not_so_special
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yeah..because high definition was the only thing ps3 and 360 have acomplished this generation.
keep the good fight nintendo fans
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Rumor: Wii U final specs
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yeah..because high definition was the only thing ps3 and 360 have acomplished this generation.
keep the good fight nintendo fans
Both. It's hard to crack down the 3DS because there is nothing go base from (like the PS Vita case). I think the WiiU will be similar to it, though the similarities with the Wii may indicate otherwise.
The problem is that the Wii has the lowest attach rate between all the consoles. Sure, it brought many people new to gaming to the ship, but they didn't stay long. I also think simply saying the HD consoles only brought HD is a bit of a silly statement.
I'd comment on Thraktor's post but it all reads like gibberish to me as a hardware noob. All I can do is nod in agreement. Still, thanks for the 'clarification', Thrak!
I do enjoy those nonsensical DBZ/MMA/cars/Pokémon analogies though. Let's do it in terms of Terminator:
PS360: John Connor
Wii U: Sarah Connor
PS4/720: Schwarzy Terminator (forgot the name)
PC: T-1000
We will Finish the Fight soon enough.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
The best thing about this thread are all the comparisons
Translate these specs into Indiana Jones films, pls
Translate these specs into Indiana Jones films, pls
Most games run at sub HD resolutions, so I wouldn't even give them that...
It very well could. Which is why I'm saying the context of this argument is flawed regardless.
I'm not sure what you mean by this here. What is HD content? Any game that is able to be displayed at an HD level?
No, they don't. But keep spreading that lie.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
In fact, I think I got it
Wii - Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
PS360 - Temple of Doom
Wii U - Last Crusade
PS4/Durango - Raiders of the Lost Ark
But those home dashboards ran at 1080p... NEXT GEN IS HERE!!!!
Wii U specs do not matter. Games make people buy consoles/handhelds, not power. Angry Birds sold like gangbusters because it was fun as hell to play. Did it need a high end/next generation device to be created? Nope, just creativity. Same can be said for Wii Sports and many, many other games. Point is, the specs are pointless as software sells hardware. Look at the Vita and all of its power, yet the 3DS, which is completely inferior hardware from a tech stand point, is continually outselling it in every territory. I recall 3DS is doomed forecasts from the soon to be Vita purchasers. I wonder how those folks are holding up these days...?
Anyone who believes that Sony and Microsoft are going to release new consoles and just walk away from the existing sales of the current gen are crazy. Nintendo will have 3rd party ports as long as the PS3 and Xbox 360 continue to be supported, which I suspect is for several more years. 3rd parties are not going to leave all that money on the table either.
Suddenly, that gif of Indy cleaning out the fridge makes even more sense than ever before!
Gun, snake, whip, kalimaaa-shabdideee something something.
Vinsanity.
Member
Man, those are disappointing specs. I mean, I guess it's "about the games" like the fanboys say....but still. Once next-gen gets rolling with the other consoles, WiiU is going to get cartoonized-downgrades for multiconsole ports again. 
Wii: Indiana Jones Book Prequels
PS360: Last Crusade
WiiU: Nuke Fridge
PS4/720: Temple of Doom
PC: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Exterminieren
Banned
Wii- Crystal Skull
PS360- Temple of Doom
WiiU- Last Crusade
PS4/720- Raiders
EDIT: Shit, beaten.
Pure, unfiltered insanity.
Besides, where does Young Indiana Jones fit?
Nintendo is the sword wielding guy
GAF is Indy saying fuck it, pulls out a gun and shoots the other guy
chertipros
Member
I guess you don't need complex physics to run a mario game
These specs are good enough for me, as vague as they are
You guys are making this way too confusing. I'll simplify it and put it in Lohan.
Ps4/720 Mean girls Lohan
Ps3/360 Current Lohan
Wii Lohan after inevitably cat eye and duck lip surgeries.
WiiU 3 cat eyed, duck lipped Lohans duct taped together. They are each enhanced with cocain.
Ps4/720 Mean girls Lohan
Ps3/360 Current Lohan
Wii Lohan after inevitably cat eye and duck lip surgeries.
WiiU 3 cat eyed, duck lipped Lohans duct taped together. They are each enhanced with cocain.
Mr. MondayNight
Member
These 3 studios count as a lot? Man those studio closure lists need to be updated.
Portables. Also, fixed the list for ya :3
User Name Here
Member
I would take this tweet as fact and this thread as a grain of salt
But that was back in June of 2011.
GoldenEye 007
Member
The system mostly seems fine. Except that CPU. A Broadway derivative seems like a terrible idea. I thought the Wii design maxed out the clock speed for that architecture anyway? I'm sure it can't go too much faster.
I don't think the 360 dash does. Next gen is next!
Shit, this thread was almost moving faster than I could catch up.
I don't think the Wii had to be comparable in performance, it just needed modern shaders. Even if it stayed SD, with lower RAM and clocks, it would have got more downports and hence more longevity. Doing what they did was a silly move in hindsight.
We all suffer from Stockholm Syndrome
That was actually really funny.
Welcome to yesterday with a system more powerful than any console we have at present? DOES NOT COMPUTE!! A()@$@#)!*%$()@&%)!@&%................
