Who buying Wii U?

[NightDragon83]

I gotta say that I'm definitely more interested in the Wii U after this conference than I was after either E3 show for many reasons...

- The black console is official, and it looks sexy as hell!
- The price is just what I expected (though I think Nintendo Land should be a pack-in for both SKUs, right now the $299 "core" SKU doesn't seem like much value unless you're absolutely dead-set against getting Nintendo Land).
- The launch window lineup is stellar (great 3rd party support right out of the gate, though no Pikmin 3 just yet).
- LOVE the fact that you can use pretty much any size external HDD for all your storage needs, so no worries about the SKUs being replaced with models that have more storage anytime soon or having to buy expensive proprietary HDDs that only marginally increase your storage capacity.
- All the extra multimedia features that come right out the box like TVii and synching all your apps together in one neat package with a dedicated and intuitive interface make it an even bigger value.

All this makes me want to pick up a Wii U more than ever before, BUT, still not gonna pick it up on day 1 yet because...

- Waiting to see if there's any major faults with the launch units.
- Need to try the tablet controller out for myself to see how it feels when playing traditional games like AC3 or COD.
- Still not sold on Nintendo's online network infrastructure... Miiverse and all that seems like just a big gimmick for the casuals, and if there's lots of lag when playing online multiplayer games then it's a no no for me until they iron those issues out.

If all three of those things turn out OK, then I'll have no problem dropping 350 bones on a sexy black Wii U console.