Kotaku - Meet Megumi. She got a Wii U, and she thinks the Wii U's operating system is "too slow". To show how slow it is, Megumi presses the settings icon and then runs a stop watch. It takes nearly 17 seconds.
And then, she presses back to the Wii U main menu and clocks that loading time, too. That seems to take over 20 seconds.
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Same situation can apply in games where you'll have things pop in a few metres infront of you which can get you killed. Slow texture loads, not deciphering if something is a rock or a person. NES fans shouldn't stand for a rubbish product. NES fanatics would though and spin this to mean the console is so powerful that this happens or something else. The Wii u is rubbish. I can't wait for next gen consoles the xbox next and ps4.
On topic: What on Earth is up with that slow load time??! That is completely unacceptable and to have wait for a future update and hoping that this is remedied is just not on.
And seriously, if someone comes along and says, "oh it's only 30 seconds, make a sandwich and quit moaning" I will lose all faith in humanity.
Maybe my HTC One X has spoiled me but I'd like to think that, in this day and age, and for tech that's touted as next gen, waiting for minute intervals whilst switching between a couple of apps is just not acceptable.
PLEASE tell me you're not blaming the Wii U's hardware for the slow loading. This is an OS, not a freaking particle simulator. If my 1ghz single-core smart phone with 375mbs of RAM can run Jingerbread Android smoothly, then there's no excuse for the Wii U to be this sluggish. Hell, this console is more powerful and has faster RAM than my POS laptop, the Wii U, running an OS designed specifically for it, SHOULD be much faster.
The only excuse is that Nintendo's devs did an extremely poor job optimizing their OS--which isn't actually an excuse at all. Nintendo needs to fix their shit, and haters need to stop making fools of themselves by acting like you need an i7 and 16gbs of ddr4 ram to run an operating system.
Since PS3 and xbox360 never had firmware updates because they were perfect....O wait It's Hatsune, the wonderful unicorn from planet BS.
The more people that talk about it the faster Nintendo might try and fix it. It shouldn't really be this slow. That simple really.
Or should I just grab my coat?
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im pretty sure it not disk since the buffer is highter then the ps3 blu ray. but im certain that its a os type or prebleme because navigating from menu to menu is take some time. i honestly dont complain on stuff like that since because i dont give a ---- but ever since people been complaining about it, ive notice it more.
an other complaint I have with the OS is that it's impossible to switch of a controller and keep the console on (at least I haven't found out how to do it), specially knowing that the gamepad battery doesn't last that long.
other than that I love my WiiU. I'll just put this out there: it's better to own a PS3 or 360 and a WiiU than both ps3 and 360 and no wiiU.
This was a regular problem on the PS3 and still is for some game, but I don't remember seeing people covering generic videos of it likes its major news.
People will find any angle they can to hate on Nintendo.
I reckon I could easily boot up COD and search for a multiplayer game before I can access YouTube on the Wii U. Heck, Greenranger below can have TWO sex sessions in that time.
It's not that the devs did a poor job. I believe it's a deadline/budget issue and the " good enough for now" attitude that software developers tend to go with.
Firmware updates are there to improve things. So it's just a matter of time until they fix issue "x".
My PS3 has never taken 20 seconds to load a settings screen, or to navigate between menus...ever.
I miss the days where gaming console weren't waiting down with all of this useless media garbage. You bought it, put the game in and played the game. That's one thing I wish Nintendo would have stuck with.
Lol kidding its probably just a glitch and I'm sure that Nintendo will fix it.
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20 seconds to get out of the settings haha. I'm still getting one tho. Her unboxing video is awesome, made me lol!
why?
Sony and Microsoft are still trying to catch up to Nintendo in sells.
Don't even get started on energy efficiency and failure rate.
I dont play sales and im not a stockholder so i dont give a damn about that.Never use that in an argument against a real gamer and not a fanboy because it makes you look bad.
Efficiency is expected if you understand anything about how hardware works. Also i dont care about efficiency. I care about gaming. My PC sucks tremendous amounts of power and i dont give a damn. Why? Because it provides great looking visuals. Thats what i care about as a gamer.
Nintendo needs to stop cheaping out, start selling consoles at a loss like other companies and make some modern looking zelda and mario games. Megaman on nintendo would be cool too.
i wonder why nintendo thought it was acceptable at the testing period? surely somebody thought the alleged long pause between settings changes was unacceptable?
or maybe they just didn't care and would leave it until people complained.
either way, its a small thing to me, wouldnt affect my decision to buy one, just poor quality control on nintendos behalf
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It really is pretty slow. If they don't optimize it properly, people are just gonna' complain more! Hurry up and fix this Nintendo!
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