Wii U: Difference between revisions

The Wii U is believed to have a larger amount of flash memory -- at least 8 GB compared to the 512 MB on the Wii. In addition to using SD cards, a hard drive can be connected via one of the four USB ports. The Nintendo-proprietary game discs themselves are believed to contain at least 25 GB of memory <ref> The same size as a single-layer Blu-ray disc used by the [[Play StationPlayStation 3]]</ref>.

The Wii U is more powerful than the [[Xbox 360]] and [[Play StationPlayStation 3]] <ref> It will be powered by an IBM POWER7 multicore microprocessor, which was developed based on the technology used in their supercomputer Watson, as well as a custom-designed AMD Radeon GPU based on the Radeon HD 4770</ref>, and will feature HD compatibility equating to a resolution of 1080p (Actual resolution. The 360 upscales 720p), though it should be pointed out that any and all footage shown of the [[Wii U]] during E3 2011 (except that of the [[Tech Demo Game|tech demos]] and ''Killer Freaks From Outer Space'') was actually footage taken from 360 and [[Play StationPlayStation 3]] games. According to [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], he cannot say for sure if the hardware will outperform the [[Play StationPlayStation 3]] and 360; though [[Electronic Arts]], [[Crysis (series)|Crytek]], and [[Brothers in Arms|Gearbox]] [[Borderlands|Software]] have confirmed the final developers' kit easily can. There are also rumors that the system will have at least 1 GB of RAM -- almost twice as much as the Xbox 360 (512 MB), almost 4 times that of the PS3 (256 MB), and almost eight times the amount of the Wii (64 MB).