Nintendo is in the same generation as the One and the PS4, even if they are generation behind on the technical side of things.Supernova1138 said:My problem is that they took 6th gen hardware, slapped on an overclock, attached a motion sensor and called it a day, that does not make the Wii a generation higher than the Gamecube. Generational differences between consoles should have a larger jump in terms of hardware, which means doing more to improve graphical fidelity, memory size, and storage rather than simply overclocking what you already have, and attaching a controller that nobody knew what to do with. At this point, I wouldn't classify Nintendo as being in the same generation as Sony and MS, even if their consoles are all released in roughly the same time frame; there is simply too much of a disparity in terms of technology between Nintendo's consoles and the others.WeepingAngels said:U with hardware equivalent to the 7th gen consoles and with virtually no worthwhile games, hence the position they are in.
I am aware of how overclocking works.
Here are the facts. Gamecube ran at 485 Mhz and it was stable. Wii ran at 729 Mhz, a 50% increase and it was stable. If they had chosen a Celeron like the Xbox had that ran at the same speed without being overclocked, you would still be complaining about clock speed, right?
So if my previous sentence is correct, your problem is the clock speed and not that they overclocked it.
So with that, CPU speed doesn't determine what generation a console belongs in.
I know that Nintendo has made mistakes that have costed them third party support since the N64 and I know that the casual crowd Nintendo was chasing has abandoned them. What I don't know is what that has to do with this discussion.
Anyway, I don't like the Wii U either, I didn't care for the Wii outside of the virtual console and motion controls make me feel like visiting the toilet. All this defense of Nintendo is giving me stomach cramps so I am going to have to leave this thread. We'll just have to agree to disagree.