Rumor: Wii U 50% More Powerful Than PS3?

[Andrew86]

"Wii U will be HD, supporting up to 1080p resolution just like Xbox 360 and PS3, but beyond that it's unclear how powerful the hardware will ultimately be when it ships sometime next year. Nintendo never provides a full breakdown, although the company did say that the form factor is "near final." While many assumed Wii U would be on par with the current HD consoles, word is coming in from developers that it's quite a bit more powerful.
Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia commented today, "Some of the developers we spoke to indicated to us that the console will have 50% more processing power compared to the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360. This is yet to be confirmed by Nintendo.""

mh... If this is true its technically not really good news, but oh well, its around the same boost as from Gamecube to Wii(50%), which was not bad.I suppose Sony and Microsoft will include again 7 to 10 times better Hardware, than last Generation.

 

[TimeLord]

If it does, great. If it doesn't, Nintendo haven't moved an inch in the console market.

Also, how can you say; 50% more powerful than the PS3 and 360 when the PS3 already has the edge over the 360 in terms of Blu-ray processing power so which one is it 50% more power than? The PS3 or 360? Because that might make the difference to the specs.

Edit: Ok fine, it's not the Blu-ray that makes the PS3 processor better or whatever. I didn't know that. I assumed that it was established that the PS3 was more of a powerhouse than the 360. Stop quoting me to jump to the xbox's defence

 

[viranimus]

Yeah, I dont know if saying "50% more powerful is going to fly.

Consider, 50% more powerful than a console that has about another 4 years life, will also have to compete with SOnys followup console that will be more powerful than that, Which that tacks on what? another 5-10 years?

So 50% more powerful than a PS3? Will that really hold up for the next decade or will there have to be 1-2 more upgrade consoles in between?

 

[banksy122]

And still way less powerful then an average PC. I do hope this forces Microsoft and Sony to speed up their production of their new Consoles. One can only hope.

 

[xshadowslayerx]

the wiiu is going to be more powerful only because it has newer hardware and software in the console it will be the same with the PS4 or the the next xbox they will be better based on the fact that they will have newer tech in them

 

[Phishfood]

"Wii U will be HD, supporting up to 1080p resolution just like Xbox 360 and PS3, but beyond that it's unclear how powerful the hardware will ultimately be when it ships sometime next year. Nintendo never provides a full breakdown, although the company did say that the form factor is "near final." While many assumed Wii U would be on par with the current HD consoles, word is coming in from developers that it's quite a bit more powerful.
Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia commented today, "Some of the developers we spoke to indicated to us that the console will have 50% more processing power compared to the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360. This is yet to be confirmed by Nintendo.""

mh... If this is true its technically not really good news, but oh well, its around the same boost as from Gamecube to Wii(50%), which was not bad.I suppose Sony and Microsoft will include again 7 to 10 times better Hardware, than last Generation.

I imagine it is true, 50% more powerful than the ps3 several years after its release is no real challenge. Nintendo are still behind the curve though, they are switching to 1080p at the same time people are considering developing 2000p [http://www.reghardware.com/2011/04/14/wtf_is_4k_by_2k/].

Not that everyone can even tell the difference between HD and SD depending on screen size and distance. Link [http://www.reghardware.com/2011/05/19/tv_sizes_deconstructed/]

 

[NickCaligo42]

Like that would be a huge surprise? My three-year-old laptop outruns my PS3. Modern off-the-shelf computers from Best Buy from last year can outrun my PS3. The only thing the shit inside that box has going for it is that it's generally reliable, and even then the Cell is a needlessly complicated monstrosity that's, on average, done a lot more harm than good to major releases for the sake of Naughty Dog and Sucker Punch getting a chance to toot their own horn. At this point? The Wii U had better be three times as powerful.

 

[mcattack92]

It has been in the general public for almost 5 years now. There has bound to have been allot of technical advances since then. Also, Moore's Law states that technology will double every 2 years.

 

[Audio]

I didn't get the Wii because I wanted pretty graphics. *rolleyes*
Nice to see it catching up though.

