The Wii has more power than you think

People have been underestimating the Wii's hardware limitations, especially fanboys and developers. But after reading this article and watching this video, it certainly proved them wrong.

Article : http://revoeyes.blogspot.com/2007/07/wii-has-more-power-than-you-think.html

Video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8gfDWI42p0&feature=channel_page

PS. It will be much more preferrable if you watch the video first THEN read the article.

Youppi!! 3 times CPU power of last gen XBoX...BIG DEAL!

These are just inacurate calculations but still...

PS2 = 333Mhz Emotion engine / PS3 multi-cores running AT 3,2 Ghz CELL = 9.6 times stronger = Estimation = 10 times stronger X 6 cores = 60 times stronger

Why did i even do this calculation?? Stop wasting my time!! Wii is weak

LOL

You made me waste my time. :cry:

That video is full of excuses, of things that should be but aren't. I:roll: at the part were it says The Conduit looks like a 360 game.

This is a joke thread right?:?

I have to believe we would see a game that compares to 360 by now , and since we really haven't, i think its just a fanatasy.

We have the developers of The Conduit passionatly wanting to push the Wii to its limits, so I think the system kind of peaks there. IMO.

And even if it did somehow get the same graphics. What would the framerate be? It's not a powerhouse system and no game has proven otherwise.

To put it bluntly, the Wii has weak hardware. Anyone saying otherwise is delusional. It has a lot of limitations that prevent that heavy PC/360/PS3 hitters from ever releasing on it.

Regardless of how much cough *power* cough it may have, Nintendo can't be bothered with it seeing as how its system along with the shovelware are selling like hotcakes.

When Nintendo makes the Wii Zelda game people will shut their mouths.Master-Thief-09

I guess that means it won't be jaw dropping...

When Nintendo makes the Wii Zelda game people will shut their mouths.Master-Thief-09

I have to believe we would see a game that compares to 360 by now , and since we really haven't, i think its just a fanatasy.

We have the developers of The Conduit passionatly wanting to push the Wii to its limits, so I think the system kind of peaks there. IMO.

And even if it did somehow get the same graphics. What would the framerate be? It's not a powerhouse system and no game has proven otherwise.

flazzle

Hahahahaha :lol:

You are right, even THotD : O has frame rate issues.

When Nintendo makes the Wii Zelda game people will shut their mouths.Master-Thief-09

Yeah another Zelda game to milk your poor folks.

Youppi!! 3 times CPU power of last gen XBoX...BIG DEAL!

These are just inacurate calculations but still...

PS2 = 333Mhz Emotion engine / PS3 multi-cores running AT 3,2 Ghz CELL = 9.6 times stronger = Estimation = 10 times stronger X 6 cores = 60 times stronger

Why did i even do this calculation?? Stop wasting my time!! Wii is weak

MasterDefender3

I have to believe we would see a game that compares to 360 by now , and since we really haven't, i think its just a fanatasy.

We have the developers of The Conduit passionatly wanting to push the Wii to its limits, so I think the system kind of peaks there. IMO.

And even if it did somehow get the same graphics. What would the framerate be? It's not a powerhouse system and no game has proven otherwise.

flazzle

If anything I think people overrate the 360's graphics. They really aren't much better than the Wii's.

You guys can say what you want, but with all the shovelware it is obvious that developers are lazy, thus the reason why the Wii isn't being used properly.

And if you say that you don't think the Conduit looks at all like a 360 game, you probably haven't seen it in person. :roll:

[QUOTE="Master-Thief-09"]When Nintendo makes the Wii Zelda game people will shut their mouths.MasterDefender3

[QUOTE="MasterDefender3"][QUOTE="Master-Thief-09"]When Nintendo makes the Wii Zelda game people will shut their mouths.Master-Thief-09

Zelda had some great games, but they were no technological marvel.

Then why aren't major third party titles like Dead Rising 2 on the Wii? It started production after the PS3 and Wii came out and is coming to the PS3.foxhound_fox

Sheep, can you honestly believe that Nintendork has some hidden power in its washed up console? So developers just *think* it doesn't; that's why they release inferior ports on the Wii, and not because of hardware limitations.JabbaDaHutt30

Sheep, can you honestly believe that Nintendork has some hidden power in its washed up console? So developers just *think* it doesn't; that's why they release inferior ports on the Wii, and not because of hardware limitations.JabbaDaHutt30

You guys can say what you want, but with all the shovelware it is obvious that developers are lazy, thus the reason why the Wii isn't being used properly.

And if you say that you don't think the Conduit looks at all like a 360 game, you probably haven't seen it in person. :roll:

SoraX64

The Conduit doesn't look anything like a recent, great-looking Xbox360 IP. It looks similar in terms of graphics quality to Half-Life 2 (without the episodes), which was released at the end of 2004.

[QUOTE="JabbaDaHutt30"]Sheep, can you honestly believe that Nintendork has some hidden power in its washed up console? So developers just *think* it doesn't; that's why they release inferior ports on the Wii, and not because of hardware limitations.Rahnyc4

[QUOTE="SoraX64"]

You guys can say what you want, but with all the shovelware it is obvious that developers are lazy, thus the reason why the Wii isn't being used properly.

