Ditto.

I don't understand spec details. It's all foreign to me. I came into the current gen thinking the Wii was on par with the 360 and ps3. So specs don't really matter to me.

I do look at the specs before purchasing a console. I consider it important.

OP, have you ever had unprotected sex with a girl without first checking under the hood to see if she has any STDs?

Well most people would if the girl is decent looking and horny for sex as the final result is pleasure for you.

Consoles are the same principle as long as the final result is pleasure, people will not care too much what it offers under the hood.

That depends on the product, and on the specs. For instance, when I'm shopping for a new iPod, there are a few things I need to know about the one I'm buying: memory, battery life, processing speed is nice if I'm thinking about using it as a mobile web browser. There are also specs I don't care about, such as the ins-and-outs of the camera. It has a camera, and that's pretty cool I guess, but I don't care enough about it to let that affect my decision.

The Wii U is more powerful than the PS3, but less powerful than a couple of imaginary consoles that don't exist yet. I don't need to know the size, shape, and color of every part inside the Wii U. It's a game console; it's going to play all of the games sold in Wii U packaging. That much is clear. Its features, not specs, are pretty important. I don't care what's going on under the hood to make those features work. I didn't know the specs of the Sega Genesis when I was 5 (no, I didn't even know it had blast processing), I didn't know the specs of the N64 when I was 8, I didn't know the specs of the GameCube when I was 12, I didn't know the specs of the Wii when I was 16, and yet somehow I was able to enjoy playing games on those consoles.

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When I buy a product I look at what it can do (in the case of a console, the games it can run). In PC's and other devices this is tied to the specs, but this is not the case of the Wii U (or any other console) since it'll run all Wii U games.

But yeah, we all know what's going on here.

That would be about 90% of the people who buy Apple products lol

No i never pay attention to the specs. I would buy it as long as it has Final Fantasy and GTA and Halo.

Would I buy a console without knowing the specs? Absolutely, if I think it will bring me some profit. Would I buy the console for myself? No.