I'm amazed anyone has dared mention Watchdogs as it instantly brings into mind the absolutely terrible wii u version which shows it can not even compete with ps3 or 360. Watchdogs needs to stream in a lot of data, not a problem on just about every other console or PC that has a hard drive but on wii u it massively struggles supplying data from optical. Then there is clearly the cpu issue with horrifically low frame rates as the graphics get more complicated and while likely a this is cpu related rather than gpu it shows how under performing the wii u is.
The PS4 is an absolute powerhouse compared to wii u and if Monolith did a version of Xenoblade for it, it would be utterly breathtaking and amazing what they could deliver with 1.8 teraflops of graphic performance. Huge upgrades all around with not much in the way of compromises. Even the original wii version emulated on pc at 1080p 60fps looks amazing.
The wii u has yet to deliver the wide spectrum of impressive games visually that both 360 and PS3 have delivered and where games are available for all three consoles its only a few 2D games and Need for speed most wanted that show wii u marginally ahead. There must be something like 15 resource needy games that perform at higher levels on ps3 and 360 to wii u.
I love gaming and own ps3, 360, xbone and ps4 plus wii u and for me the wii u is definitely technically last so far. I don't want it to be, I would love to say otherwise but sadly I'm just not impressed with what I see. Don't get me wrong I can see some games have great graphics and you can see its later feature set means some nice graphic effects but much more has been achieved with ps3 and 360. I wouldn't even dare to compare wii u with ps4, xbone or pc when it has yet to match 360 and ps3. That's the way I see it so far. I am so glad to see Xenoblade X it really delivers a performance level I've not seen on wii u before but it is only one game.
