| sc94597 said: This is my theory on how powerful the wii is. Alright the reason why nintendo didn't give the specs on the wii at release is because 1 they wan't people to care about having fun more than getting orgasms from graphics and 2 they wanted the devs to concentrate on casuals and one thing that is on a casuals list of a fun game isn't graphics. Now for my theory on the wiis power. The wii imo is about 4 times stronger than the gc and 3 times stronger than the xbox. This is because the wii has faster ram, more ram, a more efficient processor , and is more powerful than the gamecube in raw power and about as powerful as the xbox in raw power. Now the xbox 360 and the ps3 are about 6-8 times powerful than the wii in specs, but they have to sacrifice a large part to produce hd which isn't too important for a good looking game as many members and I on vgchartz know. So this means about 30-50% of the power put in the game is to produce high resolutions. Now this may make them only 4-5 times better than the wii due to the large part of them going to hd. Also you have to take in consideration these consoles are filled with huge bottlenecks and aren't as efficient as the wii. So that makes me think with all of these factors the games are only going to look 3-5 times better mattering how good the developer used less power to produce the high resolutions. Now that isn't too much of a difference as people may think. This allows many wii games to look better than alot of ps3 and 360 games. I would think of the hd consoles as the xbox and the wii as the ps2 in terms of graphics. Alright but we also don't know the full specs of the wii until maybe in the future such as GDC or E3 nintendo might tell us the wiis true power. SO until we get official specs we don't know how powerful the wii is. For now the bad graphics are due to 3rd party devs being lazy or cheap. So prime 3 and mario galaxy could be a common thing to see in wii graphics if the 3rd party stops being either lazy asses or cheap . Oh and before people say gameplay> graphics I know but graphics are important too and I don't feel devs are trying hard enough. Sorry for any vulgar language in my post I was getting a little hyper. |
The Wii's specs are only about 50% better than the Gamecubes, so I don't see how this could be true, and you can't say 30-50% of the power is lost because of the High Resolutions (what about registering the motion, and sending audio to the controller for the Wii? That takes power too), that's part of making a beautiful game, so that statement is false as well. I would also like to know where you got your "efficient" part at, everyone knows its up to the developers code, not exactly the hardware, so again, that statement is false. "wii games to look better than PS3 and 360" again completely false, compare multiplatform games, the low resolution and weak power of the Wii becomes extremely noticeable.
People are mad at Wii 3rd part developers because they can't code for the Wii, it's because they have lowsy game ideas. The Wii's potential as already been reached, due to Nintendo not using any new technology. Your comparison of the 3 consoles is very flawed.
The reason Nintendo didn't release official specs is because they knew many would feel ripped off when they realized how much gamecube is in the Wii. And that they'd realize $250 is way too much for it.
