Wii U prototype is literally a Wii duct taped together
Nintendo's president revealed this early prototype of the Wii U, which literally tapes together two Wii Remotes and a monitor.
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Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Wii U prototype is literally a Wii duct taped together.
Nintendo's president revealed this early prototype of the Wii U, which literally tapes together two Wii Remotes and a monitor.-
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"Wii U's equally-underpowered specs"
I'd like to know what you're basing that statement on, considering we neither know the specifications of the Wii U nor the slightest tiny detail of the entirely hypothetical and unrevealed consoles you seem to be comparing it to.
You may think I'm making a big deal out of nothing here, but if games "journalists" ever want to be taken as seriously as real journalists, you can't just pull stuff out of your ass like that with absolutely nothing to back it up besides what? A personal hunch? A vibe you got from a chatty thread? Please.-
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I think he's comparing the Wii U to other current generation consoles that have been on the market for 7+ years. Information about its specs are outlined at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_U#Technical_specifications
Eurogamer also has articles like this in addition to what was listed as a source in the wiki:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-09-21-a-chat-about-the-power-of-the-wii-u-with-the-developer-of-a-wii-u-launch-title
So I think it's fair to say that we at least have some idea of what's going on in that little box, it isn't a complete mystery.-
If he's comparing to the current-gen consoles, then he's certainly wrong, because the Wii U is confirmed to have significantly more RAM and a better GPU than either the Xbox 360 or PS3. CPU is more vague, but judging from the other specs you could estimate the ballpark performance range.
I'm sorry for ripping into Andrew Yoon over this, but really, can't we wait until we actually have some idea of what the competition even is, before we start ripping the Wii U as woefully underpowered? I don't think that's too much to ask.
Anyway - I've never claimed the Wii U is a technological powerhouse or that the third-party support is going to be great, or whatever. I'm just pushing for the Wii U to be given a fair shake around here and evaluated on it's merits rather than on some preconceived disappointment with Nintendo.-
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What? No it doesn't. The two main things that determine graphics quality these days are the GPU and the amount/speed of RAM. The CPU is mostly for AI, physics and general game logic, and the WiiU can do out-of-order execution which makes things a lot faster.
The ports probably have bad performance because the engines haven't been properly optimised for the WiiU just yet. These are launch titles, give it time.
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