Quote Originally Posted by BetaWolf47 View Post
I don't get the critique against Nintendo, at all. Wii U a generation and a half behind PS4? Really? Last gen games could barely do 1080p, let alone do 1080p while also processing video for a handheld screen or two. Being a technical powerhouse back in the day? Nintendo consoles always struggled to keep up with their competitors. Look how little NES was able to do without sprite flickering and slowdown compared to Master System. Look how SNES came out more than a year after the Mega Drive and still had a dramatically slower CPU than it. Look how they released a color version of a handheld that's technically identical to its near ten year old predecessor besides being able to do color. Look how the DS's CPU and GPU are just its predecessor's overclocked 1.5x (something the Wii is criticized for, yet not DS).

Seriously, the only differences between Nintendo then and Nintendo now are an expanded target audience and less third party support, the latter of which they can't totally control.


What? The GameCube was one of the few times they were near the top.
I'm not sure how the 1080P thing is relevant as I don't think that's the sign of a "next generation" console considering 360 and PS3 could both display in that resolution and PC games have easily been able to output at that resolution or higher for many years. The processor, GPU and memory are the things I would consider to be severely lacking on the Wii and the WiiU. I'm someone who believes that those things will actually inhibit the creativity of developers and while Nintendo may be comfortable working with lower capability hardware for its first party games, I just don't see how third party developers will continue to support a platform that is so far below the capabilities of the Xbox One and the PS4.