Do you consider the Wii-U to be a true "next gen" system?

I stand by my original post...

@fattony12000 said:

You really think a year into the generation this question is still relevant? I mean in the transition period, when the Wii-U was out but not the PS4 or Xbox One, sure I can get behind not really being sure if they can all be grouped together or not. But in mid-2014, from an industry and consumer standpoint, the Wii U is clearly a next-gen console. People could say "Well it isn't up to par technologically" but that has never ever been the thing that defines whether or not a system is a part of its generation.

Nope. I own a Wii U but no, I don't consider it a next gen console.

Vast majority? I can quote you on that?

Yes. Number of NPC's, AI routines, things that can happen on screen, physics calculations, etc., the PS2 cannot calculate those things to anywhere near the same level that the 360 could and thus the same games would not have worked, even if the graphics were cut far down. The processor - the CPU, not the GPU (GPU=graphics processing unit, specializes in what you see) - just could not process things fast enough to run the likes of GTA V, Red Dead Redemption, Saints Row the Third, Tomb Raider, Call of Duty, The Last of Us, Vanquish, Uncharted, Halo, and pretty much anything you might consider remarkable that came out this generation.

Absolutely. Just because the majority of the games have a specific art style, doesn't mean that it's not "next gen/current gen".

Stuff looks amazing - colors pop - and animations and movement are like butter.

I don't really care either way. I've got one. I have fun playing it.

Of course it's worth discussing. Just look at all the people discussing it? Just because you disagree with the question doesn't mean it should be banished.

All the first party games look way better than most Xbox 360 and PS3 games. Only a few, Gears of War and MLB The Show, are at least on par or slightly better. Even if Wii U doesn't have the enhanced textures, SSAO lighting, and tesselation of PS4 games, it's ports of PS3 games seem to be rendering at closer to 720p than that 525x525 render developers used to rely on. They look clearer and less jaggy.

The tablet picture quality is a lot higher and instantly turns on compared to the Vita Remote Play. And PS4, Vita, and a memory card is a $700 commitment. Wii U doesn't look $450 worse. The tablet adds a lot of futuristic feel to it. I watched all the GB twitch late night streams on the U tablet, so their crappy browser can at least do twitch well, and without turning on the TV or needing 5 mins to set up remote play. It's as good as what Playroom streams are to PS4. A niche feature I'm spending more time with than actual next Gen games (cause there are so few.) Or Seinfeld's Wizard tip calculator.

I'm sure two to three years from now games like Uncharted will blow Wiiu out of the water but for now it's holding it's own.

no

This is a question you only care about if you're in that desperate "console wars" mentality where you feel an uncontrollable compulsion to establish the superiority/inferiority of an entertainment device, in comparison to other entertainment devices.

So basically,

*GROAN*