Wii U Pre-Launch Discussion

From twitter.
(@NGamer_mag) tweeted at 10:24 PM on Mon, Nov 19, 2012:
Once again - the Wii U update is NOT 5GB, it is closer to 1GB. Proof - check this user's bandwidth at roughly halfway http://t.co/sqb187hh
(https://twitter.com/NGamer_mag/status/270653776103354368)

FutureGuy wrote: »

I think the 360 looks better tbh.

This is all fine and dandy when comparing to 7 year old consoles, but Nintendo need to spend the next 12 months embedding the Wii U into as many homes as possible as the next gen MS and Sony efforts will blow it out of the water.

do ya think ? i believe the likes of monster hunter coming out , nintendo first party games that nintendo will do just fine. i dont think ms or sony hardware will be as powerful as people think it will. Sony losing money as it is and i dont think they can afford another hit like they are having with the ps vita. As with microsoft i can see them doing the exact same thing they have being doing with the 360 but push casuals with kinetic bit more and just neglect their core audience and just offer multiplats like they have being doing.

Sure all of this is my opinion but having being a sony user since 1998 when i was just 8 years old they have really being going backwards as of late and although they have tried and kept pushing new ips only 3 i have truly enjoyed and they only made 1 of those franchises.

Nintendo already have with the wiiu announced some of the creative titles for 2013 with wonderful101 , bayonetta 2 , pikmin, monster hunter etc.. and thats just for till the summer. If ms and sony announced their console at e3 and say the price point was 400-450 . to me it look alot better to buy a wiiu which is priced at 320-380 with all those titles that some would drop in price than buy one of those consoles for 100 euros more with no game.

now all of this is my opinion but i just have a feeling its gonna be like with the wii,360 and os3 again that nintendo consoles are gonna sell, xbox will take more consumers from ps side and ps4 i hope does alot better than it has being doing but there are stupid people running that company as of late.

VinLieger wrote: »

There isnt one credible games journalist who doesnt think both consoles are due next christmas.
Also every single confirmed leak is looking like they will blow the wiiu out of the water.
And multiformat does win you figures when youve got the likes of GTA, Bioshock and then add in all the exclusives Sony and MS have spent a generation developing while nintendo rested on their laurels of mario and zelda

remember now ms have released 5 halo games this gen and sony brought out 3 uncharted games

there has only being 2 zelda games on wii , one of which was a gamecube game and 3 mario games , 2 galaxy 1 nsmb wii

dont make the mistake like i did before seeing mario tennis , mario kart etc , those are other titles that arent really mario games.

nintendo also brought out new ips like last story , xenoblade , pandora tower , brought back punch out, donkey kong country returns , kirby epic yarn and the likes of sin and punishment.

every company brings out their key titles frequently that will sell , hell my fav company sega do that with sonic but its not the only thing they do

VinLieger wrote: »

There isnt one credible games journalist who doesnt think both consoles are due next christmas.

Source? Because nowhere I read (mainly Eurogamer and GamesRadar, dabble in a few other places) has stated this.

Also every single confirmed leak is looking like they will blow the wiiu out of the water

There hasn't been any confirmed leaks of information about the PS3/360's successors (at least in terms of what kind of graphical fidelity they will be able to achieve). Plenty of rumours, but absolutely nothing concrete or even credible.

I don't think we're going to see the same disparity between the Wii U and the PS4/720 that we had with the Wii and PS3/360 as that kind of leap in technology (and the resultant leap in costs for both developers and consumers) isn't viable in the current economic climate. I think anyone expecting them to be absolute powerhouses of machines are going to be bitterly disappointed!

magnumbud wrote: »

well that worked out so well for them. didnt they rush it out and release it with a number of flaws

You couldn't think of a console launch that happened in the same year it was announced and I gave you one (and I didn't have to think very far back did I). Whether or not it was rushed with a number of flaws is irrelevant. It happened.

On another note I would fully agree that we will see at least one new console (from either sony or ms) by next years end. It's been 7 years since the XBox 360 so I'd be shocked if a next generation console isn't released. I'm guessing that most people on here would agree.