ThoughtsOfSpeaking
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Removed everything you can get elsewhere for cheaper and in most cases performs better.
err I just bought it ten minutes ago....
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Wii U Basic is £144 at Scan Today Only
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Removed everything you can get elsewhere for cheaper and in most cases performs better.
Visualante2
Member
The only way I can see that happening is if every other retailer besides GAME drops the console. In short, unlikely. Current trajectory in the UK is not good however you try and spin the release schedule.
This is how it looks for me in firefox, chrome, ie10. Even when you press on with fake details, at no point could I input an address that is not in these territories.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
This is how it looks for me in firefox, chrome, ie10. Even when you press on with fake details, at no point could I input an address that is not in these territories.
It came Just now.Impressed at the speed tbh. I live in london however.
AbandonedTrolley
Member
Damn missed this post, was just searching the page and couldn't find it then realised it was a 1 day only yesterday.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
This thing is an absolute piece of shit. Im ready to send it back.
Horse Armour
Member
Wow, already regretting a Wii U after an hour. It usually takes most people a few days to realise it's a piece of trash.
PumpkinPie
Banned
In what way? Did you really buy one..? I got mine last week and love it. I'd have it as my only console if it had proper third party support.
Red Liquorice
Member
Very sure.
Moral Panic
Member
What happened? It's been an hour since you got it lol - is it that bad? I played one at my friends house and it seemed a pretty good party game device.
Man, it took me a month for the buyers remorse to hit and I thought I was being premature!
Haha, amazing.
You do have the 7 days distance selling law to send it back!
I would hold on to it if you are looking forward to the games next year. Doubt it will go for this price.
m.i.s.
Banned
I can easily see a £99.99 basic happening at somepoint by at least one retailer who will want to clear stock.
hurricanepilot
Neo Member
They update at 3pm. I ordered mine at 6pm so it should have been there until 3pm today. It wasn't there last night at about 9pm as I was going to post the link to a friend and couldn't find it. They either did a really late update, or they pulled it from the today-only page after a couple of hours as it's still showing in stock.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
First impressions:-
1)THe gamepad feels cheap and fragile.
2) The system is as loud as my PS3 slim :- I thought the whole point of a low power console was that it was quiet. THat screech it makes as it checks for a disc on start up is annoying as well.
3) I cant turn off that garbage system menu music. 10 mins in and I already wanted to pull my teeth out. (yes I know I could just turn it off on my tv, but then I have to turn it on for in game audio- irritating )
4) The slowness of the OS is absurd
5) I cannot customise my mii like a 360 avi. The default options are rubbish
6) I just spent an hour and a half trying to connect to the internet. Using every esoteric option on earth. I only just finally get it working and being to update and......
7) The update is laughably slow. Im on a fucking 60mb connection in the flipping morning! But its cool ill just go and do something else except...
8) The Damn connection keeps cutting out! this is the third time ive restarted it.
This system is already leaving a very bad impression on me. Ill sleep on it tonight, but if I feel the same way I do now tomorrow morning, its going back. Ill borrow someone else's when bayonetta 2 comes out.
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The exclusive software I'm interested hasn't released yet and it's still too expensive for what is weak hardware with a controller I don't want to pay for.
The waiting game continues, I'm looking at about £90-£100~.
Did you have a moment when you first pulled the controller out where you thought 'oh, this is what screens used to look like!'. That cheap greyish plastic staring back at you as if smartphones and tablets had never happened.
That was a big downer for me.
I'd recommend playing Zombi-U to make you feel better.
Bigmac1910
Member
Hmm... It's £215.99 inc VAT, where did the £144 come from?
It was for 1 day only, so it probably ended last night if I were to guess.
I'll buy yours for £120 to end your suffering
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Yeah, like a big ass blackberry screen from 2005.
Don't get me wrong, I was less than impressed when I realised the vita screen was housed in plastic, but at least the underlying screen looked decent.
The Gamepad screen is awful. Low res, cheap materials, plastic housing. This is what is causing Nintendo to sell at a loss? They are being scanked by their suppliers.
If I keep it, ill check out Zombie U but nothing, can convince me now that this isnt a dead console walking. In my eyes, this thing isnt a good value proposition against PS360, much less the next gen consoles. Even the Wii feels more robust and well engineered. (except for that flimsy as fuck sensor bar)
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Mario Kart Wii is the only Mario Kart game that I truly despised. :-(
Terbinator
Member
Did you go through the Today Only page? They don't usually change it until around 1/2PM the next day.
None of this happened on my wii u. Either is because of the first update (and after it will go smoother) or because of your crappy net connection/router settings. I can't imagine how internet and connection to nintendo servers can be slower in London than here in Bucharest (I have a 100Mb/s but still...)
My router is a TP-Link WDR3500 with a standard PPPOE connection if it maters.
Bigmac1910
Member
Yeah, didn't see it.
