Rumor: Wii U slower than PS3 and Xbox 360, release date leaked

[DAOWAce]

Guest said:
Sounds like bad news for PC gaming.

Provided the PC market doesn't separate itself again due to the MASSIVE LAG in console releases.

Games a few years ago were already held back by console limitations. It's so bad nowadays that it's really affecting the quality of games.

When I watched the Max Payne 3 trailer and heard about how 'impressive' they were touting it was, I just couldn't help but cover my face and sigh because it didn't even match the quality of the original Crysis in any way at all. I felt sorry for the developers.

I really do hope the market separates itself and we end up with a much bigger PC game industry again, just like the old days. If this console issue doesn't make it happen, I doubt anything will.

 

[Guest]

hey thats my system lol!

 

[SNGX1275]

DAOWAce - Forgive me, because I think I am not understanding your point. You are saying console hardware was behind PC games years ago, and its worse now. So the Wii U being worse than current consoles is REALLY bad?

I understand that, but I also don't think that is what Nintendo is going for.

At first when I heard this news, I was pretty disappointed, I have been a Nintendo fan since the NES was too expensive for me to buy when I was a kid. When the Wii looked like a Gamecube I was saddened. But I still got a Wii, and I still play it occationally, although its for simple party games, not 'real' games as computer users know.

Now the Wii outsold PS3 and XBox360 despite being inferior. So, thinking about that has made me reconsider my thoughts on the Wii U. It may be technically inferior in many ways. But is it innovative enough to make up for that? And what audience is it going for?

Continuing my thoughts, I'm 31, I grew up with pretty much all the consoles. I imagine people 10-15 years younger than me grew up with N64 or PS1. In any case, we saw an evolution of consoles. I wonder though, if this is the wrong way to look at things, looking at gaming along that evolution line may be impractical. Maybe Nintendo sees a different future, a future more geared to kids aged 5-12 for gaming.

 

[Guest]

If all you have is mario on there does it need to be faster. Nintendo 8 bit did the job why shouldn't this?

 

[Guest]

Where is the affordable thing?To buy another system that was supposed to be released 3 years ago?I'm not going to waste money just because a bunch o brats get excited for whatever gimmick this company release to fanboy fools.

 

[SNGX1275]

Man, are most tech users this insecure?

Anyone that enjoys a device that doesn't have the greatest specs ever, but has a good UI and is fun to use is immediately a "fanboy" or better yet a "fanboi".

 

[DriverJ]

Let me be shocked... Nintendo not on the cutting edge of performance...
Nintendo has more and more pushed towards casual and widening the market for gamers, with good success. I'm sure this will be no different. Nintendo has brought older generations that were not previously gamers into the fold.
I'll be waiting to see the next Sony and Microsoft consoles. I'm hoping they don't blunder it up and go with "always online" models as has been rumored, as this could eliminate many potential sales to people in areas with poor internet connectivity still.

 

[Guest]

Who started this Mario vs. COD crap? I love both of those games, and the same goes for many others. The only reason that Nintendo is leading in console sales is because they have the cheapest and most family friendly consoles. The exact same thing will happen in this console generation (more or less). The Wii may only have 480p output, but Games like SSBB and Skyward Sword look and play awesome on it. Orbis and Durango (720) will pwn the Wii U graphics-wise, but the Wii U will still win for the exact same reasons the Wii did. I personally think that consoles with more power should win. Nintendo should just make games, because their games are great, but not their consoles. Imagine playing SSBB over PSN or Mario Kart over Xbox Live. That should be our future. If you are sick of console wars, then get a PC and use emulators.

 

[Sunny87]

Guest said:
Who started this Mario vs. COD crap? I love both of those games, and the same goes for many others. The only reason that Nintendo is leading in console sales is because they have the cheapest and most family friendly consoles. The exact same thing will happen in this console generation (more or less). The Wii may only have 480p output, but Games like SSBB and Skyward Sword look and play awesome on it. Orbis and Durango (720) will pwn the Wii U graphics-wise, but the Wii U will still win for the exact same reasons the Wii did. I personally think that consoles with more power should win. Nintendo should just make games, because their games are great, but not their consoles. Imagine playing SSBB over PSN or Mario Kart over Xbox Live. That should be our future. If you are sick of console wars, then get a PC and use emulators.

Sorry this is single handily the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard, by definition you think the system with the most power has the right to develop there next system, but the system that will be released almost an entire year before hand with most likely the highest sales and revamped servers for the likes of games like COD, has to become a software only developer, (you have issues if you think Nintendo will ever become a software only company, they would rather kill Mario than see it on another system, they have been going for over 100 years they know more than you!) Sorry thats a very childish remark and people like you still don't see how brand competition is increasing quality and decreasing prices for the consumer.