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E3 of 2011 [6.7.2011]

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TMRNetShark:
It's NOT a new console.

You have to use your current Wii (or buy a Wii if you don't have it). Then this is a new accessory that you can use with the Wii. They kept saying new "console" yet you are still using the same ol' Wii with JUST A NEW CONTROLLER!

Arg, this pisses me off as a hardcore gamer. I was expecting a new console that would actually go head to head with the 360 and PS3, yet it's just another gimmick that alienates more hardcore gamers and will probably piss off casual gamers that would have to buy another $250-$300 piece of hardware that they still have to use in front of their own console they already paid for.

Wii cost for most people in the past: $200 (it is like $150 right now)

What the WiiU will cost: $250-$300 (estimate of course)

Total cost: $400-$500

That's a PS3 OR an Xbox 360 with more games that all will look better. How can Nintendo do this? This is by far the stupidest thing I have ever seen a company do as they released a new product.

newy:
I wished you could simply connect the consoles to monitors. Then I'd by the Wii U and use my PC monitor.


Did you watch the presentation? The Wii is not HD compatible...

TMRNetShark:
I'll even show it to you guys.. this is the "new" WiiU:



The global president guy said that all the original Wii games will work on the WiiU... that doesn't make it a new console! Xbox 360 and PS3 have BOTH changed the hardware (only marginally) and the look of their consoles, but didn't claim it's a brand new next generation console. It plays all the same games, but has a new controller.

Now will they sell bundles of the new controller with the Wii? Or is it required to get the new WiiU Wii (think about it) because they added a little bit of hardware features? Nintendo has turned into the new EA.

TiYlER:
Fucking Nintendo, didn't they promise it WOULDN'T be a wii?

vicious796:
TMR, it is a new console and a new controller. Does it look strikingly similar? Sure. Is its name gay? A tad. However, the current Wii is NOT capable of HD video at all. There's a reason the U is a beefed up looking Wii - that's because it IS a beefed up version. It has to have a new processor at a minimum and whatever graphics chip(s) console companies use.

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