@conegamer: do you really think the WiiPad has more potential that WiiMote in the long run? I think this could actually be a very interesting topic on it's own actually

What exactly do you mean by devs jumping on board? Basically right now there's just a bunch of PS3/360 ports with two exclusives from Ubi Soft (probably going to be ported to the PS3/360 once the launch window is over). 

People are already freaking out about the Wii U Assassin's Creed 3 not having all the particle effects from the PS3/360 builds, lol. A lot of people are saying they're not going to buy the Wii U version because of that. When compared Wii U/PS4/720 multiplat titles are likely to have far, far bigger differences than that. 

I do think the Wii U pad is more useful than the Wiimote in a traditional gaming sense, but that's more because it returns to the traditional gaming layout. Honestly a lot of my favorite DS/3DS games barely use the touchscreen. In terms of lighting the sales charts on fire, I don't think it's as effective of a gimmick though. The Wiimote and motion gaming certainly carried the Wii to its initial success, it will be interesting to see how Nintendo fares without that type of hook. 

Am I the only one who chooses not to believe this simply because it's from EuroGamer?

Besides isn't some of this info offbeat or unsourced?

From what I've heard on multiple sites, these specs make the Wii U either just as powerful as PS3/360 or way more powerful. So, I'll just post statements from the internet.

http://mynintendonews.com/2012/08/30/developers-finally-reveal-wii-u-specs/

I don’t believe it because of these statements:

“The console’s CPU is apparently formed of three IBM Power PC cores”
“The GPU is a custom AMD 7 series, supporting shader type 4 and DX10 type features”

Power PC was never confirmed by Nintendo. Their own website claims that the CPU is multi-core, but Power based, not Power PC. They are two completely different CPU architectures.
The AMD 7 series GPU family supports shader model 5 and DX11 type features.

I am a skeptic. Grain of salt taken.

"RAM in the final retail unit: 1GB of RAM is available to games."

This is why Eurogamer has no crediablitly. All rumors point 1.5 not 1 with 3.0 with developers.

But again it's all rumors.

I laugh when Eurogamer said anoymous source which in reality means we were talking to ourselves.

Eurogamer has no crediablity more so with Wii-U on par article that they got caught trying to get hits.

60 dollars chips today out power ps3/xbox.

90 dollars  make ps3 games look old.

150 dollars: Makes you never want to play on a ps3 game again.

Now imagine mass productive.

Probably paying half off.

Ps3 isn't powerful don't lie to yourselfs. With poor framerates and barely surviving crysis 2 with 30 frames per (maybe lower) at 720 p (not even native). You got to be joking me.

Rumors are for gallable people or troll bait.

9/13 or Wii-U release day. That will be facts not some rumor.

CPU is dissappointing, but hopefully Mr Khan is right.

It's true that games so far are mostly ports, but it's always the case early in a system's life, and from what I've seen so far, almost every game is using the gamepad in interesting ways (though obviously ZombiU, NintendoLand and Rayman Legends use it the best so far). 

@MUGEN and also here- I agree, the WiiU's gamepad does have some interesting features, a lot of which haven't even been seen really. From that 2011 E3 demo, there was a lot of cool stuff we haven't seen since. It may take time to get used to for devs, and for consumers alike, but I feel as though it has far more potential gaming-wise (as you said).

A shade better than last gen. Sounds like another 3-year system from Nintendo. Beyond that, the hardware won't be competent to keep up with the various demands of next-gen gaming. Just like the Wii it'll be fun for a bit, but then it'll be time to move onto a more capable system.

Because new hardware ignites new sales, especially software. Seems backwards, but its true. PR is just that PR... you can't take anything they say for 100
% fact until the hardware is actually shown off.

Its more likely that WiiU will be up to 5x the power of PS360 and their successors will be up to 8x. Meaning they are only 2-4x the power of WiiU; i.e. a lot closer than Wii is to PS360. Should be a at a point where 3rd parties will support all three rather equally.

I actually don't even think this is a budget issue.

This is casual-catering getting in the way. Nintendo is obsessed with released tiny consoles even though there's no practical purpose for it unless the console is meant to be a hybrid portable device.

But their "marketing research" has told them soccer moms prefer small, unassuming looking consoles, so we're all hooped by this need.

Even at $299.99 with a touchscreen pad, there should still be a decent enough budget there to smoke the PS3/360 outright, this shouldn't even be a question.

But when you force an arbitrary need into the equation, like the console casing having to be a fixed size, you have to start doing things like gimping the CPU to meet a certain heat output, because otherwise your case will just melt. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the Wii U has overheating issues even as is.

It's all because of that silly (IMO) desire to have such a small console. I had an NES growing up, never had a problem with a console that size, even the SNES is larger than the Wii U I believe. 

Anyone remember the thousands of articles claiming THE SPECS REVEALED!

Why gets hits and people go OMG THE NEWS ARTICLE MOST BE TRUE BECAUSE THEY SAID IT IS.

I seen rumors say Wii_U gpu is lower than ps3 to it's 10 times stronger.

I seen articles say the cpu is 1.5 two cores to 3.4 quad core.

I don't listen to the positive or neagtive because it's all bs.

Just wait till nintendo releases there specs.

"Power PC was never confirmed by Nintendo. Their own website claims that the CPU is multi-core, but Power based, not Power PC. They are two completely different CPU architectures.

The AMD 7 series GPU family supports shader model 5 and DX11 type features."

Eurogamer caught in a lie you don't say?

LOL