Wii 2 Information Leaked. More Powerful Than PS3 And Xbox 360.

Posted at 10:46 am April 22, 2011 by

Ever since day 1 of Nintendo Wii sales, we’ve always maintained it was gimmicky and more of a kids toy than a real gaming machine of the modern age. Yeah, motion gaming has it’s fun scenarios. But when you’re looking at block-faced characters on a supposedly “modern” gaming console, the overall experience is lost in our opinion. However, based on freshly leaked reports concerning the upcoming Wii 2 hardware, Nintendo’s next system looks to catapult them back into the fighting ring with the likes of Sony’s PS3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 consoles…

Dubbed “Project Cafe”, the next gen Wii console will feature some impressive hardware bumps including a triple-core, IBM based processor clocked faster than the one found inside the Xbox 360. On the GPU front, Nintendo is said to be using a variation of AMD’s R700 GPU architecture, which for those keeping score, is faster than the PS3′s 7800GTX silicon. And as we all know, the PS3 has some killer graphics potential even running the 3+ year-old hardware.

As far as physical appearance goes, the design will take on a modernized style of the Super Nintendo of years past and occupy roughly the same real state as the original Xbox. Some may be put off initially hearing of another gargantuan gaming console when the current Wii is small all things considered. In our eyes, however, we’d take power and performance over size any day. Period.

Finally, the controller is perhaps the most intriguing and exciting aspect of Nintendo’s next-gen console. The current design floating around (that is highly believed to be legitimate) is the device pictured above — a typical controller with a touchscreen crammed inside of it. This will allow a Nintendo DS type of gaming where extra information (maps, health stats, etc.) can be pushed out to the controller. Further reports also peg the controller as being able to play streamed games from the main console itself. This last piece of information ties in with rumors that Nintendo will name this next-gen console the “Stream”.

Nintendo may have been sitting out of the serious gaming arena the last few years, but that looks to seriously change with the Wii 2/Stream. Nintendo, welcome back. We missed you.

Via: IGN

   
  • bart

    just so you people know, inthe discription of the wii 2 it says it has a triple core processor from powerpc.
       HOW can it be faster than the 6 celled overclocked ps3 porocessor?

    • Mike

      Raw CPU power isn’t everything.

  • Anonymous

    Here is an easy way to tell if your favorite tech site knows what they are talking about.

    If you see tripe like this: “Wii 2 Information Leaked. More Powerful Than PS3 And Xbox 360.”

    Go elsewhere, as they clearly have no clue….

    Just to help you out in this. The RUMOURED spec of the RUMOURED Wii2 does indeed have a better GPU than that of the PS3 and the Xbox, however in the case of the PS3, the Cell is where most of the GPU work is done, and the PS3 is mighty in this area. (it will be still about 4x more powerful than the Wii2).

    EPIC REPORTING FAIL

    • http://www.gadgetsteria.com The Gadgeteur

      And this is how you know your commenter is full of crap — no links backup information.

      • Anonymous
        • http://www.gadgetsteria.com The Gadgeteur

          Actually, I do understand it (ass).

          The old fight between which console (PS3 or Xbox 360) was more powerful when they both launched waged for months even before the hardware was actually released. PS3 fanboys barked about the PS3′s more powerful Cell processor while Xbox jukies said the Xbox’s better GPU was all that mattered.

          In the end, most games come out looking the same on both systems.

          Will the Wii 2 perform just as well if not better? It’s highly possible, though reeks of the same back and forth bickering mentioned above.

          Your link detailing the Cell processor Is nice and informative, but that doesn’t always translate to real world results. While the cell may be technically superior, the Wii 2 and its “inferior” hardware could still trump it.

          There’s more to life than just specs on paper.

          • Anonymous

            Clearly you don’t understand it.

            The PS3 has the GPU AND the CPU for rendering pipeline, and Xbox only has the GPU.

            This is why the PS3 exclusives totally blow away everything else on other systems, the downside of course is that you need to write the games in a more modular method. This is why there is little difference between PS3 titles that are also out on other consoles, because the limitations of those systems hold back the PS3.

          • http://www.gadgetsteria.com The Gadgeteur

            That leaves the door open for the Wii 2 to outperform (or appear to outperform) the PS3 and Xbox.