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[Lime]

'Tis truly the time of next gen consoles when you hear shit like this

 

[Jackano]

Nintendo rep Brain Training:
If the Wii is 1.5 Gamecube, and the Wii U three Wiis ductaped together, how much is the ps3 in gamecubes?

 

[XenodudeX]

How the shit did they come up with that number?

 

[Moze]

lol

 

[skynidas]

Shit, lmao

 

[black_vegeta]

That's one bold ass claim, lol

 

[AssassiN]

Has anyone who actually went to the EG Expo pointed out that the "Nintendo Reps" infact had nothing to do with Nintendo at all as a company aside from being hired to demo at that event?

 

[StuBurns]

Nintendo rep Brain Training:
If the Wii is 1.5 Gamecube, and the Wii U three Wiis ductaped together, how much is the ps3 in gamecubes?

Two and a bit based on the RE4 port.

WiiU is 42 and a third Gamecubes.

 

[JordanN]

How would Nintendo reps be educated on the Wii U's power? It was only last month Nintendo officially came out with some specs and that was only the RAM and GPGPU. Everything else is under strict NDA.

So I see only three reasons:
-It was a joke
-Conversation never happened
-The person really has no clue and just gave some random number because he felt pressured to (or felt overzealous about the Wii U's abilities)

 

[Gemüsepizza]

Actually they said "90% or more power of a PS3", the journalist misheard because it was so loud in the hall.

Spoiler

this would at least make more sense

 

[John Dunbar]

finally we can put the spec speculation to rest.

 

[Kai Dracon]

I don't have the numbers to describe how many Gamecubes must be taped together to achieve this.

 

[brochiller]

Two and a bit based on the RE4 port.

WiiU is 42 and a third Gamecubes.

We're gonna need more duct tape.

 

[Corky]

It's fun claiming things.

 

[blu]

Has anyone who actually went to the EG Expo pointed out that the "Nintendo Reps" infact had nothing to do with Nintendo at all as a company aside from being hired to demo at that event?

Pssst!

Spoiler

Play along!

 

[zerokoolpsx]

19x more powerful or just 19x more bullshit?

 

[Berg]

I bet the WiiU's gamepad is 19x more powerful than the PS3's Dual Shock.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

X times more powerful statements are useless.

.

 

[Mileena]

Where's that Shaq laughing gif?

 

[Averon]

19 is an odd number to choose. Why not 20?

 

[Phazon]

How would Nintendo reps be educated on the Wii U's power? It was only last month Nintendo officially came out with some specs and that was only the RAM and GPGPU. Everything else is under strict NDA.

So I see only three reasons:
-It was a joke
-Conversation never happened
-The person really has no clue and just gave some random number because he felt pressured to

AFAIK they get drilled to know everything about the game they are presenting and some standard information about the console, like already announced features.

Everything else is only known by some overseeing people who manage the Wii U demo units. (only they can reset the Wii U's and stuff)

So yeah, it must be one of those 3 options.

 

[Amagon]

 

[meppi]

Perfection.

 

[wsippel]

It's not even remotely physically possible at this point in time to build a console 19x more powerful than PS3 into a 75 Watt power envelope (or even 10x for that matter). I'm sure it's closer to 1.9.

You know as well as I do that those factors don't really work for systems this different. It's quite possible, likely even, that the Wii U can perform certain operations or achieve certain results much faster than either PS3 or 360. It simply is more advanced, superior technology. But as Shin'en recently said, it'll take time and capable developers to prove what the system can do. Launch games and ports won't do.

But yeah, that "19x more powerful" thing is obviously bullshit if we're talking raw computational performance.

 

[Hiltz]

Trusting the word of a Nintendo rep? Oh boy.

 

[StuBurns]

19 is an odd number to choose. Why not 20?

Accuracy is rarely even.

 

[Gemüsepizza]

Has anyone who actually went to the EG Expo pointed out that the "Nintendo Reps" infact had nothing to do with Nintendo at all as a company aside from being hired to demo at that event?

So they work for Nintendo but they don't work for Nintendo?

 

[SniperHunter]

.19

hahahaha

 

[Projectjustice]

Well this eases all my concerns.

 

[RurouniZel]

I have a hard time believing that, since the CPU is underclocked.

 

[Steve McQueen]

Wth? Now you're playing with real power.

 

[omonimo]

What the... wat the what... what?

 

[shira]

Some guy at no-name show says 19x more powerful than PS3 = fact?

 

[XtremeXpider]

 

[blu]

I have a hard time believing that, since the CPU is underclocked.

Hence the non-round multiplier.

 

[BlueTsunami]

.19

Wrongly placed decimals is pretty easy mistake to make

 

[phosphor112]

If the PS3 were 250 GFLOPS (it's actually ~450 with cell) that would mean the Wii U is 4.75 TFLOPS.

Taking the 450 number 19 times is 8.5 TFLOPS.

Lol.

K.

 

[GrotesqueBeauty]

I am well beyond caring about the nitty gritty of Wii U specs, but having played a few games at the Wii U Experience I'd like to see the supposed muscle of the system flexed with some decent AA. I'm far from a graphics whore, but seeing blatant jaggies even on relatively simple stuff like Nintendo Land and NSMB U is kinda disappointing. I have a feeling it'll take Retro's next project to give us a real idea of what the system is capable of.

 

[SteeloDMZ]

How the fuck do they even come up with these numbers? Lol

 

[StickSoldier]

Good news.

 

[Foshy]

I don't understand this, can anyone explain this in power levels of DBZ characters?

 

[Derrick01]

.19

Joking aside it's probably closer to this than 19.

 

[Galang]

Title made me laugh out loud. How do you even fall for that?

 

[canedaddy]

Nintendo representatives on the day informed me that it was “19 times more powerful than PS3”. Having spent a decent amount of time with the launch software I doubt these claims...

Sony fanboy.

 

[Biggzy]

19x Nintendo?

 

[omonimo]

I don't understand this, can anyone explain this in power levels of DBZ characters?

super sayan fusion with Vegeta

 

[vikingvessel]

If this is someone (most likely) just having a little fun with the intended audience, I tip my hat. Why not break up the sterility with a nutty claim here and there. Seems harmless enough in this scenario.

 

[zroid]

Oh wow, could have sworn it was 18x!

 

[Baconsammy]

19 PS3s can play 19 Bluray movies simultaneously. How many Bluray movies can one Wii U play?

 

[Globox_82]

If the PS3 were 250 GFLOPS (it's actually ~450 with cell) that would mean the Wii U is 4.75 TFLOPS.

Taking the 450 number 19 times is 8.5 TFLOPS.

Lol.

K.

best lmao