 

[Cowabungaa]

And still way less powerful then an average PC.

Well they are getting some kind of special CPU, and from what I've heard they're the fastest in existence right now, even faster than a top-of-the-line i7 core. If that's true, that'd really be something.

Quite curious about the GPU myself at the moment, they haven't made any details about it available.

 

[Mechalemmiwinks]

Alright! Worms: Armageddon will now be infused with MOAR POWERZ! Grand Theft Mariocart is GO!

 

[GrimHeaper]

And still way less powerful then an average PC.

Well they are getting some kind of special CPU, and from what I've heard they're the fastest in existence right now, even faster than a top-of-the-line i7 core. If that's true, that'd really be something.

Quite curious about the GPU myself at the moment, they haven't made any details about it available.

The power of the computers is negligible when there are no games to make full use of it.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

the PS3 already has the edge over the 360 in terms of Blu-ray processing power

Blu-ray has nothing to do with processing power, it's an optical storage medium... and no optical storage medium has a data transfer rate that compares to HDDs or SSDs.

 

[Andrew86]

However, sometimes nintendo fans don't mind about power after all~
just want Nintendo games, that's all, 3rd party game are just a plus.

 

[mad825]

And still way less powerful then an average PC.

Well they are getting some kind of special CPU, and from what I've heard they're the fastest in existence right now, even faster than a top-of-the-line i7 core. If that's true, that'd really be something.

Quite curious about the GPU myself at the moment, they haven't made any details about it available.

all of the gaming consoles got a "special" CPU and it's not very good, the "cell" chip was the only thing that reached above sub-par.

when a "special" CPU is mention, the first thing that comes to my mind is a defunct quad-core CPU otherwise known as a Tri-core.

 

[TimeLord]

the PS3 already has the edge over the 360 in terms of Blu-ray processing power

Blu-ray has nothing to do with processing power, it's an optical storage medium... and no optical storage medium has a data transfer rate that compares to HDDs or SSDs.

True, but you need a better processor to... well process the sheer amount of Blu-ray data don't you? Compared to xbox's DVDs.

 

[JediMB]

PS3 already has the edge over the 360 in terms of Blu-ray processing power

...

In terms of what now? You realize Blu-ray is an optical storage medium, right? It doesn't have processing power.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

the PS3 already has the edge over the 360 in terms of Blu-ray processing power

Blu-ray has nothing to do with processing power, it's an optical storage medium... and no optical storage medium has a data transfer rate that compares to HDDs or SSDs.

True, but you need a better processor to... well process the sheer amount of Blu-ray data don't you? Compared to xbox's DVDs.

Nope. Both have full HDD capabilty so if they don't choke on a HDDs data transfer speeds they're not going to be troubled by any optical storage system around today.

The PS3 does have a better CPU but not because Blu-ray demands it. The 360 could have easily supported HD-DVD but Microsoft didn't want to get caught up in a format war it had no vested interest in... and they didn't want to go Blu-ray because they charge licensing on a per-disc basis and it takes a few DVDs to hold the same data as a BRD.

 

[JediMB]

If it does, great. If it doesn't, Nintendo haven't moved an inch in the console market.

Also, how can you say; 50% more powerful than the PS3 and 360 when the PS3 already has the edge over the 360 in terms of Blu-ray processing power so which one is it 50% more power than? The PS3 or 360? Because that might make the difference to the specs.

Not to mention ps3 is true HD while 360 is upscaled. Due to the fact that it can only support Dual Layer Disks.

Please tell me you're trolling.

the PS3 already has the edge over the 360 in terms of Blu-ray processing power

Blu-ray has nothing to do with processing power, it's an optical storage medium... and no optical storage medium has a data transfer rate that compares to HDDs or SSDs.

True, but you need a better processor to... well process the sheer amount of Blu-ray data don't you? Compared to xbox's DVDs.

No.

The Blu-ray player itself reads the disc, and how much data can be used at any given time is determined by the machine's RAM and VRAM. The 360 has 512 MB of unified RAM/VRAM, while the PS3 has 256 MB of each. (Sort of pathetic, really.)