Will Nintendo's next handheld and console use Power PC like the Wii U?

[Dr.Henry_Killinger]

spemanig said:

Dr.Henry_Killinger said:

spemanig said:

A lot of people mention ARM here. Can't the next console use ARM hardware to emulate the Wii U's hardware since the Wii U does use some ARM components? Then it wouldn't have to hold them back, right?

The issue is that it use a power pc CPU, the ARM components aren't essential for gaming and the GPU's more or less easy to substitute with another, but you can't emulate Power PC with ARM of the same spec, its a different instruction set.

They can't put the old Wii U CPU in there strictly for BC and build the ARM console from there?

That was the issue with the Original PS3. It really depends on how cheap they can make the Wii U before the next console comes out, and it will run its CPU for Wii U games but it might not be price effective.