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I'll pick up which ever I can find the cheapest on craigslist after Bayonetta 2 comes out. Nintendo's huge popularity leads to massive amounts of units sold, which eventually creates an insanely cheap second hand market. I bought a Wii a little over a year after it was out with five or six games (plus about ten retro games downloaded and installed) for well under $200. I was given a DS for free. After the initial crazed frenzy, I'll find a cheap WiiU.
I'm on a wait list for the deluxe. I don't necessarily care about the extras, aside from the black console, but I've gotten into this mindset with gaming where 'it's only $X more, I waste that much on X every month.' Chances are if I didn't drop the extra $50, it'd likely just go towards 2 crappy backlog games, or something else that would have been considerably less useful.
I think the 32GB will come in handy if Nintendo lets you install game data, ala PS3/360, and as much as I too hate digital distribution, I know I can't escape it completely. I could use external storage, but I'm generally lazy and I don't have a storage solution that isn't already being used exclusively by something else. Of course Nintendo deserves some props for actually allowing external storage (since it took hackers to get that on the Wii), so long as we don't discover any weird restrictions they may place to avoid exploitation.
I personally will need a stand, as I'm still living in a small room with ever decreasing space. My U will likely stand right next to my Wii, as I don't have any other place to put it. I'll probably have to double up my sensor bars too. And at least Nintendo Land will give me something to do, as I really don't care much for any of the launch day games. If I manage to get one at launch, it, Warriors and maybe NSMBU will hold me until LEGO City, Tank Tank Tank, Wonderful 101, etc.
As long as they don't pull a Sony in the future and release a dozen different SKU's that I have to explain to customers, I'll be happy.
I think the 32GB will come in handy if Nintendo lets you install game data, ala PS3/360, and as much as I too hate digital distribution, I know I can't escape it completely. I could use external storage, but I'm generally lazy and I don't have a storage solution that isn't already being used exclusively by something else. Of course Nintendo deserves some props for actually allowing external storage (since it took hackers to get that on the Wii), so long as we don't discover any weird restrictions they may place to avoid exploitation.
I personally will need a stand, as I'm still living in a small room with ever decreasing space. My U will likely stand right next to my Wii, as I don't have any other place to put it. I'll probably have to double up my sensor bars too. And at least Nintendo Land will give me something to do, as I really don't care much for any of the launch day games. If I manage to get one at launch, it, Warriors and maybe NSMBU will hold me until LEGO City, Tank Tank Tank, Wonderful 101, etc.
As long as they don't pull a Sony in the future and release a dozen different SKU's that I have to explain to customers, I'll be happy.
@Arttemis
Yeah, there will be an initial wave of people charging like $500 for the Wii U, and it'll die down in a hurry. I'm sure they'll get cheap really quickly.
@Renegade
I can't see Nintendo releasing a ton of SKUs. Even the two that we're getting at launch isn't their style, so I can't see them flooding the market with more.
I guess the standing up thing doen't bug me too much because all my consoles just kind of endup on the carpet in front of my TV. That, and I'll probably unhook the original Wii for a while after I get the Wii U.
Yeah, there will be an initial wave of people charging like $500 for the Wii U, and it'll die down in a hurry. I'm sure they'll get cheap really quickly.
@Renegade
I can't see Nintendo releasing a ton of SKUs. Even the two that we're getting at launch isn't their style, so I can't see them flooding the market with more.
I guess the standing up thing doen't bug me too much because all my consoles just kind of endup on the carpet in front of my TV. That, and I'll probably unhook the original Wii for a while after I get the Wii U.
I have a deluxe pre-ordered. Cus I'm dumb :P
No actually, I like the idea of flash memory for downloadable games and game saves. Maybe even install one game at a time or something. IDK. Fast memory is hawt. I will definitely be buying a lot of digital content on Wii U, so that credit back thing sounds nice, too. Seriously, there's enough digital stuff on there already to keep me occupied for awhile.
That's about it. I like the way the black console looks, but I prefer the white gamepad, so...
EH. Only a $50 difference.
No actually, I like the idea of flash memory for downloadable games and game saves. Maybe even install one game at a time or something. IDK. Fast memory is hawt. I will definitely be buying a lot of digital content on Wii U, so that credit back thing sounds nice, too. Seriously, there's enough digital stuff on there already to keep me occupied for awhile.
