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o_O.Q said:
dahuman said:
o_O.Q said:
Galaki said:
HappySqurriel said:

I don't think we're talking about the same thing ...

Everytime the rumours about the Wii U have changed you can see the opinions of some people flip-flop between "The Wii U being more powerful is meaningless because the HD consoles are good enough anyways" and "The Wii U is garbage because it is not dramatically more powerful than the HD consoles"

You must be new to vgc, but let me explain to you "our" train of thoughts.

720P graphics on PS3 is awesome. ( in 2006 )

720P grahpics on Xbox360 is meh. ( 2005 )

720P graphics on WiiU is garbage. ( years later in 2012 )

 

Okay, now that you're up to speed, continue discussion.

fixed i added some context... i personally don't understand how some people expect people who've owned HD consoles to be impressed with a visual showing that is just on par or slightly ( from what we've seen ) better than what they've been seeing on the consoles they already own.

the only thing that nintendo has shown so far to truly differentiate the wii u is of course the tablet controller and while some of the capabilities they've shown are interesting ( like accessing an inventory from the tablet ) the overall presentation was lacking... then theres also the fact that the wii u as a games platform unlike the wii isn't completely unique :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpQ7GamEfnI

so far people are imo justified in being skeptical

lets get something straight here, how much does an ipad2 cost? how much does apple air tv cost? how good does that real racing 2 look to you? how do I use wifi on the ipad2 when it's playing that thing? coocoo for coco puffs yo.

yes even though the price hasn't been announced for wii u we can be fairly certain that the ipad, air tv etc will be a more costly solution... that is if you hadn't already owned an ipad... but the point i was going for is that the wii at that period in time was completely unique but the wii u to the average consumer is going to seem very similar to tablets already on the market especially since they are getting streaming features now then theres the added advantage of being able to carry tablets anywhere with you

You are asking that every house hold to have a reciever type device in which first, they'd need to all have the tablet that comes with a reciever device, second, to be all compatible with each other, third, to up the cost of the overall due to that, that's not how computing works. And if my handheld has only a multi-touch screen, I'll murder somebody, because that's definitely no the best gaming solution at all. Oh, and local multi-player would require four 600 dollar tablets or more, in which I ask, "huh?"