Nintendo holding Wii U event Sept. 13

@lmaocarrots I swear that's straight up Sonyfan talk right there I've been to so many sites and that's Sony Fanboyism occasionally you get 360 fans to pop out of their closet but they mostly stay neutral I'll admit Nintendo didn't have the best of looks but it sure in hell was fun.....Gimmick WTF!!!!!! "COD" and the list goes on and don't comeback with Mario...God of War

need I explain more it should have only been 4 titles Prequel, First, Second, Third...Mario has no true beginning(story) he was just there and blew up with popularity

P.S. I have all three systems No name calling

@Mariner32 Did I say that? Of course MS and Sony do it as well.

I was referring to both the Next Xbox and Wii U.

@Spartan_418 Because no other companies do that...

@Raeldor Yeah and they would probably want you to buy HD remakes of games for the new console rather than just playing the ones you already own.

@Petman8246

We can't expect that, just get used to the Pro controller :P at least it's wireless.

@Petman8246 If it did.... That would've just been too awesome..... Just hope some of my favorite gamecube titles will be HD downloads later >.<

@FlameEmperor People take Michael Pachter seriously? If you take Michael Pachter seriously, please raise your hand so that the rest of us can point fingers and ridicule you.

@Space_Paranoids Not even sure why everyone is still taking Michael Pachter seriously......

@ExtremePhobia

Lol, same here. I mean when I saw the headline that Black Ops 2 features something new and innovative for the series that will "change the way we play CoD", I was intrigued despite not caring for the franchise because if it's something awesome, it might convince me to try it out. Then I actually read the article and it talked about "podcasting" and I was like "Dafuq is this? That's it??????" :P

@abHS4L88 Mmmm... Point you. Though I'm not sure I'll be taking TreyArch's word when it comes to "innovation" =).

@ExtremePhobia

The thing with statements like that is that if it's a lie, then why say anything to begin with? That's what I don't understand. There have been many companies that have kept their mouths shut about the Wii U, doesn't mean they hate it or like it, so if you're going to go on record, it's probably because you have something to say that you believe in. Plus they didn't confirm Black Ops 2 yet when they made that statement so yeah, what's the point of lying when it's much easier to just not say anything and still maintain good relationships.

It will but I want the Wii U Pro controller since it doesn't need to be attached to a WiiMote.

@ExtremePhobia

Take into account that the Wii U will be able to play next generation games so by the time the next gen Playstation and XBox come rolling in, we'll already have a nex gen console and hopefully be playing games that are out of the reach of the PS3 and 360.

@abHS4L88 I don't know. I mean first is that I bought the Wii for $250 and got a machine that was inferior in terms of performance to the 360 that I paid $400 for. Was it novel and provide something unique? yes. Was it important to the industry? Absolutely. But was it really worth my money? I don't know.

For $250 I bought a console that has all of maybe 10 titles on it and download service that really only has good rereleases on it. For $400 I've got a console that plays over 70 games and is releasing decent to good new downloadable content on a regular basis.

And all that aside, while I'm sure that the Wii U Pad is far more capable than a tablet, I've yet to actually hear of any features that are all that different from the SmartGlass. The only REAL benefit to it that I've seen (that's truly different) is asynchronous gameplay which I'm not sure is out of the grasp of SmartGlass.The only thing interested me at all was the Rayman demo. That's seemed like something that won't be easily replicated on SmartGlass.

In other words, the $250-$300 that I could potentially spend on a Wii U appears to catch up to something I payed $400 in 2005 for. And that's not counting the $250 I spent on the Wii in 2006 (a year after I bought my 360). So I'll have actually spent an extra $100+ on this hardware. Is the difference between SmartGlass/Wii U Pad really worth it? Especially considering that the MAIN selling point are first party games, most of which aren't going to be in the launch window and of which there will only be about a dozen over the course of the system's life? Either of the other two system will put out more quality games than that in a single year... And the fact that the Wii U will be able to play current generation games is actually moot since that will only last for about a year and still requires an investment of $300 to play something I can already play...

@ExtremePhobia

I understand, but we have to remember that Nintendo is exclusively a videogame hardware/software company unlike Sony and Microsoft so they really can't afford to sell their systems at a loss, and when they sell at a profit, I believe it's not much more than the system costs to manufacture, which is why they're able to keep it that way for at least 2-3 years.

I wouldn't say you're getting less value from a Nintendo console because it's not as powerful because at least they still deliver very high quality games and while the Wii didn't have amazing 3rd party support, the 3rd parties that put effort into their Wii titles almost always came out with a great game. Also take into account the Wii launched at $250 while the 360 launched at $400 and the PS3 at $600,