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Wii U will be twice as powerful as Xbox 360. Wii U has about the same power as Xbox 360. Wii U lags behind Xbox 360. Confused? Apathetic? Well here’s another one for you – Scribblenauts developer 5th Cell has now said that Wii U is definitely more powerful than …
Read More »Microsoft and Nintendo disagree about Wii U’s graphical clout
Opinions regarding the graphical power of Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U appear to be mixed. Speaking to investors, Nintendo boss Saturo Iwata asserted that the new console will not lag as far behind its upcoming rivals from Microsoft and Sony as Wii did compared to Xbox 360 and PS3. "We cannot …
Read More »PlayStation Vita specs – battery lasts 3-5 hours
The battery life for the PlayStation Vita runs at between three and five hours, Sony has confirmed. This puts it roughly on par with Nintendo’s 3DS which, in fairness, has come in for a fair amount of stick for its limited battery life. If you’re just watching video Vita will …
Read More »Analyst says MS is concerned about PS3 tech advantage
An analyst has backed up the claims by Sony exec Rob Dyer that Microsoft’s strategic decisions are currently designed to protect what is being regarded as the technological disadvantage being suffered by Xbox 360. Dyer said last week that I think what [Xbox European boss] Chris Lewis and the other …
Read More »Wii U development grumbles emerge online
01net has acquired somewhat of a reputation for reliable Nintendo gossip, particularly after the recent hard-to-believe but actually very real leak of a joypad add-on for 3DS. And the latest story to emerge from the French site is that developers are struggling with early builds of the Nintendo Wii U. …
Read More »Wii U can do anything PS3 and Xbox 360 can do
Nintendo has released a new build of its Wii U dev kit and EA VP Andrew Wilson has said that, in terms of raw power, the new Nintendo machine can rival or perhaps even surpass what’s seen on Xbox 360 and PS3. I think we’ll be able to do anything …
Read More »Wii U ‘50% more powerful than PS3’
A speculative claim from Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia has suggested that Nintendo’s Wii U will offer a significant performance advantage over Sony’s PS3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360. "Some of the developers we spoke to indicated to us that the console will have 50 per cent more processing power compared …
Read More »Ubisoft: Wii successor is ‘fantastic’
Publisher Ubisoft has become one of the first prominent publishers to publicly express its excitement for Nintendo’s still mysterious new home console. And while no specifics or tech info was divulged, Eurogamer reports that in a call to investors CEO Yves Guillemot says the HD work done for machine such …
Read More »Sony considers summer shutdown
PlayStation platform holder Sony has said that it may have to close some of its company premises in Japan later this year. The BBC reports that the move is being considered both as a response to the ongoing power shortages dogging the country following last month’s earthquake. The Japanese government …
Read More »Sony tempers NGP power claims
Platform holder Sony has seemingly back-tracked on claims that its NGP handheld is as powerful as the PS3. That was the line being fed to publishing and development partners earlier in the year before the machine’s official unveiling. However, Kotaku reports that speaking at GDC SCEA platform research manager has …
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