Wii U Performance Affected by Poor CPU Says Japanese Dev
Compared to PS3 and Xbox 360, it's a challenge
Akihiro Suzuki, producer of the Dynasty Warriors series and also heavily in involved in Wii U launch title, Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper, is not best pleased with the CPU in Nintendo's new console.
Speaking at TGS, he pointed out that, "One of the weaknesses of the Wii U compared to PS3 and Xbox 360 is the CPU power is a little bit less".
He went on, "So for games in the Warriors series, including Dynasty Warriors and Warriors Orochi, when you have a lot of enemies coming at you at once, the performance tends to be affected because of the CPU.
"Dealing with that is a challenge," he states before realising what he's said and saying, "While the visuals are great, as is being able to improve them, we had to deal with the lower CPU power and how we can get around that issue."
Eurogamer
Speaking at TGS, he pointed out that, "One of the weaknesses of the Wii U compared to PS3 and Xbox 360 is the CPU power is a little bit less".
He went on, "So for games in the Warriors series, including Dynasty Warriors and Warriors Orochi, when you have a lot of enemies coming at you at once, the performance tends to be affected because of the CPU.
"Dealing with that is a challenge," he states before realising what he's said and saying, "While the visuals are great, as is being able to improve them, we had to deal with the lower CPU power and how we can get around that issue."
Eurogamer
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wario 21 Sep 2012 11:52
1/5
that sucks
Hark 21 Sep 2012 14:11
2/5
I got a bad feeling Wii U will go down the same road as Wii without the major hype the Wii originally started with.
Things don't look good for the Wii U.
Things don't look good for the Wii U.
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Ergo 21 Sep 2012 14:44
3/5
And then everyone realized they had *exactly* the same problems with the PS3 when it was new and unfamiliar. (And those of us at E3 in 2005 were horrified at what the 360 games looked like, too.)
But that would render this a non-headline worthy post, so we kinda just pretend those pesky vector units in the Cell weren't an abject nightmare for a bare minimum of 2-years, but in light of Uncharted 2 everyone sorta shut up about it, didn't they?
(But who needs common sense and a sense of history in the gaming biz, right? Oh well, sober reflection is not a hallmark of gaming 'jounralism'--it's the traffic, doncha know?)
Also LOL at these comments: Wii U is doomed because someone is having trouble coming to grips with new hardware! That never happens!
But that would render this a non-headline worthy post, so we kinda just pretend those pesky vector units in the Cell weren't an abject nightmare for a bare minimum of 2-years, but in light of Uncharted 2 everyone sorta shut up about it, didn't they?
(But who needs common sense and a sense of history in the gaming biz, right? Oh well, sober reflection is not a hallmark of gaming 'jounralism'--it's the traffic, doncha know?)
Also LOL at these comments: Wii U is doomed because someone is having trouble coming to grips with new hardware! That never happens!
Josh 21 Sep 2012 21:09
4/5
Ok, at the risk of people complaining that I don't know anything about this stuff, what does the CPU actually do? Is it a problem that it's low?
nintendo junkey 22 Sep 2012 07:58
5/5
@Josh
it tells the enemys what to do, so in this game where there are a lot of enemy, they need a lot of cpu power
it tells the enemys what to do, so in this game where there are a lot of enemy, they need a lot of cpu power