And way more memory, and much higher clock and a modern gpu and nfc, expandable with external harddrives, camera on the controller, headphone jack on the controller, regular sticks and button configuration, games playable on tablet only.
So yeah, basically just 3 Wii's.
I don't think the Wii had to be comparable in performance, it just needed modern shaders. Even if it stayed SD, with lower RAM and clocks, it would have got more downports and hence more longevity. Doing what they did was a silly move in hindsight.
We all suffer from Stockholm Syndrome
fake Kaz really loves the WiiU..
That was actually really funny.
+1
Welcome to yesterday with a system more powerful than any console we have at present? DOES NOT COMPUTE!! A()@$@#)!*%$()@&%)!@&%................
My TV, while a few years old, doesn't do optical out. It also only has one HDMI. So, assuming Nintendo still support component cables, the best I can hope for is component video with Dolby Pro Logic II audio over the stereo cables.
And way more memory, and much higher clock and a modern gpu and nfc, expandable with external harddrives, camera on the controller, headphone jack on the controller, regular sticks and button configuration, games playable on tablet only.
So yeah, basically just 3 Wii's.
IBMWatson recently tweeted this in Aug of 2012
https://twitter.com/IBMWatson/status/240241146213842944
ie: WiiU CPU is not literally 3 Broadways, though share similar features as it.
Don't get your panties all in a knot, and go look how many games run in lower than HD for the sake of effect and frame rate,then come back and say sorry...
majortom1981
Member
How can people say how fast the wii u processor really is? All info states ibm has stopped publishing the specs of the PowerPC 7xx series. The processors can have custom instructions added and changed to what Nintendo states.
So if it includes the wii instructions but is faster clocked and added new instructions to things then how would you know its as slow as the wii processor?
What if it was 1600ghz each core which would be double the speed of the wii cpu. I think people are getting the specs wrong since it would be based off of the wii cpu with extensions added, more cache, and faster clocked.
So if it includes the wii instructions but is faster clocked and added new instructions to things then how would you know its as slow as the wii processor?
What if it was 1600ghz each core which would be double the speed of the wii cpu. I think people are getting the specs wrong since it would be based off of the wii cpu with extensions added, more cache, and faster clocked.
Can someone clarify for us how there could be these two contrasting bits of info? On one hand IBMWatson says it's Power7 based (Watson) and then we have "Enhanced Broadways". Are these two at odds with each other or not?
chertipros
Member
Nintendo wouldn't waste so much R&D money to create a brand new cpu from scratch like that. That doesn't even make much sense
terrisus
Member
Sony = Westphalia
Microsoft = Eastphalia
Apple = Angria
772: Someone forgot about the Franks
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
I see what you did there.
abstract alien
Member
specialguy
Banned
Ehh, I got all excited at the topic title, but nothing really new here.
We still lack exact specs on the GPU and to some extent CPU, damnit. Why are they so damn hard to find out?
Edit:
So does this mean so called OS reserve memory is only 32MB? This is meant to be the total RAM in the machine? In other words, no 1.5GB total or anything?
Not at all surprising if true.
We still lack exact specs on the GPU and to some extent CPU, damnit. Why are they so damn hard to find out?
Edit:
So does this mean so called OS reserve memory is only 32MB? This is meant to be the total RAM in the machine? In other words, no 1.5GB total or anything?
Not at all surprising if true.
Would be funny if it was both. Power7 for the normal Wii U functions and Broadway for BC.
The former. Well, maybe it isn't overprotective, but security is tight. Unexpectedly so.
Well, he was simplifying it. And if it truly is 3 Enhanced Broadways, his comparison is not insane either.
I'm not talking about how many copies they're going to sell. If we're talking about that, then we might as well just keep making Madden and Call of Duty 3 times a year. Developers need memory, they need advanced GPU features. There's a reason so many people talked about how the 360 and PS3 has been lmiting their development for the last 2 years
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
Nah I think I was right the first time. I think the gap between ps4/720 and wii u will be huge. Just wait until you see uncharted 4.
Its attach rate is 1-1.5 games less then the HD twins. Not a huge difference.
JordanN
Banned
Neogaf continues to show its stupid.
You can't have 3 Wii CPU's in Wii U. Broadway/Gekko was never a multi-core architecture.
Also, the idea of 3 Wii cpu's to begin with is bizarre. Ok, say it was for emulation, 2 of those CPU's would go to waste doing nothing. As for game purposes, they wouldn't serve the rest of the system in the slightest. Again, big waste of money.
You can't have 3 Wii CPU's in Wii U. Broadway/Gekko was never a multi-core architecture.
Also, the idea of 3 Wii cpu's to begin with is bizarre. Ok, say it was for emulation, 2 of those CPU's would go to waste doing nothing. As for game purposes, they wouldn't serve the rest of the system in the slightest. Again, big waste of money.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
Wii u= naruto Part one. Ps4/720= Sage mode naruto/6 tailsSo, if Wii is Naruto at Season 1, would Wii U be like Shippuden Naruto with wind element jutsu or Sage mode Naruto? I don't watch DBZ.
32MB is the edram pool. 1GB is the Game pool and for some reason they don't bother to mention the reserved 512MB pool
User Name Here
Member
I see.
They did that with the Wii didn't they? Or was Broadway an "enhanced" Gekko?
lol.
