slashgear.com: I have a Wii U. And although I find its motion implementation quite fun at times, and the addition of a second screen a good idea, I haven’t played it at all in the last couple of weeks.
I decided to conduct an informal poll with other people I know who also own a Wii U. I asked them if they’ve been playing with the console much since its launch. Nearly every person said that they played it somewhat heavily in the first week after launch, but little after that.
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Anyway, I used my Wii U daily because I mostly earn my living online, and the internet browser in amazing.
When I got to the line " I used my Wii U daily because I mostly earn my living online,..." I thought you were one of those spambots. I was thinking "son of a bi" then I processed the rest.
I thought that they had me going for a second. XD
It's cool :P.
At least Nintendo ideas are the focus of each console, not an after thought. People need to find a new word.
I like my Wii U (and other consoles), but I tell some of my friends I got a Wii U, and they don't even know what I'm talking about. Too many outside of the core gaming community don't even know the system exists. It will be another year before we know how popular Wii U really is. People need to see it and play it to know if it's something they want or not.
Just downloaded nba2k and finished setting up nintvii. Ninja gaiden has been taking up my time mostly.
Games coming are aliens, wonder101 for me right now. So far the web and Netflix are way better on the wiiu. Any thing win8 runs the wiiu can run html5 ftw.
The miiverse, video chat with drawing is great lol. Plus I still got two wii RPGs to beat, last story and xenoblade. Along with 9 wiiu games not counting eshop. I think I'm going download only after this. You don't even have to get up then!
1. an ingenious or novel device, scheme, or stratagem, especially one designed to attract attention or increase appeal.
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a concealed, usually devious aspect or feature of something, as a plan or deal: An offer that good must have a gimmick in it somewhere.
So game consoles that include features outside of its purpose of playing video games are gimmicks.
Oh please, if you made a living online, you wouldn't be doing it via Wii U's single-touch web browser.
I use Forex, and other trading websites.
This article is a joke. Agenda piece written by some fanboy.
So it's not a bad idea to ask, "How many people are still frequently using their Wii Us?"
Surely, he started with a small number, but asking the question isn't a wasted effort, is it? Seems that a few others have had similar drop-offs in their usage.
Could it be a sign of something big, or is it not really all that widespread?
If you don't ask, you'll never know.
Second Screen... game play. Um, not so much, but then I have plenty of TV's and streaming devices around my house, between my xbox, laptop and Razr phone.
Motion Gaming... Well now that Dance Central 3 has Gangam Style, once again the Kinect wins out over the wii style motion gaming...
Second Screen... game play again... Unlike the DS where it is just a flick of the eyes to use the second screen, not so much with the WiiU, in the cases I have used it.... Packin games, um... No. Just No. Maps in ZombiU... a map overlay would be easier. Scanning, I just use the sticks to move around, it is easier than moving the whole WiiU pad around.
The only really compelling reason I use the WiiU is that games and apps load faster than on the Xbox.
Exclusive games.. New Super Marior Bros. U... Wow this game is so hard core, I don't have the hours to sit around and be frustrated about making that perfect jump. Game is simply not fun like Super Mario Galaxy was.
Overall I say the WiiU pad is a bit like Kinect voice commands forced into Mass Effect 3...
This one is a stinker.
"I guess people aren't allowed to praise things they like anymore"
Take it easy, i wasn't criticising you.
None of the other current titles are really doing it for me either. I like tablet and it has some nice potential but overall it's a system I wish I had waited on.
This.
@-Mika-
Please. Stop it. You've never had any plans of buying the system. Why do you have to appear just to try to change people minds? Are you being paid to make bad advertisement for the wii u? Even if that was the case, you're doing a awful job.
I don't think that is what these people mean though...
But think about it this way those third party games look good on the other systems but do you really want a next gen system for the purpose of playing ports with shoehorned controls?
I'm hoping that a few third parties release something that we say damn I didn't see that coming in a million years. Also one thing that I found interesting was the tvii post I was watching my bulls beat up on the knicks the other day and then I started posting through the app. It was crazy as my post were showing up in my facebook post now if my bears can do something positive i'll be posting on that game.
What people don't realize also this is Nintendos first generation of highdef games wait till they get more time with the system oh the possibilites.
Have Nintendo/third parties released one?
The launch hasn't exactly set the gaming industry on fire. Let's be honest. That's not to say the Wii U sucks. It's just that the games and the tablet controller aren't having much of an impression on gamers, like say the Wii did when it launched with Wii Sports. That was huge and set the industry on fire. Everyone was talking about it. Even nongamers. The Wii U launch was kinda ho-hum. It's confusing parents as well. Who never heard of it asking, Is it like the regular Wii? No, it's Wii U. Is that different?
stupid hour+ update/he cant use his harddrive because nintendo needs to reformat the drive/controller sucks/mario is the same as the wii version/Nintendo Land is a joke/and hes not paying 60 bucks for zombie u because hes no more money
the console just came out.
of course your playing habits will vary.
if i had a wiiu i would probably play it intensely at first and then the usage drop off over time too. doesnt mean i think its shit, or i'll never play it again, simply that i have got to grips with the new console, played the new game, then my usage will return to 'normal.'
its just like when you buy a new cd, at first you play it over and again (i do anyway,) then you play it less. i have plenty of cds i love but dont rinse them out ever day!
doesn't mean i like them any less
and yes, very Popular. But i think the Wii U is overpriced
Hell, more of them comment on Nintendo news than actual Nintendo fans.
Thing is PC gamers are too busy playing games to troll consoles. If we did it would be the PS3 or 360 because most of us are tired of them stifling PC games with their low quality ports. There are few games that pushed the PC beyond the original Crysis and that is specifically because of developers trying to cash in on the HD twins.
Most modern tech advances go unused because the HD Twins can't use them. My 560 TI feels neglected.
I think its safe to say that we are not among the ones who troll Nintendo. Especially given the fact that almost everyone who hates on Nintendo throws a call in praise the PS3, PS4 or Vita in the same comment.
As far as 360 fans go? I've never seen someone hate on on the Wii then praise the 360 specifically afterwards. I've seen some address both HD Twins, but never the 360 individually.
The group that primarily trolls the Nintendo section is not hard to deduce from this.
Stop the presses!
But I like all my other consoles: X360, PS3, PS Vita, 3DS (I recently got one), and when I play a game, I stick with that one game, on that one console, for a couple of weeks.
So does that automatically mean all the other consoles I have unpopular? Does it even mean that all those consoles have fallen out of favour with me? No.
Who the hell plays games on all of the platforms they own concurrently week after week?