Wii U is 'twice as powerful as Xbox 360' - report

Two Pennys Worth on 25 Jan '12 said:

So the XBOX 720 is 3 times as powerful then ? "joking"

verynaughtyboy on 25 Jan '12 said:

However powerful it is, I am certain that it won't be as powerful as the next Xbox or PS4. By the time I play through my back catalogue of PS3 and 360 games, as well as the great games for those systems that are yet to come out, the next Sony and Microsoft consoles will be out! I don't think that I'm the only one who'll be in that situation.

The Wii-U could well have the same fate as the Dreamcast - a good console with good ideas but underpowered compared to its rivals that were released shortly after.

Two Pennys Worth on 25 Jan '12 said:

Todays next gen articles just do not add up.

gmcb007 on 25 Jan '12 said:

I could have been that anonymous source for all yous know. Why bother posting it unless you have some more backing for it? Oh yes, flame bait.

me4pd on 25 Jan '12 said:

"I've heard complain it's underpowered compared to what Nintendo announced, resulting in people having to de-scale their plans," the source said.

No "Triple A", "hardcore", "mature" snoozefests then?

Sweet!

rbt2 on 25 Jan '12 said:

The Wii-U could well have the same fate as the Dreamcast - a good console with good ideas but underpowered compared to its rivals that were released shortly after.
Like the Wii this gen, you mean?

altitude2k on 25 Jan '12 said:

So, the Wii U is twice as powerful as the 360.

The next Xbox is 6 times more powerful than the 360.

And finally, the next Xbox is 20% more powerful than the Wii U.

Quantum computing is here already, it seems.

PMIKE5 on 25 Jan '12 said:

A dustbin on wheels is more powerful than the Wii.

SuperMike861 on 25 Jan '12 said:

So that would make the Xbox 720 300% more powerful than the Wii U, not 20%. Something tells me none of these "reports" are actually correct and rather pointless to read and speculate over, as next week they will say something different anyway.

Izo on 25 Jan '12 said:

Just go to Neogaf for speculation, both consoles are around 5/6 times the power it seems, no anonymous sources the either.

El Mag on 25 Jan '12 said:

It'll have a game or five during it's life with Mario in, Balla will buy one and it can do the hokey cokey - me, just now.

TheCrippledNewt on 25 Jan '12 said:

At this point, I'm inclined to not believe any of these stories till E3 comes around. I think the Wii U is going to be powerful enough to hold its own for the next five years or so. Even twice as powerful as the XBox 360 is good enough in my book.

TheLastDodo on 25 Jan '12 said:

RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR RUMOUR

And 'power' isn't an indicator of quality.

timewarp1 on 25 Jan '12 said:

I wonder how many more times powerful it is to the original Wee...

JBoo on 25 Jan '12 said:

Don't sound like much then. Hopefully they will make some 'NEW' killer games for it(i.e not just Mario Kart etc etc) Even tho Mario Kart is cool;)

Balladeer on 25 Jan '12 said:

I could have been that anonymous source for all yous know. Why bother posting it unless you have some more backing for it? Oh yes, flame bait.

metallicorphan on 25 Jan '12 said:

A dustbin on wheels is more powerful than the Wii.

A dustbin on wheels....so a wheelie Bin?

Sentinator on 25 Jan '12 said:

Ahh rubbish. Every time the dev kits have left Nintendo they've gotten more and more powerful.

ShadowAviation on 25 Jan '12 said:

Gee, an ''anonymous source'' says this. Is there a whiff of Cliffy Bee anywhere? Seriously, though, Ninty are probably going make something even more fantastic than we can imagine. Power? Since when did the Wii need that to succeed? Strangely enough, ''being fun to play'' is a fairly important factor in deciding console sales.

Aer0Smith360 on 25 Jan '12 said:

A dustbin on wheels is more powerful than the Wii.

