Forget sales, would you like Wii U as much without the Gamepad?

[Dusk]

TomaTito said:

Dusk said:
First there is off screen play. Fricken amazing. In the middle of a game and someone wants to watch TV, no problem, switch it to the gamepad and continue gaming. Plus it has decent range for many houses as long as there isn't too much interference. I can get it about 35-40 feet away from the console, to the opposite side of the apartment and it works great. Recent updates seem to have increased the effective range and this is also with lots of interference since it is an apartment building.

Are your walls made of paper? :P

My WiiU only works in my open plan living room, and close to the TV area, it even struggles if you take it to the kitchen area. Same thing happens in my friends and family houses, only works where the console is located. It would be nice if I could take it to my bedrooms, even the toilets, but alas. That's why I called it a limited handheld. Range was one of the let downs for me (due to 5GHz band, I know...), I wanted to use it everywhere in the house xD

Not at all lol. The hallway is mostly clear of clutter and I could almost see the Wii U from the end of it at that 35-40ft range. It makes sense it might struggle in a kitchen actually. Do you have a microwave in there? Between Fridges, freezers, all the other emf from so many appliances in kitchens it makes lots of sense that there could be issues. I can't use it in the master bedroom which is the farthest from the console, but beyond that it works everywhere in my apartment. I'm not sure what could be causing so many issues with yours and your friends capabilities for the blutooth. Is it surrounded by other consoles/DVD/TV that also send/receive signals? Any of those could cause issues as well. Even if they do use different frequencies they can still cause issues.