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[Kolgar]

I've been a mild evangelist for the console since I brought home a Zombi U bundle last summer. I continue to hope that the system finds success. However, I am disappointed in Nintendo's handling of the system, particularly the OS and its "efforts" at marketing.

Just this evening, I've been battling with a Wii U that would not boot up, preferring instead to hang at a screen that says, "Preparing..." This after downloading and installing Wii Fit U last night--which turned out to be an arduously long process for a file of its size.

Turns out the data may have gotten screwed up as it installed to the USB thumb drive I have plugged in. (Why it goes to the USB drive instead of internal memory, I don't know.) At least I got the thing to boot now, but I still find the OS to be horribly slow and a big turn-off--I can only imagine what more casual customers would think.

Meanwhile, the Wii U's mindshare continues to be painfully low, with most people continuing to think the Wii U is a Gamepad accessory to the original Wii U. (That's if they bother to think of the Wii U at all.)

So, a year and a half in, the console still feels half-baked and half-finished, and I'm afraid my interest in it is flagging as a result.

Nintendo, get it together or get out of home hardware, please. Thank you very much!

 

[soxinthebox]

While the OS speed is OK for actually playing games they should really work on making Miiverse load a lot quicker. Currently it's just too slow to load each time and I find myself using it less as a result.

 

[Raw64life]

Bought the Wii U Mario bundle on Friday and thoroughly enjoying it so far. Looks like the decision to wait a year was a good one. No issues with the OS from me although it sounds like it was a nightmare a year ago. And I was just reading that up until a few months ago you couldn't play NSMBU with the pro controller. I would've been pissed at the time. I like the gamepad but the pro controller is perfect for it.