the biggest problem in the future will be getting a working pad if these become rare.
problem is that everyone who really wanted a U already has one. others are waiting for discounts, BF or friends who get bored and stop using their U's and sell them the system and games for cheaper than retail. my friend is already bored with his U and he only had it for less than a year. got all the mario and 1st party titles, other stuff that was "killer app" and just doesn't care for it anymore.
That's a good point. No other console, past or present, has a controller that is so expensive, with so much that can go wrong with it (particularly the screen), and can't be bought separately. And that same controller is required for many games, so you can't just get by with an alternate like the Pro Controller. Overall, it's a very poorly designed console that probably won't have a solid future in terms of working hardware down the road.
Three times?! Holy crap. How does it keep breaking down? Going to have to put on the kid gloves with mine here pretty quick...
Yeah, three times?? Yikes
I had my Wii U from launch in 2012 to march of this year, and the only issue I had with my gamepad was syncing issues every now and then. I didn't think they were quite that bad.
Quickly searched ebay for this and only saw 1 listing new for over 400 bucks lol. Thats absurd but it is certainly very rare to find anyone selling just the game pad and been that way for quite awhile. When u do, it goes for 130 to 150 bucks. If u love your wiiu i think u have to at least consider this
I actually had a 32 gig usb thumb drive plugged into my 32gb Wii U for a while with no issues but nintendo recommends a hdd for durability sake I guess but I would not care a bit to use a cheap usb drive I see no issues and worse come to worse if it goes bad just redownload the stuff.
One thing Nintendo has done right is backwards compatibility. should help bolster wii u software sales and gives buyers a sizeable launch library considering most never got a wii u.
Rumored leaked description supposedly of basic concept of the NX. The spreadsheet seen had what might be the official name of Nintendo Aki but personally this sounds all too Japanese to me (then again Wii does too). Most surprising thing here is the small touch screen on front of the actual console which was described as one of it's features being linked to amiibo functionality & scanning. When amiibo is placed above the screen there's supposedly some sort of amiibo animation & it's stored into the system until the game is turned off. Also the retro look (sort of resembles what we'd get if a NES and Wii U had a child) I find interesting & a built in 256 gig flash memory sounds about right for nintendo to keep the price down. At any rate I'm pretty excited for the NX regardless & especially like the rumor that it might use game cards instead of disc but this clearly shows a disc slot as well. Why both? backward compatibility or options for crossplay with handhelds would be my best guess.
You can, but they only really work in Wii mode. You need USB storage for Wii U downloads.
I've been using a 32 gb flash drive on mine for the past couple years, no issues at all. I even had the 10 GB of data packs for Xenoblade X loaded onto the flash drive and played that game alone for over 100 hours with constant streaming of data.
Not at all. You can sync any Game Pad to any WiiU, just like other controllers for other systems.
Unfortunately, due to the high cost of the gamepad, and lack of easy availability of replacements, the Wii U is going to have a pretty poor longer term system life (in a gamers own collection). Once the gamepad fails (and there are a lot of things in it that can fail), the system will be unusable. This, combined with the poor specs and missing features, make the console one of the worst in the last decade (or more). Not a very well designed or thought out system at all.
I see what you are saying but from a collectors standpoint I think people will want to buy these sealed to collect because it's the worse selling console nintendo has ever offered (unless you count the virtual boy not sure what to classify it as). I'm sure nintendo will thrive again next generation as it did with wii it was just the wii U was a marketing disaster & lack on online voice chat really destroyed it because those options were available on the 360 and PS3 & the timing could not have been worse many waited on PS4 and XB1. Nintendo players will want to play the jewels that they missed out on by not having a Wii U & it will be a hot item but low numbers out there compared to demand. This happens with all nintendo consoles sooner or later.
