75% of Gamers "Not Interested" In Wii U

[Fibrizo]

The only reason I am not interested with it is because the thing is still not on par with a ps3 and 360. It should have been released five years ago with the ps3 and 360. Why get this when the PS4 and whatever the next xbox is gonna be called are like 1 or 2 years away from it?

It's clear that Nintendo are always gonna be one step behind everyone else at this point.

Sir this is not true the console is more powerful that the current gen anyone that says otherwise is a liar.

 

[Deleted User]

Am I the only one that thinks it looks horrible?

 

[chyyran]

They were doomed even back then

When that "doom" catches up with them and kills them, that would be actual news.

 

[B-Blue]

Am I the only one that thinks it looks horrible?

yes

 

[chyyran]

How does "..rely[ing] on flash memory for data storage rather than an industry-standard internal hard drive.." equals "family friendly"?

What's wrong with Flash memory? It's less power consuming, quieter and generally faster.

 

[Deleted_171835]

How does "..rely[ing] on flash memory for data storage rather than an industry-standard internal hard drive.." equals "family friendly"?

What's wrong with Flash memory? It's less power consuming, quieter and generally faster.

Not only that but Nintendo didn't say anything about the console not supporting hard-drives.

It's likely that it will since they're doing full digital-distribution of retail games from launch.

 

[heartgold]

How does "..rely[ing] on flash memory for data storage rather than an industry-standard internal hard drive.." equals "family friendly"?

What's wrong with Flash memory? It's less power consuming, quieter and generally faster.

Not only that but Nintendo didn't say anything about the console not supporting hard-drives.

It's likely that it will since they're doing full digital-distribution of retail games from launch.

Couldn't Nintendo support high capacity memory cards up to 1 or 2 TB?

 

[heartgold]

How does "..rely[ing] on flash memory for data storage rather than an industry-standard internal hard drive.." equals "family friendly"?

What's wrong with Flash memory? It's less power consuming, quieter and generally faster.

Not only that but Nintendo didn't say anything about the console not supporting hard-drives.

It's likely that it will since they're doing full digital-distribution of retail games from launch.

Couldn't Nintendo support high capacity memory cards up to 1 or 2 TB?

They're extremely expensive and hard to find.

Right, I saw a few 128GB though. Too expensive as you said.

 

[Deleted_171835]

How does "..rely[ing] on flash memory for data storage rather than an industry-standard internal hard drive.." equals "family friendly"?

What's wrong with Flash memory? It's less power consuming, quieter and generally faster.

Not only that but Nintendo didn't say anything about the console not supporting hard-drives.

It's likely that it will since they're doing full digital-distribution of retail games from launch.

Couldn't Nintendo support high capacity memory cards up to 1 or 2 TB?

They're extremely expensive and hard to find.

 

[DiscostewSM]

What I would like to know is how the Wii U will handle loading of data. Both the PS3 and XBox360 have a sort of "install" method for certain games to reduce load times while not installing the entire game to the HDDs. The Wii U, from what I understand, will allow the use of external drives, but won't have its own internally. While USB 2.0 transfer data rates is equivalent to a Bluray drive running at 6x (~27MB/s), the advantage of the PS3 and XBox360 with internal drives allows the more common data that is installed to the internal drives to be loaded at much faster rates. Will USB 2.0 be fast enough? I know it is for the Wii, but we're expecting quite a jump from the Wii to the Wii U.

 

[Deleted_171835]

What I would like to know is how the Wii U will handle loading of data. Both the PS3 and XBox360 have a sort of "install" method for certain games to reduce load times while not installing the entire game to the HDDs. The Wii U, from what I understand, will allow the use of external drives, but won't have its own internally. While USB 2.0 transfer data rates is equivalent to a Bluray drive running at 6x (~27MB/s), the advantage of the PS3 and XBox360 with internal drives allows the more common data that is installed to the internal drives to be loaded at much faster rates. Will USB 2.0 be fast enough? I know it is for the Wii, but we're expecting quite a jump from the Wii to the Wii U.

They could always use USB 3.0.

 

[Nintynut]

Ocarina of Time?

Remarkable at the time of release but it doesn't hold up anymore. It's been outclassed by its successors like most any game series is.

Funny, because there are a lot of people who still say it's one of the best games ever made.
Stop acting like your opinion is the only one that matters.

Although i loved my 64 i never got round to playing ocarina when it was released. I got the 3ds version and both me and my girlfriend completed it............. 14 years on.. Probably still the best game ever

 

[spotanjo3]

LOL.. 75% huh ? They must be mostly kids and many adults who haven't seen what it is going to be like. It is too early. Anything can change when they saw it with their own eyes next month . Silly poll online because The Wii U itself didnt reveal just yet until next month. Sighing.

