| Vena said: It is better than x86, just about everything is better than x86 as x86 is the 'general purpose' architecture (hence why I said x86 is certainly out). The CPU matters for the architecture and what instruction sets it runs, for example RISC vs. CISC. The WiiU will be replaced much, much later than this new console is going to be entering the market. If they want BC with the WiiU on launch, PPC would make much more sense as it would give them much easier time getting games running on the same instructions without having to rewrite code. If they launch ARM, then they won't have WiiU BC, simple as that. WiiU and its games are built on PowerPC not ARM. |
They can easily have backwards compatibility with the Wii U through software emulation.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=123332822&postcount=773
