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bonzobanana on 09 March 2014
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Samus Aran said:


Yet Need for Speed Wii U performs better than the PS3/XBOX360 versions. That's a decent port. If a port underperforms on a more powerful console that means the developers didn't put any effort in it or didn't get many resources from the publisher.

I'm comparing two cartoon games with each other: Mario Kart 8 and Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing Transformed. And it just so happens to be that the vast majority thinks Mario Kart 8 looks much better. Seems like you're the one who's lost touch with reality. 

Transformed was bugged as hell on the Wii U before it got patched. That should tell you something about the quality of the port. Keep living in denial if you want, but these ports don't say a thing about the Wii U's power. 

For example, I can easily claim Super Mario 3D World looks better than Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare on the XBONE. Does that mean the Wii U is more powerful than the XBONE? Of couse not. It just means that Super Mario 3D World had a much better game studio behind it. Both games look great though. 


Don't forget Need for speed wii u has less online players than ps3 and 360 so it doesn't perform better in all areas. It's also a game type that needs less cpu resources. Lets not forget the 32MB of high speed embedded memory. This is in itself is probably the reason the wii u is outperforming 360 and PS3 with some of the PC's higher res textures and frame rate. The main issue with wii u is cpu resources.

We don't know what people really think about Mario kart 8 graphically because it hasn't been released yet. Again you move the goalposts to future games because your argument always fails with current games.

The vast majority of faceoff's show the wii u to be performing below 360 and PS3. Sonic Transformed has to deal with a far more complex development environment with ps3 or even 360. Games released back then and even today whatever the developer are still showing the same weaknesses on wii u. The view that developers are lazy with regard wii u was wrong then and utterly pathetic now. It's a completely failed argument. Many claimed at the beginning that wii u games would perform to a higher level later on but of course it was fanboy nonsense.

However perhaps you can explain looking at this trailer what you think can't be achieved on ps3 or 360?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_9W2WkK4AU

As ever with cartoon graphics its more about artistic ability than the performance of the console.