Whats your take on the Wii U..is it really "next gen?"

[Twisted]

I think the wii U is not a true next gen system, no matter what nintendo's PR and marketing department wants us to believe...i say it's nothing more than a wii HD...a lot of developers have already come out and said some of the processing power is weaker than XBOX360...and the initial launch 3rd party games are mostly ports of current gen games with glitches and issues..there's some controversy right now with some sega releases, with the wii u version performing the poorest, and i've read some insider reports from credible sources the tech inside the wii u is 4-6 years old...superior tech in some respects than xbox360 and ps3..but they intentially did not go with true cutting edge power in order to keep costs down and profitable...wii u at it's core has processors etc. from 2007 or so..not 2012 models..and even the controller screen is LCD...it should have been at very least OLED...I love nintendo..wii u will shine with it's first party exclusives..but it will be left behind when the true next gen systems come out in the next 2 years from sony and microsoft...WII U = WII HD with a fancy controller set up..and that's all there is too it.feel free to chime in

[NaughtyDogJames]

Agree completely, I mean 8gb for ?250!!!! I can get a 500gb PS3 with Uncharted 3 GOTY and GT5 Acdemy Edition for exactly the same price plus I'd get exclusive AC3 dlc and et all of the ports earlier with larger online communities and less glitches probably.

[Deubeuliou]

Indeed it seems that the console isn't more powerful that the current-gen ones, but I kinda like the possibilities of interaction with the gamepad screen.

But well, I probably won't buy another system and go back to retrogaming.

I don't like the direction of the market, with more and more DLCs, Season Passes, digital games, ...

[geralds]

wii u i could care less if its next gen or not I mostly by nintendo to play mario or zelda anyway anything ells along the way nintendo makes is just a pluss. After the wii I pretty much gave up on any 3rd part support from nitnendo yes there a few exception that just barely game out but for the most part it all sucks and is shovel ware.

[gu8]

geralds thats a superb shout

mario and zelda are were its at, few decent rpgs but the rest of it is mainly shit

[Raven]

To add Nintendo shitty region lock meaning special oversea editions would just be for decoration thus kinda useless =(

[DJDREAM]

I say only Mario + Zelda + Metroid in HD!

[geralds]

I dont no about metoid after other m Iv been quit indiffernt about metroid. Yes i know some people actualy like but I found it so bad that it literally killed metroid for me.

[web_slinger_62]

Originally Posted by Twisted

I think the wii U is not a true next gen system, no matter what nintendo's PR and marketing department wants us to believe...i say it's nothing more than a wii HD...a lot of developers have already come out and said some of the processing power is weaker than XBOX360...and the initial launch 3rd party games are mostly ports of current gen games with glitches and issues..there's some controversy right now with some sega releases, with the wii u version performing the poorest, and i've read some insider reports from credible sources the tech inside the wii u is 4-6 years old...superior tech in some respects than xbox360 and ps3..but they intentially did not go with true cutting edge power in order to keep costs down and profitable...wii u at it's core has processors etc. from 2007 or so..not 2012 models..and even the controller screen is LCD...it should have been at very least OLED...I love nintendo..wii u will shine with it's first party exclusives..but it will be left behind when the true next gen systems come out in the next 2 years from sony and microsoft...WII U = WII HD with a fancy controller set up..and that's all there is too it.feel free to chime in

You opened up a Wii U and found out exactly what processors it has?

[Twisted]

No..but i read a blog on-line where they had opened up the wii u and also the blog was citing a news channel which had talked to some employee at the chip manufacturer company.