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Is the WiiU a generation ahead from the Wii

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radha said:
Metallicube said:
Brutalyst said:
Yeah, the WiiU is a generation ahead of the Wii, but the Wii was a generation behind everything else out at the same time


Yet another "hardcore" gamer who only views progress in terms of polygon counts..

It's quite the opposite of what you claim actually.. Wii was WAY ahead of its time, which is the reason Sony and MS are now trying to "catch up" with their motion control Wii-type games. PS3 and 360 were and are the ones behind the times, clinging to the same old type of games and gameplay, and also the reason they are fighting for second place. Wii was truly something new.

"in terms of polygon counts"

 

And services, comunication, social media, history telling, cinematics...pretty much everything the Wii misses. I dont understand how motion control makes up for all that.

Because none of those things are even close to being as important as gameplay.



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The ps3 and xbox 360 BOTH cant do games in 1080p and 60fps, nuff said the conversation should end there. The wiiu is ahead of the ps3 and xbox 360. you might say 'look at the last of us, it looks way better than any wiiu game'' well to that i say look at all the titles that came out a year after the ps3 (and especially the xbox 360) and than compare




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-Shigeru Miyamoto

The WiiU is equal to the PS3 and Xbox 360. The Wii lacked in alot of things, and making it equal to the PS2 and Gamecube/ XBOX. I think Nintendo is gonna fail this time, they are all out of luck. i hope SEGA comes back :(



anthony64641 said:
The ps3 and xbox 360 BOTH cant do games in 1080p and 60fps, nuff said the conversation should end there. The wiiu is ahead of the ps3 and xbox 360. you might say 'look at the last of us, it looks way better than any wiiu game'' well to that i say look at all the titles that came out a year after the ps3 (and especially the xbox 360) and than compare

Felt it necessary to just quote this because it is absoultely true. But you will still hear fan boys whining that it isn't.



radha said:
Metallicube said:
Brutalyst said:
Yeah, the WiiU is a generation ahead of the Wii, but the Wii was a generation behind everything else out at the same time


Yet another "hardcore" gamer who only views progress in terms of polygon counts..

It's quite the opposite of what you claim actually.. Wii was WAY ahead of its time, which is the reason Sony and MS are now trying to "catch up" with their motion control Wii-type games. PS3 and 360 were and are the ones behind the times, clinging to the same old type of games and gameplay, and also the reason they are fighting for second place. Wii was truly something new.

"in terms of polygon counts"

 

And services, comunication, social media, history telling, cinematics...pretty much everything the Wii misses. I dont understand how motion control makes up for all that.

a list of lies and stuff unrelated to gaming.



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Horsepower is so irrelevant when it comes to determining a generation. It's always been time of release, up until the Wii whooped ass this past gen. People try to play semantics because they can't have it that the Wii was/is the market leader of a soon to be done 7th gen.

But here's what's ironic; Wii U feels more like a step backwards from the Wii than an evolution of it. An abandonment of a console that sold 100m units and 'won' the console war. An abandonment of a console that was very user friendly and economical. Which had a controller that really did revolutionize gaming.

What we get with Wii U is a hodgepodge of past Nintendo controllers with a touch screen. This isn't resonating with the market, and I remain baffled as to the mindset at Nintendo.



Bet between Slimbeast and Arius Dion about Wii sales 2009:


If the Wii sells less than 20 million in 2009 (as defined by VGC sales between week ending 3d Jan 2009 to week ending 4th Jan 2010) Slimebeast wins and get to control Arius Dion's sig for 1 month.

If the Wii sells more than 20 million in 2009 (as defined above) Arius Dion wins and gets to control Slimebeast's sig for 1 month.

Trunkin said:
radha said:
Metallicube said:
Brutalyst said:
Yeah, the WiiU is a generation ahead of the Wii, but the Wii was a generation behind everything else out at the same time


Yet another "hardcore" gamer who only views progress in terms of polygon counts..

It's quite the opposite of what you claim actually.. Wii was WAY ahead of its time, which is the reason Sony and MS are now trying to "catch up" with their motion control Wii-type games. PS3 and 360 were and are the ones behind the times, clinging to the same old type of games and gameplay, and also the reason they are fighting for second place. Wii was truly something new.

"in terms of polygon counts"

 

And services, comunication, social media, history telling, cinematics...pretty much everything the Wii misses. I dont understand how motion control makes up for all that.

WTF is history telling?

he probably ran out of lies/excuses for that list and started typing random stuff.



anthony64641 said:
The ps3 and xbox 360 BOTH cant do games in 1080p and 60fps, nuff said the conversation should end there. The wiiu is ahead of the ps3 and xbox 360. you might say 'look at the last of us, it looks way better than any wiiu game'' well to that i say look at all the titles that came out a year after the ps3 (and especially the xbox 360) and than compare

This, the wii wasn't able to do more than 480p so it was a gen behind the ps3 and xbox 360 now that wii U is a gen ahead of the wii it's the same gen as the ps360 nuff said



Bet reminder: I bet with Tboned51 that Splatoon won't reach the 1 million shipped mark by the end of 2015. I win if he loses and I lose if I lost.

Aquietguy said:
VGKing said:
Yeah, it is ahead of the Wii. OBVIOUSLY.
But the Wii was a generation behind PS3/360 so this basically puts Wii U roughly on par with 7th gen consoles.


Just because the wii was lower powered than the PS360 doesn't mean the U is on par with them. Many developers have praised the U for its power. 

Read: Roughly On Par.

Wii U may be more powerful but it really doesn't matter. It's still in the same ballpark as PS3/360 while PS4/720 are on another continent.



Ok since people say the wiiu is 7 generation, so your saying nintendo release two consoles in the 6 gen? (wii and gamecube) that doesnt make any since why are people saying really retarded stuff? Ok.. by you logic, The PS4 will be 7th generation also! remember the ps2? how weak it was compare to the other consoles, I guess since it was the less power it was a generation behind which makes it 5 generation. That will make the ps3 6th generation and the upcoming ps4 7th generation!


See how dumb things get when we use your fanboy logic?




'Video games are bad for you? That's what they said about rock-n-roll.'
-Shigeru Miyamoto