this is sweet. if it's true, nintendo fanboys will be able to look down on the PS3 and 360 for being less powerful than a handheld. oh how the tides will turn...
So, this is to further discuss the rumor news post?
I believe it's almost certainly a case of hyperbole by quoting. The original IGN article says that a developer has stated the 3DS has "abilities that are close to HD consoles such as PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360." Even if true, that doesn't mean that this developer is saying it will be generally as powerful as either of those systems. It might just mean, for instance, that some of its graphical capabilities are closer in nature to those systems than to existing Nintendo systems, perhaps in terms of shaders or whatever components qualitatively set those systems apart from the Wii's Gamecube-on-steroids architecture.
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the idea isn't that it's going to look like the PS3 or xbox, it's just that because it has to render two images at once for the 3D effect that even with gamecube level graphics it'll wind up taking a near PS3 level of power to pull it off.
It's like, I just love a cowboy
You know
I'm just like, I just, I know, it's bad
But I'm just like
Can I just like, hang off the back of your horse
And can you go a little faster?!
It's like, I just love a cowboy
You know
I'm just like, I just, I know, it's bad
But I'm just like
Can I just like, hang off the back of your horse
And can you go a little faster?!
I think the whole "graphics close to PS3/360" thing will boil down to a GCN or Wii graphical output but on a lower resolution screen. I mean, look at PSP games' graphics. It's roughly on par with the PS2, but on the much smaller screen they look a hell of a lot better than any PS2 game. And some of the better looking DS games start to creep towards Gamecube-quality graphics (albeit Gamecube low-quality graphics, we're talking compared to some of the lower budget 3rd-party titles. Not trying to say anything on DS looks like Twilight Princess)
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