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I'm tempted to call this a sort of reverse bait thread, since it almost feels like you're trying to lure out the crowd that would say "well no, if course it can't, it's on Par but slower CPU low bandwidth etc etc"



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archbrix said:
JWeinCom said:
No. The Wii U cannot run GTA V. The Wii U is powered by a combination of rubber bands, old chewing gum, ball bearings, and a hamster running on a wheel.

And don't forget Nintendo's signature hardware component:

Here is a demonstration of the power of the wheel in motion, by the way:



Zekkyou said:
MohammadBadir said:

X is still a year away. and seeing how far the game came in 6 months (January to E3 trailer), I'm pretty sure it'll look a lot better.

You must be seeing something i'm not, because the difference between the January and E3 trailers isn't that substantial to me :/ Anyway, games don't tend to visually improve that much from their trailers a year prior. They become more stable and maybe improved their effects and what not, but they aren't going to be re-texturing the whole game again.

nintendo games do because they show actual footage of what they have instead of bullshots from start to end. check the difference between W101 first video and the final game, for example.



chapset said:
cbarroso09 said:

you don't have a Wii U right, nor has watched 3rd party games running on it. Those games looks better on Wii U, what hurts the Wii U on the ports side in the performance. Check out how Need For Speed looks better on Wii U with better assets and everything, and performing superior to other games. 

being a tad better on some few games hardly makes it light years ahead does it?

how about being light years ahead in games like X, MK8 and bayonetta?

also: http://www.gamespot.com/features/xbox-vs-xbox-360-do-you-really-need-hd-6140621/



Zero999 said:
Zekkyou said:

You must be seeing something i'm not, because the difference between the January and E3 trailers isn't that substantial to me :/ Anyway, games don't tend to visually improve that much from their trailers a year prior. They become more stable and maybe improved their effects and what not, but they aren't going to be re-texturing the whole game again.

nintendo games do because they show actual footage of what they have instead of bullshots from start to end. check the difference between W101 first video and the final game, for example.

W101 is a bad example. It was a small budget game likely made during a short period, so the time span between it's first showing and the final game would have been a much larger chunk of it's development time than normal.

If you want good examples then look at Super Mario galaxy 2, The last of Us and Halo 4. Each looked nearly identical (within 5% i'd say) to their original gameplay trailers released a year before their launch.



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Zekkyou said:

W101 is a bad example. It was a small budget game likely made during a short period, so the time span between it's first showing and the final game would have been a much larger chunk of it's development time than normal.

If you want good examples then look at Super Mario galaxy 2, The last of Us and Halo 4. Each looked nearly identical (within 5% i'd say) to their original gameplay trailers released a year before their launch.

as I mentioned, it's mostly nintendo games. galaxy 2 isn't the best example, being from a already maximized hardware and using the previous game assets.



What a ridiculous question. People like to hate on the Wii U, but there is no doubt that its more powerful than current gen consoles.

Simply look at X. Thats all the proof you need right there.



i think it could, it just maybe Take-2/Rockstar just didn´t think it was worthy to spend resources in another console version, also i think WiiU games can´t be installed so thats another problem GTAV needs an installation to run.



tuyiooo said:
i think it could, it just maybe Take-2/Rockstar just didn´t think it was worthy to spend resources in another console version, also i think WiiU games can´t be installed so thats another problem GTAV needs an installation to run.

Nothing *needs* installation to run. I've rather felt that was a crutch for bad programming anyway.

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it would run on wiiu, but it won't probably run as good as the 360/ps3 versions cause it won't be top priority for the developer.