The Nintendo WiiU is next-gen because...?

[TeddostheFireKing]

thetonestarr said:

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How are you able to store games on your PS3? By paying a LOT extra to have a hard drive, correct? And without that HDD, your system has zero storage, yes? WiiU is going to give users the option of hard drive, allowing you to have 2x or even 3x as much space - because you can buy what you want from where you want - for the same price. I know exactly where I'll be able to throw down $60 and have a full terabyte of storage for my WiiU. Can you do that for your PS3?

8GB of storage space is just what the WiiU has without you doing that, and anybody who actually thinks that the 8GB is what the WiiU is limited to is, quite frankly, a complete idiot.

You can upgrade the hard drive in any PS3 yourself, just use a laptop hard drive like Turkish said.

The WiiU is next gen because there was a clear gap between this piece of hardware and the last (6 years). I generally dislike the phrase next gen, its intentionally derogatory towards the Wii. At the beginning of the gen, I didn't mind, but especially now, when people like Geoff Keighly say next gen, I almost think they're referring to the PS4 and Xbox 3 as this generation is well and truly in its later half.