And if you say that you don't think the Conduit looks at all like a 360 game, you probably haven't seen it in person. :roll:

JabbaDaHutt30

The Conduit doesn't look anything like a recent, great-looking Xbox360 IP. It looks similar in terms of graphics quality to Half-Life 2 (without the episodes), which was released at the end of 2004.

[QUOTE="SoraX64"]

You guys can say what you want, but with all the shovelware it is obvious that developers are lazy, thus the reason why the Wii isn't being used properly.

And if you say that you don't think the Conduit looks at all like a 360 game, you probably haven't seen it in person. :roll:

JabbaDaHutt30

The Conduit doesn't look anything like a recent, great-looking Xbox360 IP. It looks similar in terms of graphics quality to Half-Life 2 (without the episodes), which was released at the end of 2004.

That picture of the Conduit was when the game was in it's early BETA. Hack, you can check that they changed the health bar system. And second, playing a game is way different than watching pictures/videos. People in the NY CC didn't even believe that it was a Wii game.

[QUOTE="JabbaDaHutt30"][QUOTE="SoraX64"]

You guys can say what you want, but with all the shovelware it is obvious that developers are lazy, thus the reason why the Wii isn't being used properly.

And if you say that you don't think the Conduit looks at all like a 360 game, you probably haven't seen it in person. :roll:

Rahnyc4

The Conduit doesn't look anything like a recent, great-looking Xbox360 IP. It looks similar in terms of graphics quality to Half-Life 2 (without the episodes), which was released at the end of 2004.

Both images accurately display the visuals of both game environments during gameplay, so yes, it is fair. Company reputation has nothing to do with graphics comparisons.

[QUOTE="Pangster007"]I don't know what the majority of people here think, but i'd guess they think the Wii is 'just' powerful enough to match the PS2. - Wrong. Looking at specs and noting that each system do things differently - the Wii is supposed to be at least on par with Xbox 1. What is and isn't possible, is not the problem here. The problem lies in all those publishers not willing to give a good budget for a Wii game and letting their b-grade developers handle those projects. A good looking game still requires talent, effort and time - regardless of platform. And these 3 things aren't being spent on the Wii but on the PS3/360/PC side of the market. It's no coincidence that the best looking games made by 1st party is significantly better looking than the 3rd party games.Adrian_Cloud

[QUOTE="Rahnyc4"][QUOTE="JabbaDaHutt30"]

The Conduit doesn't look anything like a recent, great-looking Xbox360 IP. It looks similar in terms of graphics quality to Half-Life 2 (without the episodes), which was released at the end of 2004.

JabbaDaHutt30

Both images accurately display the visuals of both game environments during gameplay, so yes, it is fair. Company reputation has nothing to do with graphics comparisons.

That is fair, but I will also add that the 360 has very few games that look better than HL2. So it can be concluded that the Wii isn't that far behind.

Youppi!! 3 times CPU power of last gen XBoX...BIG DEAL!

These are just inacurate calculations but still...

PS2 = 333Mhz Emotion engine / PS3 multi-cores running AT 3,2 Ghz CELL = 9.6 times stronger = Estimation = 10 times stronger X 6 cores = 60 times stronger

Why did i even do this calculation?? Stop wasting my time!! Wii is weak

[QUOTE="Adrian_Cloud"][QUOTE="Pangster007"]I don't know what the majority of people here think, but i'd guess they think the Wii is 'just' powerful enough to match the PS2. - Wrong. Looking at specs and noting that each system do things differently - the Wii is supposed to be at least on par with Xbox 1. What is and isn't possible, is not the problem here. The problem lies in all those publishers not willing to give a good budget for a Wii game and letting their b-grade developers handle those projects. A good looking game still requires talent, effort and time - regardless of platform. And these 3 things aren't being spent on the Wii but on the PS3/360/PC side of the market. It's no coincidence that the best looking games made by 1st party is significantly better looking than the 3rd party games.Pangster007

A bunch of mis-informed nonsense written by somebody without even the slightest bit of knowledge about graphics hardware. TEV is not some super-secret hidden weapon brimming with "powah", it's a primitive and precursor to proper pixel shaders. It's extremely limited compared to full programmable hardware in the 360 or PS3's GPU's, or even the Xbox GPU. I'm sure developers have found clever ways to use it to produce neat effects, but that's a far far cry from "you could do everything the 360 does, but different". It's an overclocked GameCube chip...it can only go so far.Teufelhuhn

[QUOTE="Teufelhuhn"]A bunch of mis-informed nonsense written by somebody without even the slightest bit of knowledge about graphics hardware. TEV is not some super-secret hidden weapon brimming with "powah", it's a primitive and precursor to proper pixel shaders. It's extremely limited compared to full programmable hardware in the 360 or PS3's GPU's, or even the Xbox GPU. I'm sure developers have found clever ways to use it to produce neat effects, but that's a far far cry from "you could do everything the 360 does, but different". It's an overclocked GameCube chip...it can only go so far.McdonaIdsGuy