If a recent report is to be believed, it seems a couple of developers working on Wii U, Nintendo's next home console, think it isn't as powerful as the current generation of consoles.
The rumour comes from GamesIndustry, which purportedly spoke to a handful of developers working on titles for the new console under the strict condition of anonymity.
"No, it's not up to the same level as the PS3 or the 360," one developer apparently said. "The graphics are just not as powerful."
"Yeah, that's true. It doesn't produce graphics as well as the PS3 or the 360," the story report another developer at a major company said. "There aren't as many shaders, it's not as capable. Sure, some things are better, mostly as a result of it being a more modern design. But overall the Wii U just can't quite keep up."
On the other side of the spectrum, Gearbox's Randy Pitchford, who is working on Aliens: Colonial Marines for Wii U, recently praised the console, saying that "no other platform can do what the Wii U can do."
Nintendo is a company known for its core philosophy of using affordable technology in innovative ways, rather than offering consumers the most advanced piece of kit available. But will this strategy - if this rumor turns out to be accurate - continue to work if the disparity between Wii U and the next Xbox and PlayStation is so great (both of which are rumoured to be out by the end of 2013)?
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