Wii U power debate: Iwata swears it will keep up with next-gen. Microsoft says 'it's a 360'

Well, which is it?

Words: Justin Towell on July 4, 2012

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Cyberninja - July 4, 2012 9:23 a.m.

I want to know what sony thinks since mircosoft has the wiiu figured out.
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Tronto13 - July 4, 2012 9:18 a.m.

Despite all the "hardcore" games they are putting on it the main group buying the wiiU will still be casual gamers. The Wii cannot compete power wise with the current generation but sold ridiculous amounts of units. The WiiU is probably of a similar power to the 360 but will probably be able to keep up with the next gen consoles in terms of sales due to its wider, casual audience coupled with the big nintendo fans and Im sure many people will buy one to have all the consoles or because they are curious to how it will play.
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Tjwoods18 - July 4, 2012 9:05 a.m.

I still believe that they cannot compete with microsoft and SONY
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Chambertlo - July 4, 2012 6:38 p.m.

In what way? Nintendo kicked both Sony and Microsofts asses by what seems like the widest margin in gaming history. Maybe they can't compete in specs or power, but they sure can kick their asses with technologically inferior hardware. It's all about the games, homey. Look at how bad Vita is doing compared to the 3DS.
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Galgomite - July 4, 2012 8:53 a.m.

It's Nintendo! They've been practically going it alone now for 10 years, third parties be damned. This means that the best-looking versions of Mario, Zelda, Mario Kart and Smash Bros. will be found on the Wii U, and the rest doesn't matter. I'll never own a Nintendo console ONLY, but I'll always own Nintendo consoles as long as they're making great first party software. And am I the only one who thinks Watchdogs isn't that amazing to look at?
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Balaska - July 4, 2012 8:47 a.m.

Pikmin 3 and Zelda. Nintendo take my money already!!!!
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Net_Bastard - July 4, 2012 8:28 a.m.

Who would you trust? The company that's MAKING THE DAMN CONSOLE, or the company that's competing with it and probably doesn't know the specs? Maybe Ninty's talking out of their ass. But they're talking to investors, which people don't normally talk to out of their ass.
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MasterBhater - July 4, 2012 9:40 a.m.

They seem to always avoid or sidestep the main question of "How powerful is it?", which worries me
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robotdickens - July 4, 2012 8:27 a.m.

I am willing to shell out the cash if Nintendo can promise this will be at least relevant for a decade or sometime around that. This idea seems really cool and, regardless of the whole people taking other's ideas, it would be awesome if the other consoles could do this with the whole extra screen thing. Best Gamecube gear was that screen you had on the system itself. I would like to see more of this.
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Clovin64 - July 4, 2012 8:25 a.m.

While graphical power alone doesnt win a console war, I can't help but worry the Wii U is going to get left behind again. Call it a hunch.
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SentientSquidMachine - July 4, 2012 8:24 a.m.

well if they significantly improve on the paltry 256mb of ram from this generation, then they will be heading in the right direction. i feel Nintendo is heading the way of Sega, in the sense that soon they may find themselves out of the console race altogether (even though in Sega's case, the world was not ready for the Dreamcast, as oppose to the wii and wii u being sub-par in capabilities apart from their gimmicks) and using all of their 1st party properties for licensing deals. You do not need modern hardware to run any 1st party nintendo games, but when it comes to multi-platform, no one will pick the wii u version over the next gen consoles unless that tablet control provides for some drastic game changing features.
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BlueScorpion91 - July 4, 2012 8:08 a.m.

Couldn't really care about graphics, I just want better AI, faster load times, quicker downloads and, most of all, BETTER GAMES!
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