This is a discussion that I had with a friend of mine (huge Nintendo fan) who agreed that hardware is the biggest problem for Nintendo for the foreseeable future.
Both us agreed that the Wii U could have been a more viable product had it not included the gamepad and hardware BC. The reasoning being that gamepad failed to light the world on fire like the Wii motion controls did, and the BC forced Nintendo to reuse CPU architecture that hindered easy of porting and possibly performance at the cost of additional investment.
Anyways, in our opinion the Wii U should have been
4 core Piledriver at 1.6 - 2.0 ghz
256-512 GCN cores at 400-600 MHz
32mb of edram + sram
Audio DSP
4 gigabytes of DDR3-1600 on 128-bit bus
Split motion controllers, 2 "enhanced" nun chucks with buttons.
TDP 50 Watts, 100 watts PSU
Cost:$299 base
Benefits:
Plays current gen ports at 1080p and/or 60fps, thereby becoming the multiplatform of choice for at least a year.
Capable of running next gen ports at 720 and/or 30fps with ease
Nintendo exclusives that rivals Xbox One and PS4 games in graphical fidelity.
Negatives:
No BC
No outstanding difference compared to Xbox One and PS4.
Would the increase in hardware power make a positive difference in the long run?
Both us agreed that the Wii U could have been a more viable product had it not included the gamepad and hardware BC. The reasoning being that gamepad failed to light the world on fire like the Wii motion controls did, and the BC forced Nintendo to reuse CPU architecture that hindered easy of porting and possibly performance at the cost of additional investment.
Anyways, in our opinion the Wii U should have been
4 core Piledriver at 1.6 - 2.0 ghz
256-512 GCN cores at 400-600 MHz
32mb of edram + sram
Audio DSP
4 gigabytes of DDR3-1600 on 128-bit bus
Split motion controllers, 2 "enhanced" nun chucks with buttons.
TDP 50 Watts, 100 watts PSU
Cost:$299 base
Benefits:
Plays current gen ports at 1080p and/or 60fps, thereby becoming the multiplatform of choice for at least a year.
Capable of running next gen ports at 720 and/or 30fps with ease
Nintendo exclusives that rivals Xbox One and PS4 games in graphical fidelity.
Negatives:
No BC
No outstanding difference compared to Xbox One and PS4.
Would the increase in hardware power make a positive difference in the long run?
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