My speculation is that once the sales numbers are up and the part becomes cheaper to produce, it will yield higher profits due to the nature of the design, so yearly return will be higher compared to companies that need to utilize more parts from different plants to assemble their consoles with and would be more flexible on the pricing in the long run.

Then what GPU is it then? It's not a misinterpretation as far as I've seen because it's like someone says it comes across as a new chip of Nintendo's design using AMD's tech and the fact no one can figure anything out from the image backs this up, Nintendo use their own disc formats so using their own design that suits their development style is not off. As for your usual I'm done non sense we've all seen that before I remember you clamouring back to the other thread several times.

You still need to change the first line of your sig. The Wii U is more powerful than the 360, so you are in fact spreading lies.

More than three times more eDRAM on the GPU, and said eDRAM is on-die rather than being on a daughter-die like the Xenos. Three times more CPU cache, 4 times more RAM and a GPU pushing more Flops and a more modern feature set, with RAM with very low latency.

Its Hella FUNNY that digital foundary jus assumed the Wii U GPU is based off the 4650 cause its a "very close match" : "The Wii U GPU core features 320 stream processors married up with 16 texture mapping units and featuring 8 ROPs.".
Eeven though the 5550 is a better and almost EXACT match to the Wii U GPU features : http://www.amd.com/US/PRODUCTS/DESKTOP/GRAPHICS/ATI-RADEON-HD-5000/HD-5550/Pages/hd-5550-overview.aspx#2

So they justed guessed the inferior GPU, even though the features of the 5550 fit better AND that its has been rumored from the beginning that the Wii U features a CUSTOM Evergreen Radeon GPU , Which would be a 5000 series like the 5550

I  said i was done this thread, but you calling  vigil, tecmo and beyond3d liers is pathetic, why don't you go post on there and make a convincing argument. you been spreading lies here with your inflated specs calm down on the hyperbole.

See what did I say.

From ninjablades link:



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shinobi: so with 352 gflops, bandwidth and cpu bottle necks, is it weaker or stronger then current gen, your opinion would be welcomed.

Li Mu Bai: Stronger than current gen, these bottlenecks are grossly exaggerated. As in any system, engines must be tailored to exploit platform strengths while minimizing weaknesses. As I've said before, the CPU is indeed weaker than the 360's, but this is a heavily GPU reliant system. Also slower ram is unusable now? A truly functional tessellation unit, better texure IQ, 50%+ more dedicated system ram, advanced realtime lighting & shadowing capabilities, taken as a whole this bests the current generation. Albeit not by any vast margin. In these discussions I find we always discount the tablet's capabilities, rendering a totally unique game scene completely independent of the screen. Replete with shading & geometry.

exactly, you need some kind of power to run 360 level grafix TWO times

You think Nintendo has experts for GPU design ? Nah, I think the scenario that Nintendo told AMD what they wanted on the chip and AMD designed it that way for them, sounds more probable.

Lafiel said:



dahuman said:

What the bolded tells me is that they licensed AMD's technology and designed their own chip to include those functions in the chip, so it's not an AMD chip design but a product with AMD technology inside.




You think Nintendo has experts for GPU design ? Nah, I think the scenario that Nintendo told AMD what they wanted on the chip and AMD designed it that way for them, sounds more probable.

it might not even be amd, could be another contractor altogether, nintendo is way too tight lipped :(