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

[kittychloe]

At least its a next gen console devoted to games rather than the poorly made swiss army knives the others will try to be... I still intend to get all 3 but most of the swiss army functions go unused on my consoles

[web_slinger_62]

Originally Posted by 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.

I see...and I heard from a guy, who heard from a guy, who heard from another guy that the employee at the chip manufacturing company was lying LOL

If you are seriously interested in knowing what's under the hood of the Wii U, there are some great threads on NeoGaf and the B3D forums with posts from people in the know. I suggest reading them before posting nonsense about a next gen console having 5 year old tech in it.

[richy rude]

In some ways I agree with twisted in that it's just more or less just a wii but in HD but I also think that's a bit unfair . Personally I don't think it will attract many gamers (if any) away from their ps3 or xbox 360. Or some might buy it just because 'it's new' and then trade in with the ps4/xbox720 are released.

But I think it's got some cool peripherals though and the millions of wii fans will love it bringing the wii experience finally into the 21 st (HD) century!

[Twisted]

No seriously, the tech is 5 years old..nintendo was doing cost analysis and for what there intent is...which is obvious..to MATCH ps3 and xbox360..they went with 5 year old tech..because it was a lot cheaper for them to produce..if they went with cutting edge tech..the price would be at least $100 higher...so the tech they have is couple of years newer than ps3 and xbox360..but NOT anywhere close to PS4 or XBOX720

[NaughtyDogJames]

Still being 5 years old is 5 years newer than the wii. Although yes it may be a bit more powerful due to having to run the tablet and both the PS3 and 360 have been optimised alt. just look at a launch game and compare it to a new game but by the time developers have gotten good at coding for it the PS4&720 will be out so the wii u will get left behind like the wii as it won't be able to run any of the games.

[rapidly-greying]

If it sells more than the Gamecube I'll eat a prawn,and i hate prawns.

Most Wii owners are so called casual games who bought into the fad. They played it at a mates house and rushed out to get one for themselves, but i can't see many of them rushing to upgrade as they'll be perfectly happy with what they have(if they even still play i)and will remain content buying Wii shite such as Carnival games and Pony Groomer 5 and whatnot.

I love Nintendo and i am as games daft as they come,but the Wii U just doesn't interest me in the slightest. I'll probably bite when a new 3rd person Mario or a new Zelda come out but they can stick it up their arses for all i care.

IMO,it looks like a big bag of monkey spunk to me.

[NaughtyDogJames]

'big bag of monkey spunk' what a pleasant phrase.

[vhal_x]

Originally Posted by NaughtyDogJames

'big bag of monkey spunk' what a pleasant phrase.

Typical Glaswegian/Scottish terminology xx

[Twisted]

i will buy wii u once the price drops for mario/zelda games...but i'm in no rush to get one now.

[toxicatom5]

Saw one of these on demo at Best Buy today, and the controller is HUGE. At least 1.5x larger than I thought it would be based upon the photos I've seen.