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Wii U needs to sell one title to be profitable
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Wii-U-Profit-Margin,19248.html
Shutting off Wii U during massive updates brick consoles
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/wii-u-update-bricking-firmware,19180.html
No more Wii's http://www.tomshardware.com/news/No-More-Wii-First-Party,19237.html
Transferring from wii to Wii U is a complex process
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Transferring-Wii-to-Wii-U,18999.html
Wii U will be region locked http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-57518970-235/gamers-beware-nintendo-wii-u-will-be-region-locked/
One of the pressures that Nintendo was forced to face was keeping the costs of the Wii U low enough to keep it competitive with the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. This sells the wii U at a loss, but if one piece of wii u software is bought the profit then becomes positive
Wii U Just Needs to Sell One Title to Be Profitable
owners are already reporting problems with bricking their console.
turning off the Wii U during the middle of a massive update—reported 5 GB required to access all of the Wii U's online content.
this update would take most anywhere from an hour to five hours to download
Shutting off Wii U during Big Updates bricks Console
Wii sales slowed down significantly in the past two years.
When asked whether Nintendo had anything in the works for the Wii, he responded, "No, there are not right now."
No more Wii
With the Wii U's release just a mere two weeks away, concerns over Wii U and Wii compatibility have been rising.
Nintendo promised that the Wii U would have backwards compatibility with the Wii.
Not too long ago, it was revealed that Wii games on the Wii U wouldn't work properly with the Wii U Pro Controllers and would require the Wii Classic Pro Controllers.
Transferring from Wii to Wii U is a complex process
Nintendo's Wii U is following in its predecessors' footsteps with region-locking.
The Wii U won't allow gamers to play titles imported from other regions.
The news was published today by posters on gaming forums NeoGaf. Nintendo's Wii, along with all of its predecessors dating back to the Nintendo Entertainment System, are region-locked.
Microsoft and Sony allow publishers to decide whether their titles should be region-locked or not.
Gamers beware: Nintendo Wii U will be region-locked
Price $259.96 to $389.96 $219.99 to $534.30 $349.99 to $455.88 $299.99 to $549.99
Ratings 4/5 3.75/5 3.5/5 4/5
Bottom line
ThePS3 slims down to its smallest size ever while retaining everything we like and a few things we don't about the PlayStation 3.
Though the new Xbox 360 certainly addresses most of the concerns we've had with the versions before it, we don't think it warrants a purchase if you already own an Xbox 360 in working order
Despite some clever dual-screen gaming mechanics, the Wii U's lack of compelling exclusive software and an overall unpolished user experience make it tough to recommend in its current state.
Despite some clever dual-screen gaming mechanics, the Wii U's lack of compelling exclusive software and an overall unpolished user experience make it tough to recommend in its current state.
Media Type
BLU-RAY DVD Nintendo Wii discNintendo Wii U disc
Nintendo Wii discNintendo Wii U disc
Internal Memory 500 GB HDD 250 GB HDD 32 GB Flash 8 GB Flash
Media Type Blu-ray DVD Nintendo Wii disc ,Nintendo Wii U disc
Nintendo Wii disc ,Nintendo Wii U disc
CPU IBM Cell Broadband Engine ( 8-core )
Xenon IBM IBM
RAM 256 MB XDRAM 512mb ram SDHC Memory Card SDHC Memory Card
Graphics Controller
NVIDIA RSX
Video Memory 256 MB GDDR3 SDRAM
Sound Stereo Stereo Stereo Stereo
Network Bluetooth 2.0 EDR,Gigabit Ethernet,802.11b/g
Fast Ethernet,802.11b/g/n
802.11b/g/n 802.11b/g/n
Width 11.4 in 12 in 6.7 in 6.7 in
Depth 11.4 in 11.5 in 10.6 in 10.6 in
Height 2.6 in 7.2 in 1.8 in 1.8 in
Color 7.1 lbs 10.9 lbs 3.5 lbs 3.5 lbs