it's not as powerful as the ps3 and xbox360, that's for sure. the gpu and processing power is far from the complexity and thought put into the ps3 and xbox360. but you have to take into consideration that this system is much cheaper than the other two, and it also has the new controller, which is supposed to be really innovative and fun. if you want a console that has great graphics, it's not the console for you, if you just want a console so you can have fun, it's a good system to look into.