Nintendo used PS3 and Xbox 360 footage in E3 presentation

[BlueStar]

I presume that they were just showing the footage as examples of the games that would be available. If the WiiU version wasn't ready, what were they meant to show, nothing?

Kind of makes the MS/Sony fanboys who were commenting live while they were showing the games and were saying things like "LOL, N64 gfx" and "Looks like PS2 graphics" look a bit stupid though, doesn't it?

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Kind of makes the MS/Sony fanboys who were commenting live while they were showing the games and were saying things like "LOL, N64 gfx" and "Looks like PS2 graphics" look a bit stupid though, doesn't it?

Yeah, makes all of the zero people I saw saying that look like idiots. Nice to see you try to pawn this issue off as MS/Sony fanboys being fanboys, though.

I think it's a bit chuckle-worthy. Silly Fils-Aime, tricks are for kids.

 

[skawo96]

Kind of makes the MS/Sony fanboys who were commenting live while they were showing the games and were saying things like "LOL, N64 gfx" and "Looks like PS2 graphics" look a bit stupid though, doesn't it?

Yeah, makes all of the zero people I saw saying that look like idiots. Nice to see you try to pawn this issue off as MS/Sony fanboys being fanboys, though.

I think it's a bit chuckle-worthy. Silly Fils-Aime, tricks are for kids.

There were people saying it didn't look on par with Xbox360 and PS3 though.

 

[BobTheJoeBob]

Kind of makes the MS/Sony fanboys who were commenting live while they were showing the games and were saying things like "LOL, N64 gfx" and "Looks like PS2 graphics" look a bit stupid though, doesn't it?

Yeah, makes all of the zero people I saw saying that look like idiots. Nice to see you try to pawn this issue off as MS/Sony fanboys being fanboys, though.

I think it's a bit chuckle-worthy. Silly Fils-Aime, tricks are for kids.

I saw many people commenting that the graphics still look like shit while the games were being shown.

Obviously they did that, I don't really care that they did. The Zelda demo looked better than PS3/360 standards, and so the bird demo thingamajig.

Apparently, thingamajig is a word.

 

[BlueStar]

Kind of makes the MS/Sony fanboys who were commenting live while they were showing the games and were saying things like "LOL, N64 gfx" and "Looks like PS2 graphics" look a bit stupid though, doesn't it?

Yeah, makes all of the zero people I saw saying that look like idiots. Nice to see you try to pawn this issue off as MS/Sony fanboys being fanboys, though.

Presumably you didn't have the gametrailers twitterfeed underneath your stream where there were plenty of people saying the graphics weren't as good as the current gen.

 

[Jiggah]

Anyone who didn't know that the trailer was running 360/PS3 versions have got to be blind.

But yea, they screwed that one up. They could have showed nothing from third parties and simply guaranteed support then use their own demos to show the graphics for the unit. As I've stated before, they could have also locked down an exclusive. It didn't even have to be a platform exclusive just an announcement exclusive...say "GTA V on WiiU."

What they could have done was what Sony did with the PSVita reveal when they held their own conference for it. They just listed developers and showed demos on the actual unit.

 

[Deleted User]

Stock is going down... down... down.....

 

[raulpica]

Meh, the important things in there were the Bird Tech Demo and the Zelda Tech Demo.

Those two alone already demonstrated how powerful the WiiU is.

 

[Valwin]

they show it because the game will look as good and better

 

[Jiggah]

they show it because the game will look as good and better

You don't know that and you can't guarantee it. Neither can Reggie. If they knew 100% that it would look as good or better then they would have had the 3rd parties walking out and showing demos for it.

There can be issues with porting games over from other consoles resulting in lower framerates and bad graphics.

 

[_Chaz_]

Sony used Wii's idea to make a product.

 

[DiscostewSM]

There can be issues with porting games over from other consoles resulting in lower framerates and bad graphics.

*points at Ubisoft*

They could have shown what was in development rather than what was already developed for other systems, but that would not have shown what the Wii U could possibly do, since they are ... you know ... still in development. All that would have been really shown is the graphical capabilities, and focusing on that in the early stages of development (whether from scratch or porting) leads to problems later on because the basic foundation of the games are not ready.

 

[DSGamer64]

Based on the image in the OP, I will flat out say this for anyone who actually thought the Madden footage was for the Wii U:

DERP!

Now, the most observant folks will tell you that it would be foolish for Nintendo to have real footage of a Madden football game that isn't coming out for a console that isn't coming out this year. Why would EA give them footage of a game that isn't even in the design stages and won't be until next years version is in development? Clearly Nintendo wanted to show what they plan on achieving with the Wii U from a graphics perspective.

 

[OrGoN3]

The Wii-U is more powerful than the PS3 and the XB360. Instead of using farms to render trailers (ie, Killzone 3), they used PS3s/XB360s. Big whoop. IBM already confirmed that the process is in fact a server-class Power processor (the rumor is Power 6 as per the leaked spec sheet, but could very well be a Power 7 or some variant of either). It's hosting 5 displays at once, it's gotta be powerful.

 

[DeMoN]

Well the Wii U is still in very early stages of development, so it's understandable that there would be no current footage of some (any) of the games for it.
Besides, weren't people complaining that Nintendo showed too little?

 

[Joe88]

Sony used Wii's idea to make a product.

thats actually pretty wrong
there are videos dating back to 2004 about tech demo's on tracking colored balls on sticks with the ps2 eyetoy and doing various functions with them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PtoxKDcCXc
basically what the move is today + buttons on the "stick"

 

[RupeeClock]

At the very least the message is clear, "We're delivering graphics of 360/PS3 quality"

 

[omgpwn666]

Well, they did show that fighting game were they drew on the guys face to make a custom skin. And those graphics were undoubtedly great.

 

[KingVamp]

Sony used Wii's idea to make a product.

thats actually pretty wrong
there are videos dating back to 2004 about tech demo's on tracking colored balls on sticks with the ps2 eyetoy and doing various functions with them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PtoxKDcCXc
basically what the move is today + buttons on the "stick"

Which they happen to show after like what 2 years (not sure) after the wii?

That can't be a coincidence.


When was the wii remote first made?

 

[Nathan Drake]

At the very least the message is clear, "We're delivering graphics of 360/PS3 quality"

I think the message is more like that the developers haven't hit a point in the development of the games for Wii U yet where they have anything to show.

If that really was the case, they should have avoided showing anything revolving around the games in question to be honest.