Everyone knows its more powerful than the X Box.

A lot of the specs can just be decoded by reading codes on the components.

For example the IBM CPU reads:

"(IBM logo)" "BROADWAY" "39X6735" "IBM9316" "BWYC-72914" "06340706V 14"  All the numbers in the sequence have meaning, just like a VIN on a car (except the last 6?).

Most of the more detailed numbers were leaked by devs, which were then quietly confirmed by other devs.

ya just rented medal of honor 2 heroes with the online and campaign it looked awful played awful halo2, splinter cell series reddick all look way better.

the Wii suffers from mediocre graphics and gimmicky gameplay love bowling and metroid, wife loves fit. but If Iam gonna get my kill on? The PS3 and 360 Cod4 resistence halo3 are so far and above the wii it makes shooters unplayable the online sucks too. My son likes ssbb I dont play that. he's back to gears and cod4 now.

someday maybe we will see the POWER ninty fan claims exists in thier little console almost 2 years in we havent yet.

lastly the powerpc being more powerful then the pentium on paper why then do macs suck at games with it????? drivers and less optimization???? If it was a better cpu and Iam not saying its not shouldnt mac be the computer platform of choice???

Obligitory joke:

Hey, I am Ninty fan but I don't claim there is any hidden power.

On topic:

If Ubisoft shovelware from last gen looks better (which it does except for SMG and MP3 but that has a lot to do with art direction) then how can anyone really expect for there to be all this untapped power?

Somebody, somewhere would have tapped into it.

Another example: Fable v. Zelda TP on Gamecube.

The RAM and Processing (CPU and GPU) power added to the Wii was enough to:

Handle the more complex input methods.

Be able to play online.

Handle the larger, more complex firmware.

Handle outputing 480p easier and different aspect ratios.

That's it.

Yeah, great idea... Comparing Medal of Honor Heroes 2 for Wii to Call of Duty 4 or even Halo 3!!!

How come I never knew Medal of Honor was known for it's outstanding graphics?!...

I've got a new comparison for you; Why do stars look smaller then you whilst scientists say they are immensly bigger?!... Lets see if you can figure that out!

Mac is not the platform of choice because for 2 decades it was completely closed off and selectively licensed.

This has little to do with this argument.  Also, the G4 is much better then the P3... and I really do not like Mac.  It just is what it is. (Edit: the Xbox was more powerful than the GC but not because of the CPU.  GC CPU was awesome and is the reason why GC was able to emulate shaders and such w/o the normal requisite hardware.)

Yeah, I know those Factor 5 guys were idiots ... All they ever did was produce one of the most graphically impressive games of the previous generation on the Gamecube at launch, and then surpass the visual quality of that game when they created its sequel.

One thing a lot of people don't really understand is that a lot of the graphical "advantage" of the XBox was that the Gamecube's TEV unit was poorly understood by most developers. At its core the TEV unit is very similar to pixel combiners which were used in GPUs prior to the move towards pixel and vertex shaders ... The primary reason why people moved towards shaders over pixel combiners was that few developers used the pixel combiners (and other GPU features) because they were GPU dependant not that they were not powerful; there were dramatic differences between the ways ATI and nVidia handled this type of hardware, and the way each of them handled the features could change from each generation of card to the next.

Factor 5 was one of the few developers who really took advantage of the TEV, and the Star Wars: Rogue Squadren games were beautiful because of it.

Double post.

Yeah, let's compare the best-looking shooters on the Xbox with a low-budget shooter that was concurrently developed for the PS2 and PSP.

How's this: Super Mario Galaxy looks light-years better than Sneak King. Therefore, the Wii is more powerful than the 360. LOGIC!!

Also: If you're old enough to have a wife and kids, then learn how to type like an adult, too.