Wii U Wii U 50 Percent More Powerful Than PS3, Says Analyst

[x3sphere]

Aside from Nintendo's own Zelda tech demo, the company did little to push the graphical capabilities of its newly announced Wii U hardware at E3 2011. Amplifying this is the fact that third-party footage shown was running code direct from PS3 and Xbox 360. So how does the Wii U stack up to these six year-old machines?

While Nintendo hasn't released any official data yet, Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia has reportedly told Industry Gamers that multiple developers confirmed a figure of 50 percent more powerful, compared to PS3 and 360.

"Some of the developers we spoke to indicated to us that the console will have 50% more processing power compared to the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360[...]

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[BlackSheep]

I doubt it the tech demo was just bad its better but more like 10%

 

[TeamOverload]

I doubt it the tech demo was just bad its better but more like 10%

You're basing this off what? A tech demo from a console that's a year or more out? Sound like we're just making up percentages.

 

[Trigun]

I still doubt it's 50% more powerful. Until I see it.

And if it was, they would've been able to create a solution for upscaling Wii games.
it will probably just end up holding the industry back graphically just like everything else that isn't a PC is doing.

 

[Robby]

I doubt it the tech demo was just bad its better but more like 10%

So you're saying the Wii U tech demo was bad, but 10% better then the PS3.

So what does that say about the PS3?

 

[BlackSheep]

The ps3 isnt a next gen console and this is

 

[BlackSheep]

and a tech demo is suppose to display the power the system has.

 

[Robby]

You have to remember, the first thing you see of consoles is not it's full power.

I mean, compare launch titles of xbox and ps3 to what games we are going to get this year.
I thought the PS3 and Xbox360 were next gen? I mean, that's what everyone has been saying for the past 5 years. If anything, this is Nintendo catching up.