Mysterious
Banned
It's true though. Nintendo had more hubris coming off of Wii than Sony did with PlayStation 2.
They need a kick in the butt to get things going so that things are at least like the Wii generation.
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Minor Wii U system update now live.
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It's true though. Nintendo had more hubris coming off of Wii than Sony did with PlayStation 2.
They need a kick in the butt to get things going so that things are at least like the Wii generation.
Version 3.0
Member
You're definitely on to something. If I let the thing sit for a few minutes, the load times drop to 10-12 seconds. There must be some pre-loading going on. And yeah, I know exactly what you mean by "stall". The splash screen often doesn't come up right away; the system appears to be locked for a few seconds first. If I let it "idle" first, that doesn't seem to happen.
ElectricKaibutsu
Member
Whoa whoa whoa, let's not go that far. Sony was completely insufferable back then. With Nintendo there were no "people will get a second job to buy a Wii U" or "xbox 360 = xbox 1.5" comments. Nintendo just completely overestimated the appeal of the Wii U. It might be hubris but I think it's probably more them being completely oblivious to the non-popularity of the Wii in its last two years.
Of course now Sony is amazing and I hope Nintendo takes a lot of cues from them. I just hope they keep online free again next gen.
The Wii U OS is just horribly slow and prone to lock-ups. This update is desperately needed.
Mine works fine, people just overreact here
DeleteMyAccountThankyou
Member
For the most part the OS is a lot better... but I unfortunately get a lot of crashes when using Amazon Prime on it.
Vermillion
Banned
Browser's always been lightning fast. I actually used it for internet a LOT when I was on campus. It's partially responsible for the 500+ hours on my Wii U.
Visualante2
Member
The only way to win is to have software that works. Sony patches everything too often, Nintendo patches too infrequently.. maybe the software company got it right.
Aaron Strife
Banned
So will Nintendo delay their marketing again until the September update is live?
Or did they realize that's fucking stupid
Or did they realize that's fucking stupid
What fuels your rage?
Let me put this way. You are mad at a update that helps you as a Wii U owner.
You're welcome. I have many more to make.
Until Nintendo get their heads out of their arses, and wash off some of the thickly spread arrogance that coats every single aspect of their decision making, I hope they suffer utter and complete failure to the point of relegation to nothing more than a freak-show no-one takes seriously anymore. They won't of course. They will double down on their franchises, churn out cheap cash-ins, and trickle out VC games while the eShop is barren to try and keep their fans just hanging on enough for their next franchise. Meanwhile those who wanted more than a Mario and Zelda machine are screwed.
Disclaimer: I am not only a gamer and Wii U owner, but a Nintendo investor and I am fucking pissed off no matter what hat I have on.
They underestimated how many devs are needed in the internet age for system updates.
Understatement of the year, ladies and gentlemen.
Vermillion
Banned
Netflix only works well for me if my Wii U's connected to a TV.
Last straw; camel's back. Not everyone feels the need to let everything slide, y'know.
SpoonyBard
Banned
Isn't it obvious that the problem is in the Netflix app itself?
Agree 100%.
I use to be a big Nintendo fan but the past two generations have destoryed a good 20 years of brand loyalty i've felt towards them. Since Iwata came in as CEO i've found the company has become incredibly stagnant, reactive, risk adverse, predictable, and worse of all completely ignorant of their own failings and errors.
My hope now is that Nintendo absolutely bomb and burn, and hard. I'm talking Wii U fails so fucking badly it is indeed another Dreamcast/Saturn. It seems to me Nintendo are so ignorant and arrogant only a failure on this sort of magnetude would result in them pulling their heads out of the sand and waking up to reality.
I can't even stand listening to Iwata anymore. He's full of shit.
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thepotatoman
Unconfirmed Member
Considering I haven't even turned on my Wii U since i beat Lego City Undercover in March, I don't really care about the lack of an update thus far, but it does suck they couldn't get it out before Pikmin 3 and Wonderful 101.
Oni Link 666
Member
What the fuck?! The Summer update that I have no details about and I already expected to come in September might actually come in September or a few weeks after?! /facepalm Fucking Nintendo it's [insert year here]! I am fuming! Livid!
*goes back to playing Animal Crossing*
*goes back to playing Animal Crossing*
They will use Wonderful 101 in a video to demonstrate how faster it is to boot the game after the update. "Advertising problem solved, Kamiya" - Iwata (laughs)
There is however a thin line between a big shake-up to turn around, and the complete failure of a company.
The 'summer' update better fix pro controller support for all games.
I agree that Nintendo as a business seems to lag very far behind others. But I'm not sure if you can blame Iwata. How did Nintendo handle these kind of things during the NES, SNES, N64 days?
I agree that Nintendo as a business seems to lag very far behind others. But I'm not sure if you can blame Iwata. How did Nintendo handle these kind of things during the NES, SNES, N64 days?
What was this issue?
Lol my favorite part is that they all start off, I was a long time Nintendo fan...
A lot of people don't realize that programming, especially optimization, is really fucking difficult. You can't just flip a switch.
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Evidently it didn't affect everyone, just some people for whatever reason. Seems to be gone now though. HOORAY!
I think also it's good for us to add more things to summer update.
By the way i need only this in next update.
+Cross text & chat.
+Print screen and app for photo , add your photo to miiverse any time.
+showing online people in the screen.
+Increase download & install timing.
+Mp3 player anytime ingame.
+File system.
All haters should get slap like this
Wow, a potentially system breaking software update gets a minor delay, and all the sourness starts to flow,
Dammit, Nintendo, you should have known! You can't be innovative and successful at the same time without appealing the particular and all important tastes of the "hardcorz gamers". You left out the brown and the shoe-in multiplayer, now you must suffer.
Dammit, Nintendo, you should have known! You can't be innovative and successful at the same time without appealing the particular and all important tastes of the "hardcorz gamers". You left out the brown and the shoe-in multiplayer, now you must suffer.
Aeriscloud
Banned
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Deleted member 125677
Unconfirmed Member
So who's making the OT for the summer update then? The spring update thread was so much fun lol
Press home button and controller settings and you can turn it off
Press home button and controller settings and you can turn it off
Wrestlemania
Banned
Well then wouldn't you rather they take the time to actually make sure it works rather than rushing something out? All they said before was "Summer" - early October is pushing that a little but not by much.
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thepotatoman
Unconfirmed Member
Oh that's nice. I honestly thought it was a permanent concession to make the OS load faster. Like they were giving us control earlier in the OS loading process then actual completion in order to say they speed up OS load times which hardware limitations make impossible to go any faster.
Glad to see that's not the case.
Does this fix only apply to Wii U games? I haven't had a Wii U game in my machine for months, but the disc still spins with Wii games, and I've got the most recent update.
as an investor you should be absolutely furious about the situation....just saying.
ITT: People that don't know when the seasons start/finish.
On topic: Downloading.
We definitely need another OT. Loads of fun hyping a update! lol
On topic: Downloading.
We definitely need another OT. Loads of fun hyping a update! lol
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Not really, the first update fixed the most important speeds.
My system doesn't lock up much anymore at all either.
It's not desperately needed, games are.
I still want the update even though no one even knows what it will be about but it's not some emergency.
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
Of course it's more than flipping a switch, but when they keep pushing deadlines they've set themselves, and sometimes outright missing them, I think it's fair for people to start asking questions. It's not like they released the Spring update last week and everyone suddenly grew impatient.