Re:Nintendo Switch review: pure potential
by Jweb_Guru on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @12:27PM
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The SNES, N64, and the GameCube were not really behind technologically (they were different from their competitors, but not behind). The Wii was the first Nintendo console that was clearly just flat out technically inferior to all of its competitors.
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I think the GameCube was actually ahead of the PlayStation 2 and behind the XBox in terms of raw power. But it might have had other limitations that I'm unaware of.
It was very close to the Xbox in terms of its graphical capabilities. The major advantage the Xbox had was its hardware shaders.
I think people mistakenly believe it was less powerful due to its small size and cutesy shape.
Personally I love the GameCube shape but I recall people complaining about it looking like a child's toy.