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Although Nintendo seems to be generally pleased with the launch of their new product, the Wii U, stories in the media aren't exactly painting a very pretty picture about the recently released console. For one thing, kids in the States have been noted to be more keen on Apple's iPad, rather than the Nintendo Wii U.
There are other causes for concern. Some developers are beginning to complain that the hardware is not up-to-date and can barely handle the demands of next-gen. games.
At the same time, infamous hardware hacker referred to as Marcan, uncovered what is supposedly the processor and graphics card specs of Wii U. Apparently, the Wii U processor runs at 1.24 GHz, which less than half the speed of what's in current PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles. Meanwhile, it's speculated that its GPU core runs at 550 MHz, which is the same speed as Sony's console and a bit faster than Microsoft's.
The aforementioned hacker is working to end all speculation in an attempt to clarify just how fast the Wii U is. Marcan is also reportedly trying to hack Nintendo's new console.
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http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/11/why-you-cant-read-too-much-into-the-wii-us-slow-clock-speed/
So a modern triple core at 1.24 ghz would produce higher results then 20,000 MIPS that's for sure.
Truth is, most wii games run perfectly fine, and in all honesty... far better than CoD or battlefield, more entertaining and far longer longevity, at least they are worth the money unlike many modern "high end" games that are pure crap and last less than a cavedwellers first pity fuck, given by the cousin he always fantasied about.
While i only play wii games in times where quite a lot of people are around or with the gf and wouldnt really by myself alone, i have to say that what i said previously is still true.
Quality > shinnyness.
Also it does something critical nowadays.
It forces devs to work with limitations, forcing them to be creative instead of spewing garbage reboots after reboots after reboots that are nothing more than a circlejerk of how pretty we can nowadays make games, and forget the purpose of a game, fcking entertainment.
As for 'forcing devs to work with limitations', all that will amount to are games on the Wii U with drastically gimped graphic quality in order to run on its hardware. Have you looked at the Wii U library? Much of it consists of games that are multi-platform, so it's not like the Wii U is going to be judged by specialized exclusives.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wii_U_games
Get ready to see lots of negative press in the future consisting of quality comparisons between the PS3, 360, and Wii U versions of games, with the Wii U version getting utterly panned every time.
Your attempt to spin all this off as positive is pure nonsense, Kurio.
The Wii U -- unlike the Wii -- is a direct 360/PS3 competitor... except it has inferior hardware acceleration, and a shortsighted controller gimmick with horrific gameplay ergonomics for the 'serious' sort of games its supporting.
This is not a favorable forecast.