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Mazty on 09 December 2012

It isn't sold out...I've no idea where people are getting that idea from. People don't care for it in the UK. It doesn't have enough exclusives to warrant spending £250 in a depression. They'd rather get a tablet or smartphone.



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Alby_da_Wolf on 10 December 2012

I've been yesterday at MediaWorld, they had a pile of ~15 WiiUs lazily put near Wiis and a clerk was refilling the pile with a few others. All home and portable consoles were in stock, there was NO demo WiiU at all and all the other demo units were turned off, except the 3DS XL, that had no games installed, and the PS3, that was running as usual in that store on a 50"+ TV, with a salesman attending it too. It was equiped with Move and was running Book of Spells, and a toddler, no more than two yrs old, was randomly shaking the PS Dildo, and guess what? Amongst the errors he was randomly casting the right spells and advancing in the game... Harry Potter "Magus for Dummius " confirmed?



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Play4Fun on 10 December 2012
KylieDog said:
sethnintendo said:
KylieDog said:


More like Nintendo didn't do a good enough job launching the new product if people don't even realise it is a new product.  Should have called it Wii2 or an entirely new name, made it clear is a different product and not an extention.  They made same mistake with DS/3DS, people presume was just a DS with 3D, even forced Nintendo to make adverts that made clear was a new console.  I bet WiiU has similar ads in near future.


You are wrong.  It has already happened.  Nintendo is trying to make distinction between the Wii and Wii U with their advertising.  They are calling it a next gen console in their ads.  Nintendo has to inform the misinformed public.

Calling it a next gen console isn't good enough, every console does that.  With 3DS they made very clear 'this is a 3DS not a DS'.  I bet they have a 'This is not a Wii, is a WiiU' type ads.


People have been going into gaming stores since the beginning of time asking if a PS2 game can play on their PS1 or if a Xbox 360 game can play on their Xbox.

It's not some big new issue like you seem to think it is.



Turkish on 10 December 2012
Mazty said:
It isn't sold out...I've no idea where people are getting that idea from. People don't care for it in the UK. It doesn't have enough exclusives to warrant spending £250 in a depression. They'd rather get a tablet or smartphone.


This is what Ive been hearing everyday from my UK connections. There is no shortage, WiiUs are on shelves.



Mazty on 10 December 2012
Turkish said:
Mazty said:
It isn't sold out...I've no idea where people are getting that idea from. People don't care for it in the UK. It doesn't have enough exclusives to warrant spending £250 in a depression. They'd rather get a tablet or smartphone.


This is what Ive been hearing everyday from my UK connections. There is no shortage, WiiUs are on shelves.


Yep. One major reason is mass consumer confusion. Check this out:
http://www.play.com/Games/Games/6-/Console-Store-Wii.html

That's right. To find the Wii U you have to go through the Wii store. One major mess up from Ninty has been that as the controller was the selling point of the last console, people think the Wii U is just an accessory, or a revamped Wii, not an entirely new console. It looks too similar and the name means nothing to joe-average. With PS2->PS3 and Xbox->Xbox 360 it's quite clear one is a new iteration of the last. Wii -> Wii U? Is that like Playstation Move? Ninty have a few big creases they need to iron out over here. 



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Turkish on 10 December 2012
Mazty said:
Turkish said:
Mazty said:
It isn't sold out...I've no idea where people are getting that idea from. People don't care for it in the UK. It doesn't have enough exclusives to warrant spending £250 in a depression. They'd rather get a tablet or smartphone.


This is what Ive been hearing everyday from my UK connections. There is no shortage, WiiUs are on shelves.


Yep. One major reason is mass consumer confusion. Check this out:
http://www.play.com/Games/Games/6-/Console-Store-Wii.html

That's right. To find the Wii U you have to go through the Wii store. One major mess up from Ninty has been that as the controller was the selling point of the last console, people think the Wii U is just an accessory, or a revamped Wii, not an entirely new console. It looks too similar and the name means nothing to joe-average. With PS2->PS3 and Xbox->Xbox 360 it's quite clear one is a new iteration of the last. Wii -> Wii U? Is that like Playstation Move? Ninty have a few big creases they need to iron out over here. 


Yeah, its a horrible decision to name it WiiU, why not Super Wii, or Wii 2? What does WiiU mean? People see the GamePad and think its just a new controller for Wii. :(



Alby_da_Wolf on 10 December 2012
Turkish said:
Mazty said:
Turkish said:
Mazty said:
It isn't sold out...I've no idea where people are getting that idea from. People don't care for it in the UK. It doesn't have enough exclusives to warrant spending £250 in a depression. They'd rather get a tablet or smartphone.


This is what Ive been hearing everyday from my UK connections. There is no shortage, WiiUs are on shelves.


Yep. One major reason is mass consumer confusion. Check this out:
http://www.play.com/Games/Games/6-/Console-Store-Wii.html

That's right. To find the Wii U you have to go through the Wii store. One major mess up from Ninty has been that as the controller was the selling point of the last console, people think the Wii U is just an accessory, or a revamped Wii, not an entirely new console. It looks too similar and the name means nothing to joe-average. With PS2->PS3 and Xbox->Xbox 360 it's quite clear one is a new iteration of the last. Wii -> Wii U? Is that like Playstation Move? Ninty have a few big creases they need to iron out over here. 


Yeah, its a horrible decision to name it WiiU, why not Super Wii, or Wii 2? What does WiiU mean? People see the GamePad and think its just a new controller for Wii. :(

WAIT! ISN'T IT?   



Stwike him, Centuwion. Stwike him vewy wuffly! (Pontius Pilate, "Life of Brian")
A fart without stink is like a sky without stars.
TGS, Third Grade Shooter: brand new genre invented by Kevin Butler exclusively for Natal WiiToo Kinect. PEW! PEW-PEW-PEW!   


Argh_College on 17 December 2012

Not looking good