Look.  Spider-Man 3 was a decent enough movie but don't base your life on the actions of Harry Osborne.

I won't buy Wii U 'coz:

• I'm not into Nintendo's 1st party games.
• I won't buy a console, only to play 3rd party games on it, even though Rayman Legends looks awesome.
• IMO controler is too big and too clunky. If I want to play a game on a small screen while my significant other is watching TV or whatever I'll grab a handheld or a tablet or a smartphone which I already own.
• Most of my freinds are on PSN nowadays and I'm assuming they'll stay there as well in future....

Price isn't a good indicator for power. The Gamecube was very cheap, but it was a gen ahead of PS2 in specs.

Most of us THINK that PS4 and Nextbox will be more powerful, but we may be surprised. In either case, I don't believe the WiiU will be as far behind competition as the PS2 was behind XBox and Gamecube.

I'm gonna let you in on a little secret. Everybody in this thread (except for ONE GUY) wants a Wii U. They're just saying that the don't want one in a sad attempt to drive down the demand for the system. That way, they can literally waltz (I mean "literally", too!) into Gamestop, pick up a system, and waltz home while the rest of us look like suckers.

The idea of playing online Call of Duty with your best friend in HD while one of you uses a Wii Remote for the best aiming controls, ever and the other has his own screen and plays from another room--no sane person can ignore that. I spent close to an hour watching trailers for Wii U games on the 3DS eShop last night. It just looks too awesome. The third party stuff is looking good, too.

just out of curiosity, what didnt they learn??

I'm not,because the 3Ds is my last gaming system,ever. The wiiu would have to cook for me and do my laundry,for me to want one. hahaha.

If we were talking about Sony or Microsoft I would be more inclined to agree as both have a history of selling consoles below cost in order to increase marketshare. Nintendo on the other hand has a different business model and they typically sell their hardware at a profit.

Though I hope you are right I suspect what may happen is a repeat scenario where developers make next gen games on PC/720/PS4 and a seperate game for the Wii U/PS3/360.

Also keep in mind that Nintendo is close to launching their console while Sony and Microsoft haven't even announced theirs. So on top of likely selling more expensive consoles they will also have the added advantage of having more modern hardware as they will release no earlier than 2013. Btw when I say advantage I am only talking about hardware performance advantage not sales.

In any case it is extremely exciting to see what they all come up with and to compare the final specs for all when they become available.

thats kinda vauge, what is your definition of proper support. I could kinda see the release issue.

well damn, fair enough. I do most of my portable gaming outside of my house, so for me i never really felt like i needed a large library of games for my portables as i usual only play a few at a time. Ive had my 3ds since March and ive only bought Mario3d, MK7, and KH3d, im good. Already beat Mario3d got kinda bored with Kart, but i will be playing KH for the foreseeable future. I think youre right TBH, the only game im looking forward to is Luigis Mansion and that aint coming till next year, i might skip NSMB3 al together.