That's about it. I like the way the black console looks, but I prefer the white gamepad, so...
EH. Only a $50 difference.
@smurfee
Heh, you're not dumb. I had a Deluxe Set preordered first, too. :P And if you know you're going to spend a ton on digital content, then you definitely made the right choice, just because of that.
Heh, you're not dumb. I had a Deluxe Set preordered first, too. :P And if you know you're going to spend a ton on digital content, then you definitely made the right choice, just because of that.
I still disagree about the "impressive" launch lineup. Many of those games are cross-platform, some like Batman and Trine 2 having been available for a year already on three other platforms. Right now the Wii U has just enough should-be-cross-platform exclusives to annoy me that it exists at all (eg Rayman Legends), and no AAA quality "Nintendo" titles to motivate me to purchase. It will improve over time, but I'm really floored that anyone would purchase this thing day one to play a bunch of games they can get on their existing system and a handful of (mostly half-ass) exclusives.
I guess the problem to me is that I am totally buried in games on PC- why buy a new system when I can't even keep up with the great titles on the system I already own? And anyone with a PS3/360 similarly has a huge library to play or purchase from. At this point it would still make more sense for a person with only a 360 or PS3 to buy the other "old" console for its exclusives. Beyond the irritating GamePad the Wii U has demonstrated no hardware advantages over the existing consoles, leaving its relatively meager library the only real difference.
I'll rethink it in a year if they can get me an awesome HD Mario, Zelda, or Metroid, though :)
I guess the problem to me is that I am totally buried in games on PC- why buy a new system when I can't even keep up with the great titles on the system I already own? And anyone with a PS3/360 similarly has a huge library to play or purchase from. At this point it would still make more sense for a person with only a 360 or PS3 to buy the other "old" console for its exclusives. Beyond the irritating GamePad the Wii U has demonstrated no hardware advantages over the existing consoles, leaving its relatively meager library the only real difference.
I'll rethink it in a year if they can get me an awesome HD Mario, Zelda, or Metroid, though :)
@Jinx
I think it's actually a GOOD thing that the Wii U is getting some of the ports that have been announced for it. The Wii didn't get a whole lot of third-party support outside of a bunch of minigame compilations, and I think just the fact that Nintendo is even getting any of these things is a good sign. And games like Mass Effect 3 will have all the DLC on the disc with the game, which is always enough to pull me in. That, and the fact that the touchscreen will actually make it play MORE like the PC version, without forcing the player to pause the action to use abilities.
I can understand not wanting to jump into a new system if you're already buried in games on other consoles. I'm not in that position -- I haven't really played many new releases at all, so I figure I can jump in. The PC has also been nothing but an Indie/GOG machine for me lately, too, and all the big releases get bought on the 360. As far as the Wii U goes, there are enough launch exclusives I'm interested in, so it won't be an issue for me. ZombiU by itself is pretty much selling me on it, and I'll definitely be getting Rayman Legends when it hits. I've picked up pretty much every Nintendo console I've owned on day one, and I've never had any complaints about it. They've all been my favorite gaming platforms so far.
I think it's actually a GOOD thing that the Wii U is getting some of the ports that have been announced for it. The Wii didn't get a whole lot of third-party support outside of a bunch of minigame compilations, and I think just the fact that Nintendo is even getting any of these things is a good sign. And games like Mass Effect 3 will have all the DLC on the disc with the game, which is always enough to pull me in. That, and the fact that the touchscreen will actually make it play MORE like the PC version, without forcing the player to pause the action to use abilities.
I can understand not wanting to jump into a new system if you're already buried in games on other consoles. I'm not in that position -- I haven't really played many new releases at all, so I figure I can jump in. The PC has also been nothing but an Indie/GOG machine for me lately, too, and all the big releases get bought on the 360. As far as the Wii U goes, there are enough launch exclusives I'm interested in, so it won't be an issue for me. ZombiU by itself is pretty much selling me on it, and I'll definitely be getting Rayman Legends when it hits. I've picked up pretty much every Nintendo console I've owned on day one, and I've never had any complaints about it. They've all been my favorite gaming platforms so far.
