Wii U Hardware Comparisons

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Teriol on 08 November 2012

Chark said:

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im worry about the overheating, its to small.

Do not worry too much, the power source is not inside the box and the ventilation seems to be very good.

It is one massive power block too! Just watch Nintendo Direct. It's almost the size of the Wii U! Not really, but that thing is not easy on the power consumption. It is impressively small though.

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Cobretti2 on 08 November 2012

who copied who again?

the first building block

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DieAppleDie on 08 November 2012

its like a Wii but with a fatter ass
and i love it

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VGKing on 08 November 2012

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That is one sexy console.

NO. It really isn't.

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VGKing on 08 November 2012

F0X said:

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MS should sue nintendo for copying their controller.

Nintendo should sue MS for copying the GameCube controller.

I don't see how ms copied gc controller, it does not look anything like any xbox controller I have seen.

The Wii U Pro controller looks nothing like any Xbox controller I've seen.

Design is exactly the same. The only different is button placement.

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fordy on 08 November 2012

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Why is the console so elongated?

Why are you asking this in two different threads when it's already been answered? Are you really looking for an answer or just trolling?

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VGKing on 08 November 2012

fordy said:

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Why is the console so elongated?

Why are you asking this in two different threads when it's already been answered? Are you really looking for an answer or just trolling?

Never got answered in the other thread. Someone finally manged to answer it in this thread so don't worry I won't ask it again......calm down.

Still a bad design choice IMO.

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F0X on 08 November 2012

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F0X said:

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I don't see how ms copied gc controller, it does not look anything like any xbox controller I have seen.

The Wii U Pro controller looks nothing like any Xbox controller I've seen.

Design is exactly the same. The only different is button placement.

Which is why it look nothing like any 360 controller I've seen.

His original post claimed that MS could/should sue Nintendo, and I'm making the point that the differences are more than enough to avoid confusion. A lawsuit would be ridiculous.

Also the whole "X copied X" thing is getting old. Actually it was already older than dirt, but everyone here seems to like repeating irrelevant points.

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fordy on 08 November 2012

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fordy said:

VGKing said:
Why is the console so elongated?

Why are you asking this in two different threads when it's already been answered? Are you really looking for an answer or just trolling?

Never got answered in the other thread. Someone finally manged to answer it in this thread so don't worry I won't ask it again......calm down.

Still a bad design choice IMO.

Seems like you're selectively reading, so let me just paste this here, from the other thread:

fordy said:

VGKing said:
-Console looks ugly. Why did they choose to make it long instead of wide? t's just weird....
-Why the power brick? Is there a technical reason for this? Does the power supply not fit inside the console? Why is PS3 the only console to not have a power brick?
-Wii U Pro controller looks nice. Wonder if its actually usable. The button placements seem like an odd choice.
-Wii U gamepad disapoints. Needs its own power chord to charge. No charging via USB, only 3-5hour battery life despite the console being the one doing all the work.....
-Launch line-up is nice but not anything that convinces me to jump ship since the best of the line-up is available on PS3/360 as well...

I'd prefer longer to wider. Why? Real estate on my entertainment centre front is scarce. Still looks a damn sight better than the plastic sliding top of the new PS3.

Power bricks are modular. Being the part that is most likely to fail (maybe 2nd now if you include a mechanical HDD), it can be replaced. It also reduces size of the console (once again, valuable real estate) and makes it more robust, due to not being in the same vicinity as hot AC transformers, bridge rectifier diodes and voltage regulators.

Button placement on the Wii U Pro controller seems very logical for FPSes. I personally prefer the 360 controller at the moment, due to the most common sticks and buttons being closer to the centre of focus for the controller, but I'd like to see how this one feels.

The design choice could be considered more smart than bad, especially those who do not wish to use up real estate in the entertainment centre. A lot smarter in an entertainment centre setup than a plastic sliding top, no?