| fatslob-:O said: They weren't exactly unique for the most part because the ati flipper had alot in common with PC GPUs compared to what was in the PS2 and N64. BTW ATI back in the day (Which is now AMD because they got bought out by them.) had alot of money to do it but the reason I say AMD didn't modify the GPU architecture for the WII U was because AMD ain't doing so hot compared to it's older days. Amd would be willing to create a new architecture IF they had the money. |
A console GPU deal is a lucrative prospect; the amount of money they must have made on Wii's GPU, printed over 100 million times, was no doubt strong incentive to make a GPU for its successor. Flipper may have been less alien than PS2's Graphics Synthesizer, but it was still a unique part, not off the shelf.
