Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn on Wii U? Possibility?

[Menchi]

You seem painfully unaware of the fact that Nintendo sold Twice as many Consoles in the last generation all of which sold for a Profit, while Xbox and PS3 sold Half as many Console nearly All of Which were sold at a loss..

The only people who lost money on the Wii were the Third Party Devs to stubborn to support it. Why do you think Wii U has such strong Dev support?

Twice as many? Actually, it sold 97 Million odd, compared to 70 Million for the other two consoles. The fact it has pretty much stopped selling now, and will cease to sell anymore now the Wii U is out, begs to question if it'll even maintain that lead once the gen is actually over.

More likely, that'll all even out by the time the other competitors release their next system.

[Kiote]

Reports confirmed that it has an absolutely pathetic CPU [3 Wii processors attached together, essentially] the stronger GPU is being bottlenecked, so it isn't going to be moving much in terms of horsepower...

I'm afraid this has been more or less debunked. All signs point to the Wii U having some fairly serious power coming out of it's CPU. Unfortunately, hacks who only like to pretend they know anything about Electronics think Clock Speed = Processing power. Fortunately for Nintendo, this is simply untrue. Yes, the Wii U has a lower Clock Speed than Current Gen Consoles, but calling the processor weak is like saying Intel's Core i3 is better than their i7 because it has a High Clock Speed.

Once Dev's stop trying to program for an Over-clocked console that burns itself out in a months, they will easily be able to surpass the Current Gen with the Wii U's smarter more efficient processor.

[ZakarnRosewood]

Sure they were sold, but how much were they used?

[Kiote]

Twice as many? Actually, it sold 97 Million odd, compared to 70 Million for the other two consoles. The fact it has pretty much stopped selling now, and will cease to sell anymore now the Wii U is out, begs to question if it'll even maintain that lead once the gen is actually over.

More likely, that'll all even out by the time the other competitors release their next system.

Yeah, I hate to burst your bubble, but the only reason those consoles are still selling is because they keep breaking and they are still selling at a loss. It doesn't matter how many consoles you sell if you make no money off them.

[Kiote]

Sure they were sold, but how much were they used?

That's not really Nintendo's problem. The Wii was under used because Third Parties didn't make games for it. Nintendo's games Sold in record numbers.

[Menchi]

I'm afraid this has been more or less debunked. All signs point to the Wii U having some fairly serious power coming out of it's CPU. Unfortunately, hacks who only like to pretend they know anything about Electronics think Clock Speed = Processing power. Fortunately for Nintendo, this is simply untrue. Yes, the Wii U has a lower Clock Speed than Current Gen Consoles, but calling the processor weak is like saying Intel's Core i3 is better than their i7 because it has a High Clock Speed.

Once Dev's stop trying to program for an Over-clocked console that burns itself out in a months, they will easily be able to surpass the Current Gen with the Wii U's smarter more efficient processor.

Yes, that is why respected Devs are referring to its CPU as "Horrible, Slow"
Simply put, it is going to be a bottlenecked system, that will be slightly more powerful than the current systems. That, to me, isn't worth an investment that will be outdone, probably under supported, within a year or so.

http://n4g.com/news/1124625/wii-u-ha...last-light-dev

Yeah, I hate to burst your bubble, but the only reason those consoles are still selling is because they keep breaking and they are still selling at a loss. It doesn't matter how many consoles you sell if you make no money off them.

Oh dear, you really aren't worth arguing with. It is clear you're at Nintendos beck and call it seems. My launch PS3 is still going quite strong, after being used very frequently, while my Wii sits patiently, only being used for the occasional bout of Xenoblade. Sorry, but you're spouting trash and you're a waste of time to talk to. Good day.

[ZakarnRosewood]

I guess that's the way the companies think eh? Don't care if they get used, just as long as people buy them. Personally I would think that is Nintendos problem, if they cant get developers making games then whats the draw to buy? Don't get me wrong, if you like Wii and Wii U, awesome, I just think it is a waste myself. Hence my support of them making ARR for Wii U. The more the merrier right? As far as specs go, it is a new system created after the PS3 and XBOX came out so its not surprising that it would/could have better hardware. Its kind of expected isn't it?

[Kiote]

Yes, that is why respected Devs are referring to its CPU as "Horrible, Slow"
Simply put, it is going to be a bottlenecked system, that will be slightly more powerful than the current systems. That, to me, isn't worth an investment that will be outdone, probably under supported, within a year or so.

http://n4g.com/news/1124625/wii-u-ha...last-light-dev

You do realize that they are one of 30+ Devs who have comment on the systems power and a significant Majority have stated that it was significantly more powerful than current gen, right?

I mean, At least I've used an Xbox and know it sucks.

Playstation can't seem to figure out how to price things or support their peripherals.

Your bashing a Console that you've never picked up.

[NinjaPanda]

have the naysayers even tried Wii U? i'm rather taken with it.

Naysayers are the people who hate on something because it isn't their preference.

"OMG THEY STOLE MY BAYONETTA!"

I would like to get one in the near future. It would be awesome to integrate the touch pad with this game if it were ever possible.

[Naraku_Diabolos]

Yes, that is why respected Devs are referring to its CPU as "Horrible, Slow"
Simply put, it is going to be a bottlenecked system, that will be slightly more powerful than the current systems. That, to me, isn't worth an investment that will be outdone, probably under supported, within a year or so.

http://n4g.com/news/1124625/wii-u-ha...last-light-dev



Oh dear, you really aren't worth arguing with. It is clear you're at Nintendos beck and call it seems. My launch PS3 is still going quite strong, after being used very frequently, while my Wii sits patiently, only being used for the occasional bout of Xenoblade. Sorry, but you're spouting trash and you're a waste of time to talk to. Good day.

The reason that the CPU is "slow" is because the console has to produce graphics for both your television and the controller at the same time. It isn't limited, but it has to distribute the processing power between two sources. I figured that out on my own and I would have assumed other people would have thought of that as well, but I guess not.

Plus people are forgetting that these games out now are launch games for the Wii U. A lot of them are ports or multiplatform games. The games are not optimized to the fullest for the hardware as the developers are still trying to figure out ways to harness the console's power. Raising a flag like this saying the system is incapable of great graphics is complete hogwash. The system has only been out for 3 days. Give it time. The graphics right now are akin to what we "currently" have on the X360 and PS3. Wait further down the line with the Wii U's lifespan. I will guarantee you that things will look a lot better.

Btw, I had my first game freeze on me while on the Wii U an hour ago. I was playing the Sonic racing game and while I was driving on the one track, I made a turn and both screens froze but kept playing music and sound effects lol I started to laugh at that. Hopefully the next update for the console will fix things.