http://www.slashgear.com/ubisoft-wii-u-dreams-are-high-03221396/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Tue, 15 May 2012 21:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.slashgear.com/ubisoft-wii-u-dreams-are-high-03221396/#comment-205643 LinnkedIn Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:46:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=221396#comment-205643 One of the dev’s working on the Wii U hardware has said that the power difference between the PS3/360 and the Wii U is as dramatic as the difference between the Nintendo 64 and Dreamcast.  As in, the Wii U will have the same difference in power over the PS3/360, as the Dreamcast had over the N64.  That means it’s much more than “On Par” with the current systems, and is infact next gen.  The Wii U has been confirmed to be able to run Unreal Engine 4 and was seen doing so at GDC.  Now, whether or not we’ll see the true power of the Wii U depends completely on how much effort the game developers are willing to put in.  If they just do ports of games they created for the PS3/360, then we won’t see a power difference, because those games were developed so that they could run on the PS3/360… if games are developed by developers to take full advantage of the power the Wii U offers, then those games will not be playable on the PS3/360 since the PS3/360 wouldn’t be able to handle them.  The Wii U is going to be able to play ports of games that come out for PS4 and Xbox 720.. and the difference in power between the Wii U and the PS4/720 isn’t going to be anything spectacular.  As much as people don’t believe it, or don’t understand it, we’ve kind of hit a wall as far as graphics are concerned, and to get the same leap from the PS3/360 to the PS4/720 as the PS2/Xbox to the PS3/360 had, consoles would have to be built with tech that won’t even be available for 5 years more, and would cost well over $700.  There will still be big differences, but I’m talking about the differences we subjectively perceive when we look at the graphics on the screen.

]]> http://www.slashgear.com/ubisoft-wii-u-dreams-are-high-03221396/#comment-199672 Emergency Food Supply Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:10:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=221396#comment-199672 I don’t think they will put a turtles game on wiiware because they are too big a franchise and too well know. Also they only really put game developers that you don’t know on there and there is a game called Turtle Smash up coming to the wii soon so you could get that game.
 

]]> http://www.slashgear.com/ubisoft-wii-u-dreams-are-high-03221396/#comment-199652 Guest Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:14:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=221396#comment-199652 What source says it’s 3 times as powerful?

]]> http://www.slashgear.com/ubisoft-wii-u-dreams-are-high-03221396/#comment-199641 Chesschampnphs Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:49:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=221396#comment-199641 Dude, calm down. The ubisoft guy is just hopeful and is confident in the new system. Chill and switch to decaf…

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