 

[dgwillia]

To be honest, i brought a Wii on launch day (My biggest mistake in gaming

 

[Deleted User]

What I would like to know is how the Wii U will handle loading of data. Both the PS3 and XBox360 have a sort of "install" method for certain games to reduce load times while not installing the entire game to the HDDs. The Wii U, from what I understand, will allow the use of external drives, but won't have its own internally. While USB 2.0 transfer data rates is equivalent to a Bluray drive running at 6x (~27MB/s), the advantage of the PS3 and XBox360 with internal drives allows the more common data that is installed to the internal drives to be loaded at much faster rates. Will USB 2.0 be fast enough? I know it is for the Wii, but we're expecting quite a jump from the Wii to the Wii U.

Let's hope that when the drive spins, it won't make a noise like the name

 

[chyyran]

What I would like to know is how the Wii U will handle loading of data. Both the PS3 and XBox360 have a sort of "install" method for certain games to reduce load times while not installing the entire game to the HDDs. The Wii U, from what I understand, will allow the use of external drives, but won't have its own internally. While USB 2.0 transfer data rates is equivalent to a Bluray drive running at 6x (~27MB/s), the advantage of the PS3 and XBox360 with internal drives allows the more common data that is installed to the internal drives to be loaded at much faster rates. Will USB 2.0 be fast enough? I know it is for the Wii, but we're expecting quite a jump from the Wii to the Wii U.

Not to mention that USB works in bursts rather than a continuous stream.


USB 3.0 is the way to go, but quite a few drives don't support it yet.

Hell, It'd be great if they went full eSATA or Firewire, but, like that's gonna happen.

 

[Giga_Gaia]

The only reason I am not interested with it is because the thing is still not on par with a ps3 and 360. It should have been released five years ago with the ps3 and 360. Why get this when the PS4 and whatever the next xbox is gonna be called are like 1 or 2 years away from it?

It's clear that Nintendo are always gonna be one step behind everyone else at this point.

It is not just on par, goddamn it. It's more powerful. Why do you guys keep saying this?

You'd be wrong, it's just on par. The only thing the WIi U offer is a different controller. Aside that, some devs said that there is nothing you can do with the Wii U that can't be done with the PS3 and 360.

 

[AceWarhead]

The only reason I am not interested with it is because the thing is still not on par with a ps3 and 360. It should have been released five years ago with the ps3 and 360. Why get this when the PS4 and whatever the next xbox is gonna be called are like 1 or 2 years away from it?

It's clear that Nintendo are always gonna be one step behind everyone else at this point.

It is not just on par, goddamn it. It's more powerful. Why do you guys keep saying this?

You'd be wrong, it's just on par. The only thing the WIi U offer is a different controller. Aside that, some devs said that there is nothing you can do with the Wii U that can't be done with the PS3 and 360.

And some dev's also say that it is more powerful than current gen systems. It just depends on what you've read and who you trust.

 

[mightymuffy]

Nintendo basically ballsed up with e3 last year... Wii U is a pretty shocking name in itself and it looks quite possible that a change will happen at this years e3... also the reports by various online sites (y'know, those the hardcore gamers will read) are (basically) wrongly stating the machine as less powerful than PS3 or 360 (OLD architecture on these two and really they can't be compared.... let's just say you can expect 360/PS3 quality at 1080p from what I can see)
The casual gamer focus of the Wii won't help either: the more serious/hardcore gamer usually scoffs at the Wii so will already have the mindset... this doesn't help with the titles displayed at last years e3, or the cagey 3rd party response (only Ubisoft at the moment seem keen on throwing any weight behind it, with others likely adopting a wait and see approach)
Personally speaking? Let's just ditch anything Wii U related from last year out of our minds, as the Wii U we'll see in a few weeks shall be quite a different beast, and a few killer app titles will sweeten things further! *is happy to be a part of the interested 25%*

 

[Deleted_171835]

You'd be wrong, it's just on par. The only thing the WIi U offer is a different controller. Aside that, some devs said that there is nothing you can do with the Wii U that can't be done with the PS3 and 360.

No, you're really wrong.

1. Common sense dictates that it isn't. Even a really low-end cheap graphics card nowadays outperforms the PS3/360. Nintendo would have to be trying hard to develop a system on-par.

2. The only ones that have said it's on-par are "anonymous" developers. Actual developers have already come out and said that the Wii U is at least more powerful than the PS3/360.

3. There are insiders at other places that have already confirmed that it is more powerful than the PS3/360 which frankly shouldn't come up as much of a surprise.

I'm inclined to think you're a troll as you first said that the Wii U is less powerful but now you say that it is on par.