Great random reply

I'm hoping all these rumours regarding WiiU will be finally answered before e3! As Reggie and Nintendo did say that information would be let out between February and e3! Price and release dates was to be kept secret until e3 so I'm hoping for some WiiU news that isn't just false! I won't be onboard with Nintendo this time round but I'm just really intrigued regarding WiiU and all it's secrets.

Fr33Kye on 25 Jan '12 said:

I dont really need it to be powerful. It just needs to not offend my eyes and play adventure games.

flyfletch on 25 Jan '12 said:

It would not surprise me if it was true, have lost all faith in Nintendo, the Wii was in my opinion, rubbish! I hope nintendo prove me wrong this time though!

Bryanee1983 on 25 Jan '12 said:

A different day another rumour from a "respectable source".

I'm just ignoring all this crap.

liveswired on 25 Jan '12 said:

It might be worth pointing out sources are usually always wrong. Also the 360 has a tri core and not a quad, and it certainly doesn't have half as much memory embedded for the CPU. They couldn't be more different.

liveswired on 25 Jan '12 said:

It would not surprise me if it was true, have lost all faith in Nintendo, the Wii was in my opinion, rubbish! I hope nintendo prove me wrong this time though!

The Wii was rubbish, but the 3DS has won me back over

ste hicky on 25 Jan '12 said:

This is vapour from late 2011. Interesting the way that got left out CVG. Y'naughty little scamps. go on, scarper.

Now you know, people.

Izo on 25 Jan '12 said:

CVG have years of experience Ste they know how to get hits, just wait until PS4 rumors start popping up it'll be like a mass brawl across forums.

ste hicky on 25 Jan '12 said:

I know man but rather than bitch this time, I had a little joke about it.

Anyway, as you said CVG are dab hands though they certainly aren't the only ones reporting it in such a way.

All i need to know is that Wii U will visually rape Uncharted 3, Gears of War 3, Killzone 2 and 3 combined and all the rest and still have juice to spare.

That sounds like a decent enough format to me and when the other 2 launch (if Sony launch next time. Taps nose knowingly ), I'll benefit across the board and don't care if a machine turns up 18 months later with slightly more juice and Kinect 2.0 as standard. I'll just buy the f**ker.

The next gen starts this year.

KippDynamite on 26 Jan '12 said:

A dustbin on wheels is more powerful than the Wii.

FlacidDonkeyGuy on 26 Jan '12 said:

So, the Wii U is twice as powerful as the 360.

The next Xbox is 6 times more powerful than the 360.

And finally, the next Xbox is 20% more powerful than the Wii U.

Quantum computing is here already, it seems.

Ahh yes but a quantum computer won't work unless you are not observing it.

agentxnofx on 26 Jan '12 said:

uhhh... 360 was released in 2005, i'd hope a console coming out some 7+ years later could at the very least double those specs. pitiful

sjholland87 on 26 Jan '12 said:

2 things...

1) 'Anonymous source' has to have alarm bells ringing. I could be that anonymous source. My friend could be that anonymous source... Come on CVG, do some proper news reporting!

2) If this is true, why focus on the 360? The next xbox will be out shortly after the Wii-u. Be bothered about THAT Nintendo otherwise what happened to Sega will happen to you!

MD1500 on 26 Jan '12 said:

I've read the actual Develop magazine article now - and it makes a little more sense.

Develop magazine heard from a source that the Wii U was twice as powerful as the 360 when the Wii U was first announced. However, Nintendo being secretive, they couldn't confirm it.

However, now the new source saying that the NextBox will be 20% more powerful than the Wii U (it has obviously improved after the extensive hardware revisions the Wii U has undergone since launch), it can now confirm the original rumour.

Get it?

billysastard on 26 Jan '12 said:

The Wii-U could well have the same fate as the Dreamcast - a good console with good ideas but underpowered compared to its rivals that were released shortly after.

like the gameboy, gameboy color, gba 3ds, psx, ps2 and wii were then, but they sold millions.