Eight Diagram Bat Fighter
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To be fair though, AC3 locked up on me on the PS3 a few times as well. Could be the game. Also, not the first time a AC game has locked on me, on multiple platforms.
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Okay. What the f*ck is going on with Wii U hard locks.
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Wind's Howling
Member
The problem happens outside of AC3 as well.
ipukespiders
Member
Just had my system shut down while attempting to access the YouTube channel. Seems like its software, not hardware related. Previously happened earlier today in mii maker and editing users. Not a freeze though, a full shutdown with no blinking light.
Robot Pants
Member
It's a hard lock life.
Literally had zero on PS360 and two or three on Wii. I know I'm a weird outlier though. So far so good with Wii U though... Probably put in 3 hours if you count the update
From the sound of what I read of this thread though, this is happening everywhere
Yep, tried that. No effect. I am incredibly unhappy and have no idea how to procede. If it's a hardware problem, getting a new one from Best Buy will be a bitch until there are more available, AND who knows about transferring what I have already done with this Wii U onto it. If it's a software problem, I have no way of knowing that and no idea when it might be fixed.
And I just want to fucking play this game I have been waiting so long for.
I thought lockups were all part of the HD consoles. They aren't supposed to happen?
but seriously: this fucking sucks.
Pancakes R Us
Member
I'm not surprised. Nintendo's quality control has taken a major nosedive over the last few years. DS Lite hinges, my Wii console locked up at launch, and then had disc read issues for Smash Bros. Days of the bullet proof Gameboy are long gone. I used to think of Nintendo hardware quality, but not so much anymore.
radioheadrule83
Banned
What troubleshooting have you guys done? If it were me I'd try:
- move the console. Shouldn't really affect it, but interference could play havoc with either the internet connection or the pads connection -- someone in another thread here was getting sub 20ft distances on his gamepad until he moved the console away from some other hardware. To remind you all of the classic, the console certainly shouldn't be sitting on a 'wine cooler'.
- try changing the wireless channel of your router to rule out further inteference / noise problems. You wouldn't expect wireless problems to crash the machine, but perhaps if the OS in the background or certain software is missing some catch for internet drop outs or cruddy data it might...
- a good way to check that would be to remove the internet settings from your machine and observe if the crashes continue
- if you've got an SD card or USB media inserted, remove them and try with other media, or without them entirely.
- check the temperature of the air from the console when it freezes, check that the vents aren't covered up by anything in your entertainment centre
If you get any positive results, it would obviously be a good idea to report back
I had a couple of issues, such as the screen not waking properly from sleep and one or two freezes. This was early on, before even the eShop update though, and updates came quick and fast to fix them.
- move the console. Shouldn't really affect it, but interference could play havoc with either the internet connection or the pads connection -- someone in another thread here was getting sub 20ft distances on his gamepad until he moved the console away from some other hardware. To remind you all of the classic, the console certainly shouldn't be sitting on a 'wine cooler'.
- try changing the wireless channel of your router to rule out further inteference / noise problems. You wouldn't expect wireless problems to crash the machine, but perhaps if the OS in the background or certain software is missing some catch for internet drop outs or cruddy data it might...
- a good way to check that would be to remove the internet settings from your machine and observe if the crashes continue
- if you've got an SD card or USB media inserted, remove them and try with other media, or without them entirely.
- check the temperature of the air from the console when it freezes, check that the vents aren't covered up by anything in your entertainment centre
If you get any positive results, it would obviously be a good idea to report back
I had a couple of issues, such as the screen not waking properly from sleep and one or two freezes. This was early on, before even the eShop update though, and updates came quick and fast to fix them.
wilder.Boy
Member
Also the 3DS scratches its top dsiplay when closed ... This stuff is kind of dissapointing.
Brilliant.
DeuceGamer
Member
I guess I'm lucky, I've not experienced this yet. I did see it happen on the Giant Bomb Stream though.
I have a feeling we will be seeing another update soon. I can't imagine the OS taking this long to load apps for any length of time, but who really knows.
I have a feeling we will be seeing another update soon. I can't imagine the OS taking this long to load apps for any length of time, but who really knows.
Vampirolol
Member
fabricated backlash
Member
So that's why Halo 4 locked up my 360 4 times now?
Hard locks happen. They're shit but ultimately rarely a system wide problem, which makes it hard to pinpoint and fix.
If it's game related it's easy to find, but with a new system it's bound to happen more, you're right.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
Hasn't happened to me, yet..
It has happened to me twice, both at the same moment - I have registered both me and my wife. I would be in my account, click over to log into the one for my wife to she her how to use it, and when I would click back to mine again, it would just sit there on the almost blank loading screen, with no loading icon, and I'd have to power it off then back on.
Ingueferroque
Banned
But my Super Nintendo never froze!
I love how people's reply to 'The Wii U is shite!' is:
'but the PS3 and 360 are shite too!!'
Absolutely incredible.
I'll be honest, this may sound harsh, but buying a system on launch is just asking for trouble.
