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What's good everyone? So on Tuesday we saw WiiU announced and just like a certain rumour release, it had the 6.2in screen in the middle and stuff.
So what that led me to believe is that the leaked specs in the same report touting a triple core IBM PowerPC at 3.5GHz (Nintendo have confirmed multicore PowerPC so this is even more valid), and a custom Radeon R700 core, can't remember the clockspeed or whether it was even stated.
For those of you who don't speak geek, that means that WiiU's graphical power is leagues beyond 360 and PS3.
Orly?
Well yeah, 360's GPU is based on the first ATi/AMD GPUs with unified shader architecture, which is, *gasp* OLD! PS3's RSX is basically a customised Geforce 7800GTX which is *gasp* OLD! Not only that, by now they are vastly underpowered. Think of it in even cruder terms which doesn't directly relate but basically sums it up. WiiU's GPU is DX10.1 and PS3/360's is 9.0c
So enough of all this nonsense, why would that really matter?
Well it's not exactly an achievement to outdo 5 year old tech, but the thing is, Sony and MS were planning on 10 year lifespans for their consoles. So let's say that at the earliest, we see a new console in 2015.
Considering WiiU's launch date of 2012, that's what, 3 years of Nintendo ****ting on you graphically? Now I'm not an expert and this is all just me thinking, 360 and PS3's claim over the Wii is the "hardcore" or whatever stupid **** you wanna call it titles. Basically all those shooters that make 13 year old boys swear at their mothers while pleasuring themselves to headshot highlight reels. Well now they're also coming to WiiU and they'll look better, that's not good for Sony and MS. The thing is, you're thinking "so?". Right, but when Nintendo has its famous exclusives that pretty much kept them afloat in GC era for example, then add their complete domination of the casual market, basically if you're going to have Nintendo sweep in and outdo you in the only market you have an edge on, then you are looking to get buried.
I'm sorry, but getting visually annihilated by WiiU will be downright embarrassing. It's got Wii in the name ffs, that is bad.
For those of you who think that WiiU won't be more powerful than 360/PS3, you seem to think that being more powerful than these consoles is some sort of achievement, when my ****ing laptop that I bought in 2009 is more powerful than a PS3 or 360.
So basically, MS and Sony need to get up off their ***es and release new consoles ASAP. They probably will, but I fear that if they take Nintendo lightly for say the first year or so of WiiU's life, they're in for trouble, and by that time it'll be too late to release a console ahead of schedule that's any good.
I honestly believe they cannot afford to get bested in the graphical department for several YEARS by Nintendo, I mean, come on that's just silly right?
What are your thoughts?
What's good everyone? So on Tuesday we saw WiiU announced and just like a certain rumour release, it had the 6.2in screen in the middle and stuff.
So what that led me to believe is that the leaked specs in the same report touting a triple core IBM PowerPC at 3.5GHz (Nintendo have confirmed multicore PowerPC so this is even more valid), and a custom Radeon R700 core, can't remember the clockspeed or whether it was even stated.
For those of you who don't speak geek, that means that WiiU's graphical power is leagues beyond 360 and PS3.
Orly?
Well yeah, 360's GPU is based on the first ATi/AMD GPUs with unified shader architecture, which is, *gasp* OLD! PS3's RSX is basically a customised Geforce 7800GTX which is *gasp* OLD! Not only that, by now they are vastly underpowered. Think of it in even cruder terms which doesn't directly relate but basically sums it up. WiiU's GPU is DX10.1 and PS3/360's is 9.0c
So enough of all this nonsense, why would that really matter?
Well it's not exactly an achievement to outdo 5 year old tech, but the thing is, Sony and MS were planning on 10 year lifespans for their consoles. So let's say that at the earliest, we see a new console in 2015.
Considering WiiU's launch date of 2012, that's what, 3 years of Nintendo ****ting on you graphically? Now I'm not an expert and this is all just me thinking, 360 and PS3's claim over the Wii is the "hardcore" or whatever stupid **** you wanna call it titles. Basically all those shooters that make 13 year old boys swear at their mothers while pleasuring themselves to headshot highlight reels. Well now they're also coming to WiiU and they'll look better, that's not good for Sony and MS. The thing is, you're thinking "so?". Right, but when Nintendo has its famous exclusives that pretty much kept them afloat in GC era for example, then add their complete domination of the casual market, basically if you're going to have Nintendo sweep in and outdo you in the only market you have an edge on, then you are looking to get buried.
I'm sorry, but getting visually annihilated by WiiU will be downright embarrassing. It's got Wii in the name ffs, that is bad.
For those of you who think that WiiU won't be more powerful than 360/PS3, you seem to think that being more powerful than these consoles is some sort of achievement, when my ****ing laptop that I bought in 2009 is more powerful than a PS3 or 360.
So basically, MS and Sony need to get up off their ***es and release new consoles ASAP. They probably will, but I fear that if they take Nintendo lightly for say the first year or so of WiiU's life, they're in for trouble, and by that time it'll be too late to release a console ahead of schedule that's any good.
I honestly believe they cannot afford to get bested in the graphical department for several YEARS by Nintendo, I mean, come on that's just silly right?
What are your thoughts?
