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Wii U needs to sell one title to be profitable

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Wii-U-Profit-Margin,19248.html

Shutting off Wii U during massive updates brick consoles

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/wii-u-update-bricking-firmware,19180.html

No more Wii's http://www.tomshardware.com/news/No-More-Wii-First-Party,19237.html

Transferring from wii to Wii U is a complex process

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Transferring-Wii-to-Wii-U,18999.html

Wii U will be region locked http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-57518970-235/gamers-beware-nintendo-wii-u-will-be-region-locked/

One of the pressures that Nintendo was forced to face was keeping the costs of the Wii U low enough to keep it competitive with the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. This sells the wii U at a loss, but if one piece of wii u software is bought the profit then becomes positive

Wii U Just Needs to Sell One Title to Be Profitable

owners are already reporting problems with bricking their console.

turning off the Wii U during the middle of a massive update—reported 5 GB required to access all of the Wii U's online content.

this update would take most anywhere from an hour to five hours to download

Shutting off Wii U during Big Updates bricks Console

Wii sales slowed down significantly in the past two years.

When asked whether Nintendo had anything in the works for the Wii, he responded, "No, there are not right now."

No more Wii

With the Wii U's release just a mere two weeks away, concerns over Wii U and Wii compatibility have been rising.

Nintendo promised that the Wii U would have backwards compatibility with the Wii.

Not too long ago, it was revealed that Wii games on the Wii U wouldn't work properly with the Wii U Pro Controllers and would require the Wii Classic Pro Controllers.

Transferring from Wii to Wii U is a complex process

Nintendo's Wii U is following in its predecessors' footsteps with region-locking.

The Wii U won't allow gamers to play titles imported from other regions.

The news was published today by posters on gaming forums NeoGaf. Nintendo's Wii, along with all of its predecessors dating back to the Nintendo Entertainment System, are region-locked.

Microsoft and Sony allow publishers to decide whether their titles should be region-locked or not.

Gamers beware: Nintendo Wii U will be region-locked

Price $259.96 to $389.96 $219.99 to $534.30 $349.99 to $455.88 $299.99 to $549.99

Ratings 4/5 3.75/5 3.5/5 4/5

Bottom line

ThePS3 slims down to its smallest size ever while retaining everything we like and a few things we don't about the PlayStation 3.

Though the new Xbox 360 certainly addresses most of the concerns we've had with the versions before it, we don't think it warrants a purchase if you already own an Xbox 360 in working order

Despite some clever dual-screen gaming mechanics, the Wii U's lack of compelling exclusive software and an overall unpolished user experience make it tough to recommend in its current state.

Despite some clever dual-screen gaming mechanics, the Wii U's lack of compelling exclusive software and an overall unpolished user experience make it tough to recommend in its current state.

Media Type

BLU-RAY DVD Nintendo Wii discNintendo Wii U disc

Nintendo Wii discNintendo Wii U disc

Internal Memory 500 GB HDD 250 GB HDD 32 GB Flash 8 GB Flash

Media Type Blu-ray DVD Nintendo Wii disc ,Nintendo Wii U disc

Nintendo Wii disc ,Nintendo Wii U disc

CPU IBM Cell Broadband Engine ( 8-core )

Xenon IBM IBM

RAM 256 MB XDRAM 512mb ram SDHC Memory Card SDHC Memory Card

Graphics Controller

NVIDIA RSX

Video Memory 256 MB GDDR3 SDRAM

Sound Stereo Stereo Stereo Stereo

Network Bluetooth 2.0 EDR,Gigabit Ethernet,802.11b/g

Fast Ethernet,802.11b/g/n

802.11b/g/n 802.11b/g/n

Width 11.4 in 12 in 6.7 in 6.7 in

Depth 11.4 in 11.5 in 10.6 in 10.6 in

Height 2.6 in 7.2 in 1.8 in 1.8 in

Color 7.1 lbs 10.9 lbs 3.5 lbs 3.5 lbs

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