It’s been both rumored that the Wii U hardware will be less powerful and more powerful than the Xbox 360/PS3 and the reality is that the final decision just hasn’t been made. Shigeru Miyamoto, however, hints that pricing concerns may end up deciding how powerful it is.
“When you look at what we’re trying to do this time, which is I think maybe to a certain degree somewhat reckless, because we’re trying to include this somewhat kind of tablet-like device – this controller with the screen,” said Miyamoto.”We’re trying to do that by finding the right balance between the CPU and the GPU, the graphics processor, and bringing all of that together with the ability to take advantage of the HD capabilities of the system, and wanting to do the most that we can on that front as well.”
“We’re very sensitive, of course, to trying to do all of this at an appropriate price, he added. So I don’t know that we would be able to sit here and say that it’s going to necessarily dramatically outperform the systems that are out now. It’s part of the balance that we strike in terms of trying to find entertainment that is new and unique.”
Source: GamesIndustry.biz
