[tjhooker73]

So originally it would be 2x more powerful then a PS3 or 360, Then it was not even half, Now its 19x more powerful... Really..

[bigo93]

Originally Posted by oPolo Maybe the reason is that Blu-Ray is a proprietary format from Sony, and Nintendo would have to pay licensing fees. The same reason that the PS3 does not support NTFS. It's a proprietary format from Microsoft.

You see this is what I dont get, M$ and other companies have gone to some lengths to force some companies and patent holders to reduce te cost of their licenses arguing that that patent is essential for the given devices and in favor of consumers.
We know they've done this with a lot of patents.

So question is why not do tat with Blu-ray and NTFS, it's clear BD won the format war against HD-DVD, so it's essential to all devices that use disks now.
People use hdds to store a range of personal data, videos, music etc; and as most use Windows and hence NTFS, it is essentila that other devices can support this as well.

So have they done that? Or has it already been done and they are just too cheap to make things convenient for consumers.
We know £ony were talking BS about the Vita memory cards, every Tom Dick and Harry has a microSD card, and those already with $ony devices have Duo cards; yet $ony had the need to create yet another unique card for this single device. But then again, we all now know how greedy $ony are.

[crazelunatic]

19x as powerful doesnt mean anything if nothing is added to the gameplay.... just my two cents.... Im hoping the next gen consoles have way better web browsers and the tech associated with them for viewing videos.

[fanboysarestupid]

@VIRGIN KLM Dreamcast didn't even require to be hacked as it has absolutely no protection against CDR discs, anyone could burn a Dreamcast game and play it right after.

Also homebrew is just pop in the disc and run it.

Great gaming console, I remember playing a disc with SNES games, and one of them I kept going back to Super Marion on a level where it had ghosts.

[VIRGIN KLM]

Originally Posted by fanboysarestupid @VIRGIN KLM Dreamcast didn't even require to be hacked as it has absolutely no protection against CDR discs, anyone could burn a Dreamcast game and play it right after.

I know, that's what I meant with the whole concept.
The bad thing on this hack though is that some discs exceeded the 750MBs in data and they had to be stripped in order to fit in a CDR. Some games unfortunately didn't work that way so you were pretty forced to use another method to load up backups/isos or just buy the actual legit game disc.

[Annelies]

Originally Posted by BobbyBangin The PS3 came out in '06. Was in development long before that. It's easily conceivable. Watch this vid to understand how. This vid uses a graphics card as an example that is actually inferior to the AMD's Radeon graphics technology 5000/6000 series chip that we now know will be in the Wii-U. Still the inferior example graphics card is still more powerful than the PS3. Wii-U Hardware Specs Explained - YouTube

ReviewTechUSA is one of my favorite 'tubers...

[TitaniumL]

Originally Posted by DEFAULTDNB Very true, it looks fun and for me it's always been playability over GFX. But... what the hell were the Nintendo reps smoking?

Most probably just trolling the guy.

"He looks like an easy bait. Why the hell not? *put on troll mode*"

[DEFAULTDNB]

Originally Posted by TitaniumL Most probably just trolling the guy. "He looks like an easy bait. Why the hell not? *put on troll mode*"

He's all like: Yes my-boy, the WiiU is ..... erm..."Quick think up a number".... nnnniiiineeeteeeeennn?? times faster than a peeeeee esssssssss tw---threeeeeee.... yes 19 times.... sure..why not.

[pereb27]

Originally Posted by oPolo Wall of text about Moore's law

You forgot that the PS3 was a really powerful piece of hardware at the time (sold for $600 at a loss), as opposed to Nintendo whose hardware is NOWHERE near high-end, which shows in the Wii U, sold for $300, and as we all know Nintendo doesn't sell consoles at a loss, it probably takes them $150-200 to manufacture, as opposed to $800 for the PS3 back in 2006.

I expect the Wii U to be 1,5 times the power of a Xbox 360.