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No. It's not. Jragghen Send a noteboard - 09/06/2011 04:15:14 AM
But the Wii U? Is the hardware equivalent of the PS3 and 360. Consoles that came out 5 YEARS AGO.


This. Is. Not. True.

IBM has stated the processor is a Power7 variant. This is much more powerful than the processors in any console right now.

AMD has implied that the graphics processor is roughly two to three generations past current consoles.

None of the tech which has been shown has demonstrated anything about the graphical fidelity of the console other than the Zelda bit (which a lot of people thought was pre-rendered video until it was shown that you can manipulate the camera/lighting/etc) because what they're showing is focused on the gameplay aspects instead, and none of the third party titles are ready to show yet because the launch is a year away.

It remains to be seen how much of a leapfrog Sony and Microsoft will do in turn, but this is clearly more powerful than both the PS3 and 360 from what we have been told at this point.

I don't even know if I'm going to buy the damn thing, and there's plenty of room to criticize it, but at least pay attention and make reasonable criticisms.
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