One reason I think OB has yet to hit the Wii is the size of the games...
You might need 2,3 maybe even 4 discs for the Wii. I'm not totally sure on the storage space of a Wii disc but it seems that there would be some storage issues with the Wii. But the Wii could easily run HL2, easily.
Yes, the Xbox ran it somewhat sluggish, but guess what...the Wii is twice as powerful as the original Xbox. I would hope the Wiimote receiving processes wouldn't hog too much of the power...lol.
<_< Wii uses the DVD format too... as for Xbox to Wii; compare yourself ;p
Xbox
CPU 733 MHz Intel Custom Pentium III
Front Side Bus 133 MHz - 1.0 GB/sec
RAM Micron 64 MB DDR SDRAM
Memory Bandwidth 6.4 GB/sec bus
Storage Medium 8 GB Hard Disk
(Western Digital, 5400 RPM)
I/O (Input / Output) w-5x DVD-ROM
Type 9 DVD - 8.5 GB single sided
4x Proprietary USB Game Ports (12 Mbps)
Broadband Ethernet Connection (100 Mbps)
Proprietary Audio/Video Connector
Graphics Processor Unit 250 MHz Custom-Designed NV2X
Max Polygon Performance 125 M/sec
Simultaneous Textures 4.8 G/Sec
Pixel Fill Rate 12w
Compressed Textures Yes (6:1)
Maximum resolution 1920 x 1080 (HDTV Required)
MPEG 2 Support Yes (Standard DVD)
HDTV Game Support Yes (HDTV Cable Required)
DVD Movie Playback Yes (DVD Remote Control Required)
Media Comm. Processor 200 MHz Processor Custom
Designed By NVIDIA
Controls Hard Disk & DVD
Controls High-Speed Ethernet
Controls Proprietary USB Game Ports
Controls Advanced Audio which uses:
licensed technology from UK's Sensaura 3D.
Peripheral Bus (MCP BUS) 400 MB/s (Full Duplex)
Broadband Enabled Yes (10/100 Mbps / TCP/IP / WinSock)
Audio Channels 256
3D Audio Support Yes (64 3D channels)
Operating System - Windows 2000 Core OS
(Custom designed by MS)
- DirectX 8.0a (Drivers)
- Part 1 of the OS is on the hard disk < 1 MB
- Part 2 of the OS can be DVD disc < 500 K
- (Part 1 includes the core OS, DirectX, DVD playback, some drivers and 3D user interface)
- (Part 2 includes things like libraries, other drivers and other features needed by the developer)
- OS takes less then 3 MB in RAM
- The OS has a 3D user interface when no games are inserted to play music CDs, run DVD movies etc.
- The games run in ring 0, known as kernel mode which is the fastest mode possible.
V-CHIP Parental control on DVD's with ESRB ratings
Size Width: ~31cm
Depth: ~27cm
Height: ~10cm
Total Internal Components 800
Wii
System specs
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
IBM Broadway 729MHz
Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
ATI Hollywood 243MHz
Supported Resolution
Up to 480p
System Memory
88MB
Internet Connectivity
WiFi 802.11 b/g
Media
Internal Storage
512MB Flash Memory
Optical Drive
12cm Wii Disc & 8cm GameCube Disc. Discs will self-load into the bay.
12cm Disc Capacity
4.7Gb (or 8.5Gb Dual Layer)
Memory Expansion
1 x SD Memory
Backward Compatibility
Downloadable Games
NES, SNES, N64, Genesis, Neo-Geo, TurboGrafix16 (and CD)
Disc Compatibility
GameCube
Connectivity
Wii Controller Ports
4 x Wireless
GameCube Controller Ports
4 Ports
GameCube Memory Expansion
2 Ports
USB 2.0
2 Ports
Internet
Wireless IEEE802.11b/g or a USB LAN adaptor. WiiConnect 24 persistant connection, even when powered off.
Output ports
AV Multi-output port, allowing Composite, S-Video and Component.
Controller
Connection method
Bluetooth (wireless)
Wiimote Buttons
3 axis motion sensor, + Direction pad, A, B, Minus, Home, Power button, 1 and 2
Nunchuck Buttons
3 axis motion sensor, Analog stick, C and Z
Force feedback (rumble)
Yes
Other features
Wiimote has a speaker and an expansion port
