Wii U Graphics “Worse Than PS3 After All”
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Jun 12, 2012 02:42 JST
- Tags: 3D CG, Comparison, Nintendo, PS3, Technology, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360
Efforts to compare the power of Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U to the practically obsolete PS3 and Xbox 360 have finally yielded results – and those hoping for the Wii U to at least beat – if not exceed – the capabilities of the lowly PS3 have been gravely disappointed.
Comparison of the Wii U edition of Batman: Arkham City and the various existing versions has given some insight into the system’s hardware capabilities – although the situation is complicated by the fact the Wii U version is not a straight port but rather an adapted and partially upgraded version.
Some of the initial comparisons were none too promising:
However, some experts are inclined to be more charitable in their conclusions (although they concede they are not even sure if the caps are actually rendered in real time), suggesting it may only be worse in some areas:
The scene is dramatically transformed but where there are some new additions, we also see cutbacks too.
Long-range draw distance appears to be pared back noticeably, while in the mid-distance we see missing buildings, and the introduction of minor new scenery like additional water towers. Curiously, thin geometry seems to be entirely absent in places for some reason.
We won’t draw definitive conclusions until we’re hands-on with actual code but it does seem to suggest that elements have been added and removed to better suit the capabilities of the hardware.
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Reports continue to emerge from sources suggesting that Wii U is significantly more powerful than the current batch of titles may lead us to believe – the obvious inference being that these games have been created on incomplete hardware, perhaps with development tools that are still evolving, by studios unfamiliar with the hardware.
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However, to survive the upcoming transition from the current HD consoles to their enormously improved successors, Wii U needs enough grunt to at least part-way bridge the generational gap – and there was scant evidence at E3 that the raw power required to do this was on tap.
Although graphical prowess is hardly likely to be a major concern to Nintendo, that even now it can barely compete with the current generation is hardly reassuring when a new generation of hardware is not far off.
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Wii U graphics are horrible and Nintendo doesn't about graphics anyway but about gameplay
Yeahhhh... that sure does look "horrible" doesn't it. I can hardly stop myself from vomiting those screenshots are so incredibly bad.
No, wait. Instead, you crybabies with your pathetic and hilarious overstatements need to crawl back into the hole you came from.
I think that Nintendo DO care about graphics, I mean look at their first party Wii games looking better than many a game on the HD twins.
They just don't jerk off to pixel counts as much. That's all.
It's amazing how people forgot about the other consoles before the Wii.
The other Nintendo consoles were extremely powerful in comparison to it's competitors.
GameCube no compared to Xbox,but to PS2 and Dreamcast yes.N64 was more powerful than Ps1 and Saturn.
Megadrive and Super Nes are at the same level(the first has more sprites,more parallax levels,and a better processing power,the second more colors,more effects and a better sound chip...)but NeoGeo is far superior!
Wow dude you are total xbox zealot.
It's amazing how people continue to try and downplay the fact that the Wii had shit hardware compared to the competition.
Snes was more powerfull than Genesis.
N64 was more powerfull than PSX and Saturn.
Gamecube was more power powerfull than PS2.
"N64 was more powerfull than PSX and Saturn"
you compare a 64-bit console with 32-bit ones
why not comparing a radio with a tv
forgot to say that the tv is more powerful than a radio coz it has images :)
But a stero has better sound
A bleach fan right? Now I undestand. Bleach fans care only for art and don't care for plot. So, it's natural they care only for graphics and don't care for gameplay.
If you look closely, you can see a cross-eyed Batman
If you look closely the Wii U ones don't look bad.
you shouldn't have to look closely. the xbox 360 is more than 7 years older...
Downvoted for truth apparently. People need to stop hating on Nintendo so much. Honestly. I own all 3 consoles and get just as much enjoyment from my wii as my ps3 and 360 because I'm not mentally retarded.
i own all 7 last generation and current generation consoles.
and you are clearly mentally retarded.
For liking the Wii as much as the other consoles? For having fun? For seeing the truth as what it is, that the WiiU doesn't look like shit, and in fact looks just as good, if not better then the ps3 graphics as opposed to what sancoms poorly written article tries passing it off as? Yea, clearly I'm the mentally retarded one here.
If anything, the idea of you owning all 7 consoles and believe it as a means of superiority proves you ARE mentally retarded.
or, get a pc.
I'd be cheaper to mod your PS3 into a PC.
PS3 = slow (50fps aprox.)
Wii-U = fast (60 fps)
Nintendo always is faster than Sony.
Yeah. Bc fps totally shows how fast hardware is.
Wat? Yes it does. The only reason to get better hw is to get more fps. Or the same fps but with better graphics.
Nice comparison, bro.
A brand new hw and a 6yo one, totally on the same level.
Ninja Gaiden 3 runs at 60 frames on PS3 and only at 30 on the Wii U.
Big fuckin' woop.
My sentiments exactly.
