considering that for gaming its much better to use a wired connection i say this is a very stupid decision, just shows how cheap nintendo is

Does anybody know where I can get a decent wifi/usb dongle for my Wii U. Or if anybody is already selling one prior to the launch? My wifi will not reach my living room, and I run my internet through electrical wire in the wall to reach my living room. Will any USB/WiFi dongle work?

I'm a PS3/360 owner and I play online a fair bit. I'm buying a Wii U and Call of Duty on day one. My Router is less than three feet from where my Wii U is going to be (already have the spot cleared out). My PS3/360/TV/PC are all connected to the net by Ethernet......and I couldn't give a fuck less about the Wii U not having that option.

And thus, my only post in this thread is done. Hope you enjoyed it.

1) I own a 360 and a wii. Is it a sin to own a 360 or what are you trying to say?

2) Even if Wii U would be #3 choice, you could still want to play some online game with the console.

For me it sounds that you want only pro nintendo comments on this matter.

Well, to actually contribute to OP, my roommate was playing Diablo 3 and I was having a chat with him about the internet connection. He was getting dropped packets every now and that would cause all the action to freeze and could cause him to die.

Well, he switched his connection from Wifi to Wired a few weeks back and apparently it was a little bit better. But then, the wired connection also started dropping packets, so the bottleneck was our ISP's service to us.

All in all the wired connection gave him a bit of an upgrade, but the true bottleneck wasn't that. Also, a better wifi router was also something he was meaning to test. Most people who care about this kind of thing actually have good wifi routers.

You kinda missed my point but i won't bother to expand on that.

Why is it a mistake? Nintendo probably won't think it is and many people couldn't care if less if it had a ethernet port or not.

An important lesson in business as in life is that you can't please everyone.

It's the millions of consumers that don't give a shit about a crappy ethernet port that nintendo are after, it's the millions that don't care if the graphics on the wii u are not "modern".

If you need ethernet or "bleeding edge garphics" don't buy it. I am sure nintendo don't expect you to.

And yeah, everyone makes mistakes. Only an idiot won't except that. But what is one man's mistake is another man's smart move.

Even mistakes can be subjective.

so that was YOU kick my dialup ass on tribes.

I think I posted on this thread more than enough but I'm just going to say that what 10-15 people think this is a big problem won't affect in real life. 

Internet comments =/= real life performance

This is obvious, but I'm pretty sure a lot of people think otherwise.

Ultimately the question boils down to, was the saved expense of the ethernet port less valuable than the option?

If the item costs a few cents, is the cost to offer the option valid? Does it improve the console's image for the more performance-conscious or tech-savy crowd?

If so, a few cents would have been worth the cost. It also seems that Nintendo wanted to keep the ports to a minimum to avoid requiring more space used on the U's exterior. That could be a possibility, but much easier to disprove if someone could bring up a good image of a U. Oh, here's one:

They are only building a 100mbit to home user network in my country right now. And it will be completed in 5 years time. Jus tintime for the gen after next lol.

Point being I still won't see those magical 350mbps connection you have.