Gaming Should I get a WII U

[MegaBassBX]

I have it , and its collecting dust

 

[Guild McCommunist]

...What if I get a PS3 which has a Bluray player AND Youtube?

Checkmate atheists.

 

[Foxi4]

Unless the ripped Blu-ray movie was watermarked with Cinavia, in which case be prepared for your audio to drop out periodically. The PS3 might be a decent Blu-ray player, but it's not such a great media player for pirates (this is true of all post-2012 Blu-ray players, too).

Note: I don't use my Wii U for YouTube, nor my PS3 for Blu-rays (often), I'm just arguing for the sake of arguing. To be completely fair, the Wii U is a terrible media player; even Plex/Web sucks unless it's running on a machine capable of transcoding.

My point was that there's no reason to push the price argument when technically you can't legally watch movies on Youtube. Netflix versus Blu-ray, now that I would understand.

 

[McHaggis]

My point was that there's no reason to push the price argument when technically you can't legally watch movies on Youtube. Netflix versus Blu-ray, now that I would understand.

Yeah, you're right. Like I said: arguing for the sake of arguing (I'm a bit bored today).

 

[Rob Blou]

Using your Console as you main bluray player is not a good idea if you want your lens to last ... I worked in a videogame store in the PS2, GC and Xbox era and I've seen so many dead lens after a year or 2 because of people using their PS2/xbox as their main DVD player! We had 10 broken PS2 for one GC :S Same thing with the PS3 and Xbox 360 ... and I'm not even talking about the overheating prob of those 2. when you watch a movie, your lens is constantly working but when you play a game, it's working mostly during the loading screens and it has a lot of down time during gameplay. That being said, I love both my Wii U and my PS3, and I would never sell my Wii U!

 

[Foxi4]

Using your Console as you main bluray player is not a good idea if you want your lens to last ... I worked in a videogame store in the PS2, GC and Xbox era and I've seen so many dead lens after a year or 2 because of people using their PS2/xbox as their main DVD player! We had 10 broken PS2 for one GC :S Same thing with the PS3 and Xbox 360 ... and I'm not even talking about the overheating prob of those 2. when you watch a movie, your lens is constantly working but when you play a game, it's working mostly during the loading screens and it has a lot of down time during gameplay. That being said, I love both my Wii U and my PS3, but I would never sell my Wii U!

That's sort of a silly approach - you might as well say that you shouldn't play games on your console because it causes wear and tear - they'll last longer if you don't use them at all! Naw, if a console has some form of functionality that you deem useful, you should utilize it to your heart's content. Having a wide variety of functionality equals less clutter next to your TV, which is what most people actually care about. The more the box does the better for the customer.

 

[Rob Blou]

That's sort of a silly approach - you might as well say that you shouldn't play games on your console because it causes wear and tear - they'll last longer if you don't use them at all! Naw, if a console has some form of functionality that you deem useful, you should utilize it to your heart's content. Having a wide variety of functionality equals less clutter next to your TV, which is what most people actually care about. The more the box does the better for the customer.

I understand your point and it's good to have the possibility, but it does kill your lens prematurely and as I said I've seen so many broken PS3 after 1 or 2 years (back when they were 650 fucking $). I'm the kind of person that likes to keep their thing for a long time and this is a no brainier for me + bluray players are now super cheap. I'm not saying it's all bad but it's a double edged sword.

 

[Foxi4]

I understand your point and it's good to have the possibility, but it does kill your lens prematurely and as I said I've seen so many broken PS3 after 1 or 2 years (back when they were 650 fucking $). I'm the kind of person that likes to keep their thing for a long time and this is a no brainier for me + bluray players are now super cheap. I'm not saying it's all bad but it's a double edged sword.

I would still rather have the option than not have it for no good reason other than Nintendo's unwillingness to pay royalties to format owners, instead spending their money on obscure implementations of disc formats just to avoid putting money in someone's pocket. It's no secret that both the Gamecube and the Wii had fully DVD-ready disc drives and the Wii U more then likely has a BluRay-ready drive, they're just stripped of that functionality in one way or another to avoid paying royalties.

 

[trumpet-205]

Using your Console as you main bluray player is not a good idea if you want your lens to last ... I worked in a videogame store in the PS2, GC and Xbox era and I've seen so many dead lens after a year or 2 because of people using their PS2/xbox as their main DVD player!

You know the same can be said to dedicated Bluray player right? Let's not play Bluray because it will worn out Bluray player.

Or let's not play any video game at all because it will worn out the console.

Playing video game is a lot more stressful than watching movie (DVD+Bluray). Video game reads data randomly on the disc. Meaning the optical head needs to be constantly re-aligned. On the other hand watching movie is purely sequential reading.

Most optical drive failed not because of the lens, but because of the drive motor.

 

[Rob Blou]

You know the same can be said to dedicated Bluray player right? Let's not play Bluray because it will worn out Bluray player.

Or let's not play any video game at all because it will worn out the console.

Playing video game is a lot more stressful than watching movie (DVD+Bluray). Video game reads data randomly on the disc. Meaning the optical head needs to be constantly re-aligned. On the other hand watching movie is purely sequential reading.

Most optical drive failed not because of the lens, but because of the drive motor.

Sorry but I repaired consoles as a job and the lens was the problem and not the motor. Any device with a lens will fail after a certain time and I'm not saying that reading Bluray on your console is the worst thing on earth .. I'm just saying the facts and I'm sure some people are like me and prefer having a separate Bluray player to keep their console alive as long a possible. If that doesn't speak to you then don't consider my point instead of aguing for nothing. If I buy a Truck, even if I know I can go in the mountains and in the woods with it (as they show in all TV ads) It doesn't mean it won't kill it way faster.

 

[tbgtbg]

Yes, get a Wii U. I did and have no regrets.

 

[slingblade1170]

I understand your point and it's good to have the possibility, but it does kill your lens prematurely and as I said I've seen so many broken PS3 after 1 or 2 years (back when they were 650 fucking $). I'm the kind of person that likes to keep their thing for a long time and this is a no brainier for me + bluray players are now super cheap. I'm not saying it's all bad but it's a double edged sword.

I would still rather have the option than not have it for no good reason other than Nintendo's unwillingness to pay royalties to format owners, instead spending their money on obscure implementations of disc formats just to avoid putting money in someone's pocket. It's no secret that both the Gamecube and the Wii had fully DVD-ready disc drives and the Wii U more then likely has a BluRay-ready drive, they're just stripped of that functionality in one way or another to avoid paying royalties.

I agree with both of you to a certain extent. It does in fact murder a lens when watching tons of dvds, I have seen so many PS2s and Xbox 360s need repairs because of the issue but like Foxi mentioned whats the point of having it if you are never going to use it.

 

[JerJer]

Emphatically NO! Not because its not a good platform but because it cannot and I say cannot be hacked. You cannot use it for community game play because other platforms that are hacked allow those users to cheat and totally put you at a disadvantage. A perfect example is Black Flag 4 multiplayer.

 

[T Link7]

Unless you really want some of the available games or Mario Kart 8 (that's like the only big release for months...), I'd say no. I bought mine at launch and it's been used very little as of late.
I can't believe Nintendo is letting another software drought happen after they promised 2014 wouldn't be a repeat of 2013... and no, the millions of ''meh'' indie 2D platformers don't count (I realize this is better than no third-party support at all, but I did not buy my Wii U for indie titles, I have my PC for that). I am so dissapointed in you, Nintendo

 

[ov3rkill]

I'm holding out for the release of Super Smash Bros. Wii U and Mario Kart 8.