OK lets make this a /thread.
No more friend codes! YUSSSSSS!
Don't buy the regular version, apparently Nintendo fucked up online (Surprise), firmware updates are 5 gig, and it's slooooooow in updating, so prepare yourself and your horribly dodgy Telkom ADSL 128k line which you share with your 9 siblings in Boksburg. EDIT: Could be that this is just a huge update containing all the extra staggered release crap.
ZombiU crashing and burning at a Gamespot review score of 4.5/10, so that should be a major hit in SA.
weeaboo central, kotaku, saying ME3 WiiU looks like garbage.
Bad ports! Bad ports EVERWHERE.
UPDATE: no monster hunter yet.
UPDATE UPDATE: no monster hunter yet.
Battery life is horribly kak on the wii controller, 3 hours max.
The controller uses a modified patented wireless 802.11n Broadcom protocol, Brad (GB) did mention some tiny artifacts in text when moving further than about 20 feet from the console. Console itself supports 802.11N, so get a wireless N switch/router and enjoy some lekker How I met Your Mother HD reruns streaming perfectly once it's jailbroken.
ZombiU framerate while using interactive map on controller / two player hybrid looks insultingly low.
Actual WiiU third party developer: "Man, I had completely forgotten this was coming out tonight, and I even worked on a launch title "
Another comment from a dev on the hardware:
"Fair enough. Not sure what I can say that will back my claims up without getting my self in trouble. But I will try to clarify a bit without getting too specific.
The current Wii U dev kit i am talking about (not this supposed new one in the last few weeks) Is slightly LESS powerful than the Xbox 360. What I mean by that is that we would have to scale back/change our Xbox/PS3 games to run on the console. Its a tri core out of order cpu with 1GB of pretty slow ram and a decently featured gpu that lacks raw muscle. Its good and efficient, just not that powerful. As we all know they can change it and according to rumors they have. But nothing they can do this late in the game is going to dramatically change its performance. When it ships it will be in the ball park of the Xbox 360/PS3 (give or take a little). But in no way will it be 2x or more powerful then the HD twins. Just not happening.
I am a huge Nintendo fanboy, so I am disappointed that they are not putting more power in the box. Nintendo will have no problem making great looking games on it, and 3rd party studios will be able to port games from 360/ps3. But when ever MS/Sony show their next consoles it might not be so true.
So believe it or not. Either way is cool by me"
No more friend codes! YUSSSSSS!
Don't buy the regular version, apparently Nintendo fucked up online (Surprise), firmware updates are 5 gig, and it's slooooooow in updating, so prepare yourself and your horribly dodgy Telkom ADSL 128k line which you share with your 9 siblings in Boksburg. EDIT: Could be that this is just a huge update containing all the extra staggered release crap.
ZombiU crashing and burning at a Gamespot review score of 4.5/10, so that should be a major hit in SA.
weeaboo central, kotaku, saying ME3 WiiU looks like garbage.
Bad ports! Bad ports EVERWHERE.
UPDATE: no monster hunter yet.
UPDATE UPDATE: no monster hunter yet.
Battery life is horribly kak on the wii controller, 3 hours max.
The controller uses a modified patented wireless 802.11n Broadcom protocol, Brad (GB) did mention some tiny artifacts in text when moving further than about 20 feet from the console. Console itself supports 802.11N, so get a wireless N switch/router and enjoy some lekker How I met Your Mother HD reruns streaming perfectly once it's jailbroken.
ZombiU framerate while using interactive map on controller / two player hybrid looks insultingly low.
Actual WiiU third party developer: "Man, I had completely forgotten this was coming out tonight, and I even worked on a launch title "
Another comment from a dev on the hardware:
"Fair enough. Not sure what I can say that will back my claims up without getting my self in trouble. But I will try to clarify a bit without getting too specific.
The current Wii U dev kit i am talking about (not this supposed new one in the last few weeks) Is slightly LESS powerful than the Xbox 360. What I mean by that is that we would have to scale back/change our Xbox/PS3 games to run on the console. Its a tri core out of order cpu with 1GB of pretty slow ram and a decently featured gpu that lacks raw muscle. Its good and efficient, just not that powerful. As we all know they can change it and according to rumors they have. But nothing they can do this late in the game is going to dramatically change its performance. When it ships it will be in the ball park of the Xbox 360/PS3 (give or take a little). But in no way will it be 2x or more powerful then the HD twins. Just not happening.
I am a huge Nintendo fanboy, so I am disappointed that they are not putting more power in the box. Nintendo will have no problem making great looking games on it, and 3rd party studios will be able to port games from 360/ps3. But when ever MS/Sony show their next consoles it might not be so true.
So believe it or not. Either way is cool by me"
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