PumpkinPie
Banned
Mine either. My initial update happened remarkably quicker than I expected from what I'd read online, and I only have a 3-4MBPS internets.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
My net connection is fine
My router is Virgin Media Superhub, which isnt the best but it gets the job done.
Have zero problems with anything else. This console and the services around it are steaming garbage. simples.
This reminds me of the SmokyDave's reaction after getting his. And his rage against ZombiU. At list now he has a love-hate relationship with the WiiU.
The internet connection issues and the slowness should be fixed after the update. The gamepad is not as fragile as it seems. The download speed really seems to depends on the location rather than connection speed for whatever reason. Except for the times when everybody is downloading an update I get quite good speeds. The rest of your issues are really related to the personal perception and can't be changed or contradicted, but maybe you will enjoy a game or two on the system. And maybe even the screen after a an off-TV session.
The internet connection issues and the slowness should be fixed after the update. The gamepad is not as fragile as it seems. The download speed really seems to depends on the location rather than connection speed for whatever reason. Except for the times when everybody is downloading an update I get quite good speeds. The rest of your issues are really related to the personal perception and can't be changed or contradicted, but maybe you will enjoy a game or two on the system. And maybe even the screen after a an off-TV session.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
The fact is, I bought this system for one game. By the time that game rolls around I my not have the spare cash to pick up the system hense why i bought it now.
But we will see. Its a hassle to return this online and I haven't tried a game yet. I need to think about it.
Oh and for any still interested, Scan are still selling the basic for 167.99 http://www.scan.co.uk/products/nintendo-wii-u-console-basic-pack-white
ElementalMage
Banned
Id buy it at that price with all the games coming
Try the ZombiU demo and see if it clicks. And there are several other demos. Or you could just pick a cheap indie game from eshop.
And the thing that is noisy is the disc (at list they fixed in the updates the fact that it was always spinning no matter if you played the game or not), if you go with digital purchases the console is very quiet.
And the thing that is noisy is the disc (at list they fixed in the updates the fact that it was always spinning no matter if you played the game or not), if you go with digital purchases the console is very quiet.
Nintendo uses Akamai for content distribution, and for some strange reason, Akamai sometimes seems to choose some really shitty mirrors. I wouldn't try this with firmware updates, but with regular downloads, pausing and resuming the download sometimes fixes the issue. Though it becomes much less of an issue once your system is up to date and background/ standby downloads and automatic updates are enabled.My net connection is fine
My router is Virgin Media Superhub, which isnt the best but it gets the job done.
Have zero problems with anything else. This console and the services around it are steaming garbage. simples.
Do everybody a favor and send it back.
Obviously he was dead set on hating the thing before he bought it, just so he could make a point, troll it for ever and a day and claim "he knows because he owned one". The only reason he bought it was to play Bayonetta 2... probably still salty over its exclusivity i presume.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
I would if the damn thing would let me connect to the eshop. (-_-)
And there is no way id go digital on console without an account system. I wouldnt even on a 360/x1
But yeah thanks for your help.
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Deleted member 125677
Unconfirmed Member
Get that Basic while you can folks, going to be a collector's item soon! 
And you'll need some cheap external drive if you're going heavy on the digitals anyway.
As for the problems listed by the return it after an hour dude, I wouldn't worry. None of it has ever bothered me, except for load times which has been improved greatly if you bother to update os
And you'll need some cheap external drive if you're going heavy on the digitals anyway.As for the problems listed by the return it after an hour dude, I wouldn't worry. None of it has ever bothered me, except for load times which has been improved greatly if you bother to update os
Well, I thought that if you just want one or two games, the account system would not be a real issue.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Your persecution complex is amazing.
You really believe im going to spend £150 of my hard earned money to buy a system just to troll people? Because Im salty over a exclusive game? Get over yourself.
It's not really money spent if you take it back, is it? Your attitude has been rather telling from the start (whatever the reason). Get over yourself indeed.
Who's talking about being blown away? There is a big difference between trolling the system into the ground after barely having unpacked it, and not being blown away by it.
Dude, the device gives a shit first impression. Simple as.
The only way I could see someone being blown away (or even particularly impressed) is if they hadn't owned a 360 or PS3 at all.
lol I kind of chuckled when I first got mine for that reason, I have 5 android tablets and 3 smartphones at my place for the family.
My chuckles faded when my first Wii-U was DOA
At $199 that I picked it up for I can't really complain, my son has beaten LegoCity at least 3 times. Something he has never done with any other fame (I've owned Wii/PS3/360/3DS/PSP since he was born)
Terbinator
Member
Those £100 Xbox Super-Slims that the Game Xbone store had going shit all over this.
lol.
I'm glad I didn't see this post at work.
I might bite when X comes out. Hopefully the price has dropped a lot by then.
PumpkinPie
Banned
How so? The figures I've seen show it has higher sales than PS3 or 360 did after the same period on the market, and they had third party support. I don't think things are as bad as GAF make out.