Nintendo Reveals Wii U Launch Date, Price
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So I can hook up an external hard drive to this ***** for storage? Alright, the 8 GB might be worth it... the price tag is reasonable for a new console. But the line up of games needs to be more impressive.
Yes, there are several games. But most of them are games I can obtain in some form on other consoles. And what about when the new Xbox and Playstation come out? I'm hoping Nintendo's console will be able to hold it's own ground this time and not just be stuck in last Gen.
Nintendo always makes seven or eight excellent games that make their systems worth owning, but as of the Wii, I was pretty underwhelmed by all of their flagship titles. They're counting way too hard on people's nostalgia. They're really going to have to step it up this time around.
I'll say this though; I respect the hell out of Nintendo for always pioneering new ways for us to game.
Yes, there are several games. But most of them are games I can obtain in some form on other consoles. And what about when the new Xbox and Playstation come out? I'm hoping Nintendo's console will be able to hold it's own ground this time and not just be stuck in last Gen.
Nintendo always makes seven or eight excellent games that make their systems worth owning, but as of the Wii, I was pretty underwhelmed by all of their flagship titles. They're counting way too hard on people's nostalgia. They're really going to have to step it up this time around.
I'll say this though; I respect the hell out of Nintendo for always pioneering new ways for us to game.
I really feel like this is all sort of underwhelming what with the release of Steam Big Picture... the whole touch screen thing could just as easily be done with a mouse. I'll still probably get this; sometimes its better to play games on console, and that console may as well be the one that also has all the nintendo games I will inevitably buy.
Slight disappointment to me. I don't see $300 justifying the price of that controller with what looks to be another gimmicky thing. Might turn out to be cool, but its not enough for me at least to switch from Xbox/Playstation.
Fair enough, but the trend since then has been to increase prices. There are tablets that cost more than my rent, in fairness.Crono1973 said:
Not interested until I see how many games are going to let me use the normal controller. No more gimmicky bullshit for me.
...Mother of gawd! Whatever I was gonna say is irrelevant now that you've raised that point! And I fucking work at GameStop! FFFFFF--JeanLuc761 said:
I wonder if it's too early to call in sick that day...?
Or install stuff so you're 360 doesn't sound like it is powered by the big bang every time it starts a game. I'm just adding another way to fill it.WhiteTigerShiro said:
OT: I like the addition of more memory through normal priced hdds that is amazing.
I still don't get why the Wii U is selling so early compared to the other consoles. Yes, the Wii has gone from 'underpowered' to 'fossilized' but I can't imagine its doing any worse in terms of sales than the other consoles. I guess Nintendo feels they have some compelling reason to come out a year or more ahead of the pack.
For anyone who has not already seen this in the topic: the WiiU is not a current-generation system. It does not compare. It's on the order of 2-4x as powerful. That's not anything special, seeing as it's not from six years ago, but it's the truth. And yes, it's reasonable to expect Microsoft and Sony's consoles to be more powerful still. But there's no need to make wildly inaccurate statements about a system already fraught with concerns like the Wii U.
For anyone who has not already seen this in the topic: the WiiU is not a current-generation system. It does not compare. It's on the order of 2-4x as powerful. That's not anything special, seeing as it's not from six years ago, but it's the truth. And yes, it's reasonable to expect Microsoft and Sony's consoles to be more powerful still. But there's no need to make wildly inaccurate statements about a system already fraught with concerns like the Wii U.
I would assume the way it works is while the developer could sell more by going cross platform for exclusive rights the console maker will give the developer a payoff. Since it looks like the game wasn't going to get published it was probably a cheap acquisition for Nintendo and more of a marketing decision than anything. Nintendo has something of an image problem with the 'hardcore' gamers, so this is a move to change the perception that Nintendo only does kiddy or Mario/Zelda exclusives.AzrealMaximillion said:Yet console sales are down overall and the exclusives aren't the highest selling games for either of the except for 1st party Nintendo games. Exclusives selling big has stopped happening this gen. Even the new MGS is coming out on both consoles. Even Final Fantsay went multiplatform. And Bayonetta, while critically acclaimed was NOT a massive seller.alfinchkid said:Except that's the only reason to buy the PS3: Exclusive titles and exclusive content on bigger titles (FF13, LA Noire, etc). When everything is made for the same set of consoles, it has to run on all of them, meaning an insignificant difference, if any between version. On non-exclusives, the Xbox and PS3 are exactly the same, with Xbox having the better online service (Which it better if I'm paying for it)(PSN+ is another matter, though...)AzrealMaximillion said:Huh, looks cool. I doubt it will stay exclusive though. Exclusives don't sell consoles anymore.TheGuy(wantstobe) said:Actually I was talking about it because it was announced today Wii-u exclusiveAzrealMaximillion said:
Hell, the only reason I bought the Wii is Zelda, Mario, Fire Emblem, and the virtual console titles not available to anyone else. Only reason I bought the PS3 was inFamous and Uncharted (Last of us looks cool too). Only reason I bought the Xbox is Gears of War and Halo. All three systems, it was the exclusives that sold it, not anything else. If I can buy the same games on all three systems, I have no reason to buy more systems. I bought all of them for exclusives. And I know for a fact I'm not alone.
Also not sure why people are so surprised about the hard drive space. Nintendo is still a video game console first and foremost, not a pc-lite like Sony and Microsoft are doing. For downloading files and installing games that's a tiny amount of space. For save files and downloading NES-N64 games it's plenty.
If you want to put things into perspective another way, thinking in terms of 'just a console' and not a 'PC' the standard PS1 memory card I believe was a mere 8 MB.
If you want to put things into perspective another way, thinking in terms of 'just a console' and not a 'PC' the standard PS1 memory card I believe was a mere 8 MB.
Just a side point: get 7-Zip - it does everything that winRAR can do, but it's freeware. No bugging messages, just pure, unadulterated unzipping. One of those 'hmm, now what do I need to put on this newly installed system' programs. Dooooo iiiiiiit.Th37thTrump3t said:
Yeah...no.
This doesn't even remotely interest me, and even if it did, I'm not buying it just for Bayonetta 2, even though I loved the first game.
Not happening.
This doesn't even remotely interest me, and even if it did, I'm not buying it just for Bayonetta 2, even though I loved the first game.
Not happening.
Uhg...... at this point and time its not worth it anymore. I will wait till it has full soft mod support.
Only if you can get something contagious like pink eye and make them send you home. Otherwise you'll get fired.Beautiful End said: