"Wii U GPU is several generations ahead of current gen" Shin'en

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oni-link said:

Soleron said:

If we're defining generation by time, it's current gen

If we're defining generation by class of hardware power, it's last-gen

No one defines generation by how difficult it is to extract all the performance, like the article implies. If that were true, PS3 is part of the twenty-third generation.

So are you trying to say the 3DS is last gen hardware wise?  Since looking at specs on paper it's quite close to the PSP yet pushes past it (albeit not as conclusive) after a year or two:

for comparison's sake here is the 3DS vs Vita (which will be like the Wii U and PS4/XB1 spec comparison):