The WiiU is reportedly already selling out ahead of time for this holiday season.
The WiiU is going to be the first new console out, hopefully by Christmas this year.
As it stands, I have no plans to purchase a WiiU at launch or otherwise.
The WiiU has a few advantages on its side that past consoles have not.
Will these sort of numbers eventually lead to the WiiU surpassing the Wii as time goes on?
It seems like the WiiU set the precedent for this being essential in the next generation of consoles.
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One that everyone will be clamoring to play, and a reason to pick up the WiiU at launch.
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Nintendo debuted the WiiU, and the entire world is still trying to sort out exactly what it is, myself included.
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Nintendo has been claiming for the past few months that the WiiU will be their best console launch to date.
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My critique of the WiiU yesterday after its pricing and release date announcement sparked an interesting debate among readers.
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Many gamers are reluctant to drop money on a WiiU before at least knowing the what the competition has to offer.
All we really know about the WiiU is what we were shown.
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From a power perspective, the WiiU is very much on par with the graphical capabilities of the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.
In comparison, The WiiU will probably take nine months or a year or more to be released after its announcement at E3 last year.
Will the WiiU be able to prove appealing to that same group, many of whom now have dusty, rarely used Wiis on their shelves?
Similar results have been seen over at Nintendo as the Wii has now become something of a dinosaur, especially with the WiiU on the horizon.
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The very apparent connection is that the inlaid screen of the WiiU controller allows for similar functionality, but on closer examination, is this really a competitor?
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It shows that despite critiques (from people like me), the WiiU does have a relatively strong launch line-up, especially when compared to its predecessor, the Wii.
Mitsushige Akino, a chief fund manager at Ichiyoshi Investment Management, says that the WiiU should NOT be blamed for the drop, rather the culprit is investor expectations.
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The WiiU is going to have a lot more third party support, thanks to the fact that its graphical capabilities will finally at least be on par with the current generation.
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Conversely, if the WiiU is a huge hit and manages to pair Nintendo titles with the third party games everyone wants to play, it could surge to the top once more.
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The last games of the current generation will probably be some of the best third-party games the WiiU ever gets, as developers move forward and focus on the truly next-gen consoles.
Nintendo has a lot riding on the WiiU, the first announced next gen console of the big three, but there is a long ways to go before we actually see that released.
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An now with the WiiU, the graphics have still yet to be actually seen in action, but word is they should be about on the level of the PS3 and 360, if not slightly better.
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If the WiiU continues to sell well, and we really do have new systems from Sony and Microsoft by the end of next year, you will see a dramatic rise in sales of hardware and software alike.
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