| sc94597 said: In terms of raw power yes, Vita is capable of up to 52 gflops while the New 3DS is something between 4 and 6. It shows in every aspect. Also do you expect the next home console to be weaker than the XBO? If so, that will set a new precedent. It would probably cost Nintendo more money to manufacture a gaming capable GPU that weak in 2017. It would also make no sense considering there are retail cards that cost $100 that best the XBO and an embedded chip with a bulk deal from AMD would be even cheaper than that in 2017. I think you are going to be surprised. Expect at the very minimum PS4 level performance, which is about 6-7 times the raw performance of the Wii U. |
If the flops show the N3DS as having roughly 10% as much power as the Vita then I don't trust them to accurately convey the actual capabilities of a platform in practice.
However much sense it "doesn't make," yes I expect the Wii U's successor to be "less powerful" than the PS4/XBO. By that I mean it will have fewer flops and people will scratch their heads in utter bewilderment when Nintendo nevertheless manages to make games showing off a bunch of power it clearly doesn't have.