WTF ? The Wii U version of joker makes it look like a faggot.
it´s a shame that it´s all about graphic today geesh you kids are to damn spoiled.
It was all about graphics back in the 1970s too. But then the video industry kind of died, till Nintendo came to the rescue. Initially retailers didn't even want video consoles in their shelves, because they didn't sell. That's why it was called Entertainment System. Not a video console. Or so the story goes..
JUST FUCKING GREAT!!!
I KNEW NINTENDO WAS LYING!!
I HOPE NO ONE BUYS A FUCKING WII U!!!!!
Not to dissapoint you But I will buy a WiiU day one. Not only the gimmiks are very nice for Batman ACAE on WiiU but also Zelda and Metroid games will never be released on PS#/Xbox/PC.
shut up fanboy.
I'm not going to buy a WiiU day one, but I WILL buy before the year ends.
i want to see you play revelation 2012
Interesting, I would've expected to see an excuse along the lines of "developers have had 6+ years to work with PS3/360 dev kits and are very familiar with them while the Wii U dev kit is totally new to them."
Although that could potentially be an argument, compare early PS3/360 games to today's AAA titles and there's definitely noticeable improvement.
lets face it I dont recall nintendo ever stating the WiiU has supieror grpahics to the other mainstream consoles and when you look at nintendo's console history they have allways been lagging slightly behind in the grpahics department, however their ideas and means to create fun an unique gameplay is evidently unmatched and although they may not allways succeed [wii balance board, power glove etc] they have had numerous successes and allways try to improve upon failing products. On another note Nintendo have allways created brilliant game franchizes with both excelent storylines and gameplay. Sony on the other hand don't bother trying to create their own devices instead they just rip off products made by other companies, such as the playstation move, although they did create the anologue slide pads [I think] which are used on the psp and a version of it on the 3ds called a circle pad
Looking at their history? Are you retarded? The GCN and N64 pissed all over the PS2 and PS1. The SNES was neck in neck with the Genesis, better in some areas, even. And the NES was the most competent piece of hardware when it released.
People have no fucking clue what they're talking about. :/
This reason is exactly why I figured this was just a troll article. They got a quick port to look 95% like one of the most polished games ever made on a new system. That tells me that when they make games with the new system in mind they'll be better than the near photo-realism we currently have. It's hard to see how much more from graphics people are looking for than that.
OH LOOK
A comparison of a console that isn't even out on the market yet and only using beta references!
Typical.
Beside that, i find die Wii U looks more or less identical nor even better, just sayan.
nintendo fanboy detected^
Nintendo doesn't want to compete on the hardware end of the deal. The Game Boy with its black and white screen dominated the competitors who went for color. It's in the philosophy of the company ever since the very beginning.
But it's the competitors I'm worried about. They don't seem to ask the right questions, like "Why is it that some of our PS3/Xboxsomething games are inferior to some 20 year old NES games?"
And again pc-gamers laugh their ass off seeing only shitty results from all consoles
Or, console gamers who have long since left the bullshit of dealing with PC gaming behind them laugh their ass off at you.
Well, that, or they just completely ignore the PC. Something PC gamers have a very hard time doing with consoles.
And that's because console gamers are happier than PC gamers. The day you figure out why... hell, you'll never figure it out.
@ 03:40
The appeal of video consoles has been:
1) Ready-to-run (no messing with CONFIG.SYS files, or the Registry or applying patches and firmware updates);
2) More powerful graphics than are available for PCs; and
3) Good titles available only for video console.
Items 1 and 2 are false these days, leaving only item 3.
PC games, ready-to-run? LOL
Even up to this day anno 2012, most PC games still need to be fucked around with and patched to get them to work like you want them to on most systems, and it will always be like this. Because the PC is a fragmented platform, PC developers can never be sure of the target machine's specs and quirks, it's near-guesswork.
Also, try to install (or even play) any pc game these days without having to create and log in to an online account. I'll wait, while I pop a disk on my console and play.
thats kinda cute
Pc playets are annoyed cause most games are ports from crappy consoles and they look like crap
And console gamers are fucking annoyed by formerly PC-only crap like unfinished glitchy products, patches, game installing, online validations and fucking screen tearing invading their games. Yet console games are still more enjoyable.
Which bullshit?I never had any problem with my PC.
exactly... thats why i would never buy a console.
So you can play fantastic games like Diablo 3 and not garbage like Beyond Two Souls,The Last OF Us,Uncharted series,God Of War serie,Halo series,Forza series,Dead Or Alive series,Gears Of War series,pratically all of the JRPG and Nintendo exclusives!!!Wow i really envy you...
There is much more exclusive titles on PC .
Here's a lengthy list of successful PC exclusives that are not indie games:
- Diablo 3
The end.
Enjoy your exclusive games.
PC gamer are idiots too they say graphics doesnt matter gameplay does but when it comes to consoles they laugh at worse graphics they are just dum hypocrites.