah?
Stop talking about PC tech. You clearly have no idea what you're on about. The difference in DDR3 performance for the speeds is very low. We're talking ~5 frames at the most: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/memory-bandwidth-scaling-trinity,3419-4.html
Generations matter, yes, but what the hell is your point? A GTX 620 won't beat a GTX 560Ti just because it's part of the Keplar gen. The cut down card is part of the same generation because it's based on the same chipset *smh* If you're trying to say therefore the wii is part of the 7th gen that's bull because that's like saying a GTX240 is part of the 600 gen. The chipsets used are vastly different and in the GPU industry, like for like are compared. You're forgetting that a console is also more than just a GPU. It's the sum of it's parts. Considering the staggering performance differences of the Wii and 360, the Wii would be considered last gen, more to the point that it uses old chips xD So either the Wii U is next gen and the Wii is 6th gen, or Wii is 7th gen an Wii U 7th gen as well. The choice is up to you.
If you look down on science (FYI I didn't specify which) you really have no idea what you're on about. You wouldn't have a PC without it *facepalm* A degree in IT Computer Science a)Does not teach you analytical thinking. It teaches you how to code and b) I work in IT on multi-million dollar contracts so keep you bragging to yourself bud ;) I know enough about buisness to know that experience counts for fuck all, same goes for management.
Fuck it - just read the one with the article links in. Clearly you won't have it that you're wrong, so let's see what you've to say about the EA CEO and Digital Foundry.
