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Veknoid_Outcast on 05 February 2013
Maris said:
Galaki said:
So, looking at a picture of the gpu dye is called reverse engineer now?


The people looking at it are reverse engineers. They're making the claims now, but they'll get the degree later.

LOL



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VGKing on 05 February 2013
Mr Khan said:

I rather want to lock this, just because we already have a thread about it, and if you're following the NeoGAF thread, Digital Foundry jumped the gun (surprise surprise)

 

Not sure if i will, though.

It's about more than just the DF article though. It's about the state of the Wii U as a whole as in sales, 3rd party support...etc. I think it makes for a great discussion. 



noname2200 on 05 February 2013
Mr Khan said:

I rather want to lock this, just because we already have a thread about it, and if you're following the NeoGAF thread, Digital Foundry jumped the gun (surprise surprise)

 

Not sure if i will, though.

Do it! Lock lock lock!

This article adds nothing.



Sal.Paradise on 05 February 2013
disolitude said:
Meh...people on this site really need to chillax about console power. 3DS rapes PSVita in terms of fun factor and it's like 1/2 as powerful...

I think you were trying make a point about the subjective nature of enjoyment here but screwed up half way through 

Anyway, dupe thread so I say lock, the thread you should all be following anyway is here http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=511628&page=24



AgentZorn on 05 February 2013
VGKing said:
Mr Khan said:

I rather want to lock this, just because we already have a thread about it, and if you're following the NeoGAF thread, Digital Foundry jumped the gun (surprise surprise)

 

Not sure if i will, though.

It's about more than just the DF article though. It's about the state of the Wii U as a whole as in sales, 3rd party support...etc. I think it makes for a great discussion. 

And they are basing that on how powerful the GPU despite them not having a clear idea about how powerful the GPU is.



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superchunk on 05 February 2013
Mr Khan said:

I rather want to lock this, just because we already have a thread about it, and if you're following the NeoGAF thread, Digital Foundry jumped the gun (surprise surprise)

 

Not sure if i will, though.


Please lock. Same exact content as other thread of DF article.



disolitude on 05 February 2013
Sal.Paradise said:
disolitude said:
Meh...people on this site really need to chillax about console power. 3DS rapes PSVita in terms of fun factor and it's like 1/2 as powerful...

I think you were trying make a point about the subjective nature of enjoyment here but screwed up half way through 

Anyway, dupe thread so I say lock, the thread you should all be following anyway is here http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=511628&page=24


My point is simple... more hardware power =/ better games.

WiiU is plenty powerful to provide Nintendo quality gaming and 3rd party ports.  People who think next console gen is going to be be all/and of of graphics are going to be very dissapointed. 



Sal.Paradise on 05 February 2013
disolitude said:
Sal.Paradise said:
disolitude said:
Meh...people on this site really need to chillax about console power. 3DS rapes PSVita in terms of fun factor and it's like 1/2 as powerful...

I think you were trying make a point about the subjective nature of enjoyment here but screwed up half way through 

Anyway, dupe thread so I say lock, the thread you should all be following anyway is here http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=511628&page=24


My point is simple... more hardware power =/ better games.

WiiU is plenty powerful to provide Nintendo quality gaming and 3rd party ports.  People who think next console gen is going to be be all/and of of graphics are going to be very dissapointed. 

Yes I agree with the first sentence, in essence. I got jumpy because I felt "3DS rapes PSVita in terms of fun factor"  was a bit of a pointed way to make that argument. That's just me being sensitive though. 



Pavolink on 05 February 2013

Their bases is the terrible-jumping early to conclusions DF article, whose source is the NeoGaf thread. And that thread has not reached to a conclusion yet.



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BuckStud on 05 February 2013
VGKing said:

http://isitgaming.blogspot.com/2013/02/reverse-engineering-reveals-wii-u-to-be.html

 

A new Digital Foundry article has finally revealed the systems graphical power. The article reveals what most already knew: The Wii U is not a next-generation console. Not in terms of horsepower or technology. In fact Digital Foundry goes as far to say that the PS4 and Xbox 720 will be in an entire different league than the Wii U. What this means is that the Wii U is unlikely to receive ports of AAA 3rd party games such as the next-generation Call of Duty or Assassin's Creed, as it is would be technically impossible to have all 3 versions of the game be on par.

Power isn't the only problem plaguing the Wii U. The unique Wii U Gamepad has also kept some developers from making games for the system as they have said they would like to do something special with the controller.

This news comes after Nintendo has lowered their Wii U sales forecast for the quarter from 5.5 million to 4 million. The Wii U is not performing up to Nintendo's standards and as a result stock prices have been falling. Iwata, the president of Nintendo has recently apologized to Nintendo fans for the lack of game releases for Wii U and has admitted to having troubles with  HD development. As a result Nintendo plans many partnerships with Japanese third party companies in order to develop games together. 

 
The consensus is that the Wii U is more powerful than a PS3. PS3 users (I'm one myself) tend to defend it as being a great system. Maybe Wii U isn't as powerful as the PS4 or 720 will be, but it's still a great system. As for the PS4/720, it most likely that they will be less powerful than my 1 1/2 old computer....so, what's the point. Buy the system that has the games you love and stop being so anal about hardware specs....  I'm stating to think that it's a bunch of 12 year old boys on here complaining about hardware specs....





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