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Nintendo Doesn't Deny Claims Wii U Is Less Powerful Than PS3, 360

Posted on Thursday, April 5 @ 05:38:58 Eastern by


Following reports of developers being underwhelmed by the Wii U's power, stating that it is less powerful than the PS3 and Xbox 360, Nintendo has issued a statement to Digital Trends.

A Nintendo spokesperson explained that the company does not "focus on technology specs". Though they "understand that people like to dissect graphics and processing power, but the experience of playing will always be more important than raw numbers".

While that is indeed true, failing to exceed consoles that have been on the market for six and seven years (when the Wii U eventually releases) is a damn shame, and could be a real turn off for many. Especially when new, more powerful consoles are expected from Sony and Microsoft by holiday 2013.

I guess they forgot about they're old slogan: Now you're playing with power.

Click here to find out why I think that this, along with other reasons, could mean that the Wii U is the harbinger of doom for Nintendo.

For more on the Wii U, click here.

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  • tinymhg
    tinymhg

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Apr 5th, 2012 at 7:56 am
    Hardware wise maybe they should focus on handhelds and start publishishing thier games for other consoles and the PC.
  • Klandathu
    Klandathu

    Joined: Apr 2008
    Posted: Apr 5th, 2012 at 8:43 am
    This has been my stance on Nintendo for years now. Well said.
  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous

    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Apr 5th, 2012 at 2:03 pm
    publishishing thier... ok lie down and breathe slowly. Can you feel your fingertips? How about your toes? Everyone stand back and give this gentleman some air, he may be having a brain-fart attack.
  • cyberjim2000
    cyberjim2000

    Joined: Feb 2010
    Posted: Apr 5th, 2012 at 8:18 am
    Hmm... are we predicting the future on GR now? I remembered when people thought that the Kinect was going to fail and Move would replace the Wii. The truth of the matter is, we don't know. You could try looking into the to predict the future but who freaking knows for sure, right? All we could do is wait and see. If it fails, it fails. If it does well, it does well.
  • Anthony_Severino
    Anthony_Severino

    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Apr 5th, 2012 at 9:51 am
    Have you seen how big my crystal balls are? All kidding aside, I agree. But still, there's nothing from with a little semi-fictional writing every now and again.

    It's impossible to tell for sure. But I've been pretty spot on with a lot of things. I predicted the Wii would be a phenomenon back when people were still making piss jokes. I said the Kinect will inherit Wii's casual crowd, while the Move would suck because Sony never supports their peripherals correctly. If I ever stopped being a journalist, I'd probably get into being a market analyst. Except I'd be twice the toolbag Pachter is.
  • cyberjim2000
    cyberjim2000

    Joined: Feb 2010
    Posted: Apr 5th, 2012 at 4:04 pm
    But you'd be *our* toolbag, Anthony. Well... they're releasing their fiscal year earnings at the 26th of this month. We'll see how well or how badly they're doing.
  • 213EDD
    213EDD

    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: Apr 5th, 2012 at 1:41 pm
    Severino making me laugh.

    "I guess they forgot about they're old slogan: Now you're playing with power."

    they're... trolololololol

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