14 DAY TRIAL // During a recent interview with eWeek, the president of Microsoft's Entertainment & Devices Division, Robbie Bach stated that "the video graphics on (the Wii) aren't very strong;[...] They don't have the graphics horsepower that even Xbox 1 had." Although his comments upset a few people, as it turns out, he was right about the "horsepower," but not entirely.
LevelUp spoke with a couple of technical experts and found out the following:
"The 'Gamecube 1.5' moniker, while accurate, doesn't mean that gamers won't see graphical improvements on the Wii. 'There are three main differences which will result in graphics improvements. One, the increased memory clock speed, from 162 megahertz to 243 megahertz, means that it is easier to do enough pixels for 480p mode versus 480i. Two, the enhanced memory size of the Wii gives much more room for image-related operations such as anti-aliasing, motion blur, etc. The performance to these memory systems from the graphics chip is also improved. So full-screen effects and increased texture usage seem likely as a result."
So, again. Why do we need experts telling us what we already know? Leaving out the technical terms we can all understand that the Wii is a fairly good machine, but not as good as the PS3 or the Xbox 360. More than that, one can see that it's an alright console overall just by looking at sales numbers. Anyway, I hope this ended the "horsepower" issue. It was getting kind of stale... It's almost like someone's trying to bring the Wii to its knees.