360 had RRODs, PS3 had borked ports for about a year (kinda like the WII U come to think).
Early adopting is pointless these days.
'but the PS3 and 360 are shite too!!'
Absolutely incredible.
I'll be honest, this may sound harsh, but buying a system on launch is just asking for trouble.
360 had RRODs, PS3 had borked ports for about a year (kinda like the WII U come to think).
Early adopting is pointless these days.
I actually think the current update is incomplete, in that, initially the update in December and the update everyone received yesterday were one complete update. I believe, for practicality, they cut the most basic functions from the complete update and released it as seperate for satisfaction of the American consumer. And in doing so created problems where some functions contained within the current update have issues operating without some functions in the later update, which were designed in coordination with one and other.
The only reason that I can see for the next update being released in December - despite Nintendo having more than enough time to test and complete both updates already - is for the fact that the Wii U is released in Japan in December. Equally, this gives Nintendo room to test some functions on a wider scale before releasing them to Japan. Scapegoats it seems.
The only reason that I can see for the next update being released in December - despite Nintendo having more than enough time to test and complete both updates already - is for the fact that the Wii U is released in Japan in December. Equally, this gives Nintendo room to test some functions on a wider scale before releasing them to Japan. Scapegoats it seems.
DXB-KNIGHT
Member
Except, you know, to play the games.
AkimbO_Arcana
Banned
poor US beta testers...
Fingers crossed, this stuff is ironed out on november 30th...
Yeah same here but I'm not happy about that. Was looking forward to picking one up but I'm prob gonna hold off this after the holidays or maybe even wait till the first big Mario/Metroid/Zelda game.
I'm anticipating we'll get an even bigger patch on day 1 than the US guys got as I anticipate Nintendo will probably look to get another one out for the US guys asap and they'll combine it in to one for us Europeans.
AkimbO_Arcana
Banned
I'm okay with this, as long as the issues decrease.
Crazypanda_85
Member
So far, after a full day of playing the system (and even leaving it on for long periods of time), I haven't had any lockup issues. The internet dropped once during the update (but I had too many things on one router in an apartment with slow internet) but beyond that, the family has enjoyed it.
As someone who is a frequent early adopter of tech in general, I understand that there can be problems that will be eventually ironed out but we have to also remember that even tech that is old can lock up and be crappy. That reminds me of the early Windows OS smartphones in the early 2000's that had to be manually reset by the CELL PHONE CARRIER in order for it to work again. Nothing could be done with it until it was reset. (sorry for the rant)
All in all, technology is man made. It's not going to always work perfectly. The family and I are loving the Wii U so far and I'm sorry for everyone who is facing issues with it.
As someone who is a frequent early adopter of tech in general, I understand that there can be problems that will be eventually ironed out but we have to also remember that even tech that is old can lock up and be crappy. That reminds me of the early Windows OS smartphones in the early 2000's that had to be manually reset by the CELL PHONE CARRIER in order for it to work again. Nothing could be done with it until it was reset. (sorry for the rant)
All in all, technology is man made. It's not going to always work perfectly. The family and I are loving the Wii U so far and I'm sorry for everyone who is facing issues with it.
Revolutionary
Member
No lockups here either. yet.
Clearly you never played FFVI and tried to draw an Ogre with Relm.
Releasing unfinished games, ports or not, are part fo a system rush.
I don't understand why people defend this, Nintendo or not. The custumer should get what he paid for, and that is a problem free device.
Yep, I've only had one so far thankfully. Just as Nintendoland was leaving a minigame to load up the plaza. Locked on the load screen and had to unplug the power.
shouamabane
Member
I had mine running 12 hours straight with no locks. I hope it's just software that can be fixed.
Twilight Princess
Member
i have a feeling the lock ups might have something to do w/ your internet connection.
Mine locked up twice yesterday, but not in a game... it was while it was loading stuff like account creation or system settings from the OS. Music was still in the background, but all I saw was the white screen that usually shows up while its loading stuff... After a few mins of waiting and realizing what has happened, i had to unplug the console... pressing the Power button did nothing.
Hopefully a soon to be released patch will fix this shit.
Hopefully a soon to be released patch will fix this shit.
dragonflys545
Member
It hard locked on me while I was trying to get online.... WTF NINTENDO FIX YOUR SHIT. I still have yet to be able to get online. Even creating an NNID was a pain in the ass.
VGChampion
Member
I haven't had a lock yet but playing two player mode with us occasionally playing with adding platforms on the gamepad has had our TV go black for a second or two even though you could still see the game playing on the gamepad.
NoirVisage
Banned
i have a feeling this is only the beginning..but there will be improvements i'm sure.
"we think the same things at the same time we just cant do anything about it"
"we think the same things at the same time we just cant do anything about it"
OriginalNameGuy
Member
Its almost as if people have never experienced a console launch before. It really sucks, but this is the risk you take when you buy a console on launch day
ThatObviousUser
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Doing a lot of NSMBU, Miiverse, and browser usage, no hard locks for me.
really? It was pretty much the hallmark of the NES
