| curl-6 said: The 8 years of optimization didn't go into Wii U's hardware though, it went into the PS3 and 360 hardware, which are very different from Wii U. There has been little effort invested into optimizing to get the most out of Wii U's specific hardware. Games like Trine 2 Director's Cut were able to push graphics that are by the admission of the devs beyond PS3/360 capacity. As well as being several (GPU) generations ahead of the PS3/360, Wii U's GPU also has DX10-11 features. The lower RAM bandwidth is compensated for by having 32MB of high speed eDRAM to handle data that needs rapid access. This is more than 3 times as much eDRAM as the 360 had, and the PS3 had none at all. Just this past month we saw the release of Art of Balance, which technically outdoes any previously released game on Wii U, and the same studio is looking to push the system even further with their next game. |
The Wii U's hardware is based off the 360 hardware believe it or not. GPU is based off of AMD tech much like the 360. That old tech hasn't changed, the transisters are what they are. The only thing is that the GPU was updated to take advantage of newer technologies. But as I have mentioned though, the PS4 and Xbox One can barely handle that tech and they have far more powerful hardware. My hunch is that Nintendo got something newer with enough grunt to handle old tech well with enough with some power to spare to save on costs. Said power has to make up for the CPU though which brings the hardware back to square one and in line with the power envelope. Same with the CPUs. PowerPC is Power PC, that's not going to change and IBM had processors in the last 3 consoles, and even way back to the Gamecube. No one is going to be able to do more with those outdated CPUs. Bottom line, the engines are maxed and that includes what's in the Wii U.
Again, I never said the Wii U isn't more powerful, I said there's not much left, same goes for the ram. 32mb isn't enough for anything, you can't throw in 1 gig of data into 32 mb. That's impossible. It's why the Xbox One is currently having problems. Which goes back to my analysis, they cheaped out on slower ram to save costs. They put in a gig and edram to try to make up with that deficiency. But the bottleneck puts it back in line with the PS3 and 360, and as ports have shown, is actually worse off.
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