Is the Nintendo Wii U current gen?

What if I told you there are no gens?

There are just consoles that compete with each other (and other devices) for market share...

It will because it will run on some of the big name engines like unreal engine 4,cryengine 3 and it's future engines(maybe),frostbite2 and it's future engine ( maybe).This time the power excuse can not be used on the WiiU because it will be able to run most of the big next gen engines.The only thing that could kill the wii u's third party support is low third party software sales.It won't be a pain in the butt to downgrade a game onto the WiiU like it was on the Wii.

GunSmith1_basic

Epic said that the engine has the ability to work on weaker products like the IPad with the use of a scaler.The PS4 or XBOX720 won't use the full power of the engine either.

example: N64 vs. Psone. Get it through your thick skulls: hardware equality has nothing to do with what generation the hardware is in

The games the system plays have nothing to do with gens either

GunSmith1_basic

Why is this pointless thread not closed yet?

Its not next gen. Each gen is defined by the graphics.

Wii U is not even this gen. Can't believe Nintendo is even serious releasing the Wii 1.5, with a giant tablet controller that majority of casuals will think is just an upgrade to the Wii rather than a new system. It's going to fail so hard.

Generations aren't determined by hardware power, they're determined by release date.meetroid8

Wii U is not even this gen. Can't believe Nintendo is even serious releasing the Wii 1.5, with a giant tablet controller that majority of casuals will think is just an upgrade to the Wii rather than a new system. It's going to fail so hard.

StealthMonkey4

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Gens are not determined by power.

It depends on what you consider next gen, layton2012

Wrong, is Nintendo's next gaming console after Nitendo's 7th gen console, hence is next gen, as simple as that.

Its not about next gen or super advanced technology. This is Nintendos next step and new direction. Its about the games they are going to make for the next 6 years. There is always going to be a stronger machine and Nintendo is not interested in trying to be top dog with the technology, but rather the experience. That said, i think the WiiU will be good enough graphically to satisfy most people this time around, unlike the Wii which was really underpowered even when it launched.

Wii U is not even this gen. Can't believe Nintendo is even serious releasing the Wii 1.5, with a giant tablet controller that majority of casuals will think is just an upgrade to the Wii rather than a new system. It's going to fail so hard.

StealthMonkey4

Its technically next-gen, but with current-gen graphics.

The fanboys would say yes... But everything else would say no.

Its not about next gen or super advanced technology. This is Nintendos next step and new direction. Its about the games they are going to make for the next 6 years. There is always going to be a stronger machine and Nintendo is not interested in trying to be top dog with the technology, but rather the experience. That said, i think the WiiU will be good enough graphically to satisfy most people this time around, unlike the Wii which was really underpowered even when it launched.

Videodogg

That's what I'm thinking to.The other two console makers will try to make somewhat powerful and profitable consoles and the gap bwtween the three consoles won't be as big as this gen.Engines like Unrea Enginel 4(maybe) will be able to run on all consoles and the PC making developement easy on all the consoles.

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[QUOTE="Cranler"] Does it play next gen games?Cranler

It will because it will run on some of the big name engines like unreal engine 4,cryengine 3 and it's future engines(maybe),frostbite2 and it's future engine ( maybe).This time the power excuse can not be used on the WiiU because it will be able to run most of the big next gen engines.The only thing that could kill the wii u's third party support is low third party software sales.It won't be a pain in the butt to downgrade a game onto the WiiU like it was on the Wii.

Wii U is not even this gen. Can't believe Nintendo is even serious releasing the Wii 1.5, with a giant tablet controller that majority of casuals will think is just an upgrade to the Wii rather than a new system. It's going to fail so hard.

StealthMonkey4