Pros |
Cons |
Brand new hardware, with competitive specs. 3Ghz processor, 2GB RAM, 40nm AMD GPU. More details here. |
Day 1 Patch. Okay, this isn't really a "con" per se, more of an annoyance, really. But still. If something requires a day 1 patch, then that means setting the bad boy up and having to wait until it finishes finishing itself up. Those are red flags for me. |
It comes with 8 GB or 32 GB but you can expand it up to 2 TB via a portable storage unit. You can also use flash drives if you do not have a portable drive. Pretty nifty. |
Wii-U Gamepad's touch screen is resistive, not capacitive. If you're wishing for iPad-like smoothness, you outta luck. Works well with a stylus, though. |
Wii-U Pro Controller - a Wii controller with a more traditional button layout for easier access to "hardcore" games | You can lose the stylus. |
Backwards compatible with all Wii games and controllers | Limited 3rd party Wii-U game library. You can play Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition, Assassin's Creed 3 and Black Ops Call of Duty 2 so far. There's only so much Mario you can play before you get bored. |
Wii-U Gamepad acts as a controller, a second screen and as a console all by itself. Yes, need to take a leak? Take the game with you. | Online play is lonely. Not a lot of people are on the system just yet. Black Ops 2 players got the game on another system. |
Innovative control schemes, great for "core" games and for party games, just like the original Wii. All those hours playing Wii Bowling will not be for nothing! | Hulu, NetFlix, and other media services like the TVii are only available in the US and Canada. Suck it, Asians! Suck it hard! |
New Super Mario Brothers Wii-U | New Super Mario Brothers Wii-U. Again. |
The Wii-U Gamepad is the best universal remote money can buy and can play sound but you can totally plug in headphones. | Although it uses Blu-Ray discs, it does NOT play Blu-Ray movies. This is probably because it uses a proprietary Blu-Ray format. So, yeah. A PS3 is still the only console that can also play Blu-Ray movies. |
NFC - works kind of like Samsung Galaxy S3's Smart Share. Get data from supported over the air! Might not be useful for now, but could be in the long run. | Steep price tag and the order basis selling structure. It's available at Datablitz for Php 22,500 for the 8GB version and Php 27,450 for the 32GB version. Yikes. |
Full downloadable games right off the Nintendo network. Wait. What is the Nintendo network called? Is it Nintendo Network? Of course it is. | Wii-U Gamepads aren't sold separately yet. There will probably be games that will support two of them, but none right now. And if your Gamepad breaks, that's it. |
SpotPass - the ability for the Wii-U to downoad firmware updates in the background. You hear that PS3, what with your patch downloading and installing and not letting me use you. | |
Miiverse - Facebook for your Miis. | |
Wii-U, unlike the old Wii, outputs 1080p HD graphics, which makes hooking it up to your HDTV not seem like such a waste anymore. | |
Zombi-U. |
So there you have it, my pros and cons list. It seems that the good outweighs the bad here, but there are a bunch of things to watch out for, most notably the price. I'm not spending Php 23k when a PS3 costs about Php 8k less. I suggest you wait until they fix all the bugs and release a later version at a lower price - maybe like a Wii-U Lite or something. Yep, I'm not jumping into that head first like I did the first time.