Nintendo Reminds Wii U Owners That It's a New Console

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  • eklipz330
    the title should say "nintendo is sad that wii u doesn't print money like wii"
    with things like tablets and cheaper computers, consoles are becoming more irrelevant... sony and microsoft have to be bringing a lot to the table or they will suffer the same fate
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  • de5_Roy
    meanwhile, real life reminds nintendo that wii u's hardware is so weak that people think that it is an old console in a new box.
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  • kanoobie
    Your average person cares less about specs and more about features/functionality. I think this is more of an advertisement/product development fail on Nintendo's part.
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  • DRosencraft
    You know where might have been a good place to do this? At some kind of big conference where there is tons of media and lots of gamers paying attention, preferably in the early summer... say, June. If only there was a way they could go to something like that and hold like, I don't know, and hour to hour and half long press conference all about whatever they felt like talking about. Too bad that doesn't exist. #sarcasm
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  • mousseng
    So wait. This "Wii U" thing here - it does everything the Wii did, but with some new features and games? That sounds very much like an upgrade to me.
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  • dark_lord69
    And even cheaper if you buy it on eBay...
    cause nobody wants one...
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  • matt_b
    Consumers should remind Nintendo that not only is the hardware outdated and weak, but the number of quality game releases lacks as much as it did for the Wii. They absolutely blew it with the Wii; so many consoles, so many quality-title-deprived Wii owners, and yet here we are again, except no one is buying the new console.
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  • ubercake
    When the crap that runs on the console only looks like a slight upgrade, people are going to think they are dealing with an upgrade.
    Wii U seems like Wii XL or something. Ever notice how there are very few screenshots along with descriptions for Wii U titles?
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  • bison88
    How can something that is hardly an improvement from the N64 (Wii and Wii-U) be next-generation? The thing can barely call itself "NEW" without facing false advertisement lawsuits.
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  • bigshootr8
    I don't want excuses if I owned this console. The reason that this console isn't successful is partially due to the remote the interface the games and the lack of graphics within the console sure games may be okay now but imagine time goes by and new games are made for the console how will they compare to ps4 or xbox 720.
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