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Nintendo recommends opening Wii U and perform system update before gifting to others
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Zuhzuhzombie!!
Member
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Buying this brand new 2013 Ford Focus for your kid, eh?
Might wanna take it by the shop for a good tune up before you give it to her. Just in case.
This just reminded me that my ps3 under the tree is definitely going to need some updates before I use it Christmas Day... Crap
You can download the firmware update beforehand if you want and update via USB.
http://us.playstation.com/support/systemupdates/ps3/index.htm
game updates you'll have to do once you open it.
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
I've given the same advice.
That hour long update can be irritating, and their servers will be hammered over the holidays - best get it done earlier.
That hour long update can be irritating, and their servers will be hammered over the holidays - best get it done earlier.
Twenty7KVN
Member
How is it embarrassing?
Joseph Flemming
Member
I updated the WiiU I got for the family.. I knew better than to have the boys wake up Christmas morning, and not be able to play until Christmas afternoon!! I did the Wii system transfer, set up their profiles...everything. Now they can enjoy playing with it, Miiverse & all of the features without delay (or waiting extra long for the servers being hammered on Christmas Day!)
metalslimer
Member
Worst end thread ever.
Ugh, these non-replies are so stupid. Grow up.
Comparing a console to a car. Nice.
Zuhzuhzombie!!
Member
If it involves Nintendo then, yeah, it's gonna be pretty awful.
Yes, I did this twice, and everything fit back in the box perfectly. The kids may still be able to tell, though, depending on how good you are at folding cords (you have to charge the gamepad and plug the WU into the wall, so you have to unpack the chargers).
DownWithTheShip
Member
All of those places will accept returned electronics if they've been opened.
It's software they won't accept opened.
metalslimer
Member
I'll go with this being the worst analogy I have ever heard.
Most consoles/devices have day one updates so its not really as big of a deal as a lot of people in this thread is making it. The real issue is how long it takes for it to do the update.
So you broke into his house and secretly updated his PS3? Or did you magically put the update on the actual disc? Both options are funny.
on topic: I think this is great advice. Shit took me an hour to download and install.
but points for using a car analogy.
Zuhzuhzombie!!
Member
It's actually not that terrible. I was just piling on.
My mom and dad pretty much assembled everything Christmas Eve so I could play it immediately and that was nice of em.
Regardless, I'll take whatever opportunity to rib Nintendo that I can get.
dark_prinny
Banned
Gahiggidy
My aunt & uncle run a Mom & Pop store, "The Gamecube Hut", and sold 80k WiiU within minutes of opening.
Hopefully with future OS versions and newer manufactured units they can have it to a point where any new updates are downloaded in the background and you just get a prompt to install it once you've been playing with your Xmas/B-day Wii U for a few hours.
Alex
Member
Well, even if it was a reasonable process it's good advice, but there really is no excuse for it taking an hour+ to pull down and install a 1GB file.
Have heard plenty of horror stories from people trying to download full games, as well. Sounds worse than early PS3 fare, and in an era where I get slightly cranky while Steam downloads at 4 megs a second it's a good thing I stick to discs only for consoles.
Have heard plenty of horror stories from people trying to download full games, as well. Sounds worse than early PS3 fare, and in an era where I get slightly cranky while Steam downloads at 4 megs a second it's a good thing I stick to discs only for consoles.
Smiles and Cries
Member
they should really be ashamed
DownWithTheShip
Member
I don't know about the initial update, but game download speed have increased significantly for me over the past week. System update may be a lot quicker now.
It's this, I think you guys are overreacting.
Because Wii U isn't all that old, and a consumer probably would expect the ones on store shelves to be of the latest firmware given this is such a young device. Nintendo has said that isn't going to be the case for a while.
Newton Crosby
Banned
It's not.
Posts like "Shit product confirmed" and "/thread" are what's embarrassing.
Haha, one of his roommates let me in.
Arkam
Member
Thats what I was thinking. Its good advice if you want to makes sure you recipient can game right away Xmas morning. This forum has been foaming at the mouth for any reason to hate on teh Wiiu since launch. Makes no sense really, its a great little device. I think most of them should take teh time to actually play with a WiiU before hating it so blindly.
Its so funny how everyone acts like the Xbox360/PS3 launched with all the features and services they have in place now. I shouldn't have to remind you, but there was no game invites on PS3 for the first year and a half. Trophies came equally late. Netflix/Hulu came to Xbox years after launch. And both had you download OS updates just about anytime you bought one. Helli my Xbox Slim i got 3 months ago did not come with the latest OS updates. The Wii U has been out for 1 month... give it a break.
Alex
Member
I think it's reasonable to expect better infrastructure in 2012 as opposed to 2005.
MatthewB92
Member
This is gaf.
All of them take opened electronics, but some charge of restocking fee of typically 15%
Fredrik
Member
Haha that's actually a fantastic advice
Bog
Junior Ace
Basically. Not sure why it's bad advice to parents who don't have a clue about this shit.
DimmuBurgerKing
Member
Yup. When I woke up Christmas morning to my Sega Genesis as a kid, "Santa" had already hooked it up to the big TV in the living room, stuck Sonic the Hedgehog into the cartridge slot, and powered that shit on for me to wake up first thing in the morning to play 16-bit goodness. This is pretty much the same thing.
Gahiggidy
My aunt & uncle run a Mom & Pop store, "The Gamecube Hut", and sold 80k WiiU within minutes of opening.
That's unreasonable. Nintendo would have had to have finished working on the OS before even the first units started rolling off the assembly line (sometime back in Summer, I presume).
KungFucius
King Snowflake
This is not possible. The device was specced out and manufactured months ago it will always ship with an old firmware unless there are no updates for a while.