i used to have a bearded dragon but hes gone and now i have a cat named Buddy, the beardi was named draco

People forget the "core" consumer for Xbox are the casual gamers who only play CoD and actually think they're good at it.

The old casual parents would not buy it, the parents that bought it back in 2007 and 2008 have teenagers now. Those kids hate the Wii, those kids will tell their parents to not buy a Wii U. I'm pretty sure those parents have moved onto other things such as facebook games and smart phone games. I highly doubt that they're going to spend $250-$350 for the console and another $60 just so that they can "exercise" using the same old carp crap they've owned for years.

Thirdly, Nintendo has no reputation with other console owners, they didn't blow them away, all they showed to them were controller gimmicks again, they don't want that. After looking at UE4 and StarWars 1313 how can those gamers buy a Wii U when they can see it will be left behind by other next gen consoles that have games looking that good in real time.

Launch Day predictions
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Casuals = Most Out!
"Core" gamers (CoD players) = Out!
Actual core gamers = Sceptical, would rather wait and see.
Nintendo core = In!

I'm getting it because I can afford it, however in normal cases I wouldn't buy it to just play a upressed 2D mario, Pikmin and P100.

The only good thing that's happerned to the series since the first MW is survival, otherwise the courses have gotten worse and the campaigns have gotten bland. I played the first one for
Probably 500 hrs, and loved every minute. I played the second one around 150 hrs and still thought it was pretty good. And I played the third one 6 hrs, and then took it to a locale vid game store and sold it for $30 and thought I was lucky to get more than 5. Also black ops I did the same. And can you honestly say the game without DLc is worth $60. Cause if you can than I advise you never go to an auction. If you want a game worth your buck, buy skyrim, and if RPG's aren't your thing, buy Rage. And if you hate Bethesda, buy borderlands.

I know, right? I hate CoD. The first Modern Warfare was okay, but for some reason nobody realizes that they are paying $105 (including DLC) for the same game multiple times. I guess you could say the same about Mario, and even Pokémon, but at least they are priced reasonably, and at least they feel different.

One game I'm playing through right now is Borderlands, and it is fantastic. You know why? They actually tried something new and interesting, and it worked.

You know, I'd think you'd either notice when quoting me, or even typing the reply, but how did you fail to notice I had a PS3 TROPHY CARD IN MY SIGNATURE?

And no, they're not really. People blow the problems with them out of proportion. Sure, they're not perfect, but it's not the worst thing in the world.

I have NEVER seen the problem with friendcodes. They're not much, if any different from Gamertags/usernames/whatever.

I don't like wiki's.
So long as people don't use them to spread hate messages about/bully other users or the forum I don't see anything wrong with it though.

They're digital. Honestly not a big deal, pressure sensitive triggers are rarely used in games. It's just something else for trolls to complain about.