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lol, instead of a kill cam in CoD, they just show the dead guys reaction.

You learn more from failure than you do from success, so I definitely hope Nintendo learned from the 3DS's launch.

Nintendo does not need third party exclusives. Their plethora of first party content is all that they need to ensure that their console stands out.

I respect your point, but I really gotta disagree with you on this one... the 1st party content appeals to a certain type of gamer (mostly, the kind that was perfectly happy with the Wii, as well), but not to the audience of gamers currently on other systems, or about ready to go to other systems - both those that have left the Wii because they felt it ignored them, and those that never took Nintendo seriously in the first place.

The real problem is this.  With the much lower install base of a newly launched system, and the recent memory of abysmally low sales for 3rd party games on the Wii, developers will, naturally, be hesitant to make anything truly original for the WiiU.  3rd parties need either big sales numbers or big Nintendo support to justify design risks.  If all that the WiiU gets from 3rd parties is bland ports of games available on other systems, the WiiU may be looking at a repeat of the Wii situation, where 3rd party support evaporates and Nintendo is left with the only content on the system.  Cross-platform games are okay... but they don't help the system itself succeed if there's no wide install base to buy them.

This is what Nintendo needs the 3rd party exclusives for.  3rd party exclusives draw wider ranges of new people to a system - get them in the door - and that allows all cross-platform games to sell well.  If you can make a Sony fanboy break down and buy a WiiU for those two or three cool exclusives (like I bought an Xbox for Mass Effect and Gears of War), then you've got them for the cross-platforms, too.  If you don't have them, then the cross-platforms don't sell at all.

The people who are all OMG'ing for a new Animal Crossing are NOT the same ones obsessing over the latest COD zombie mode DLC.  The difference makes a big difference in a systems financial viability...

I hope Wii U will allow patching for games and DLCs!!!

Considering the 3DS allows that, there is no logical reason the Wii U wouldn't.

When I saw this demo, at first, I was like, "Why is Nintendo showing a nature documentary in the middle of their conference."

Then my jaw dropped when I realized Reggie wasn't kidding when he said this was a realtime demo. And let's also consider that it's a first-gen demo, too - I can't even imagine what developers will do with this system a couple of years into its life.

Reggie: you see you have to attack when...

*Jimmy goes crazy*

Lolololol

It could look like a cardboard box on wheels, as long as the games are good that is all that matters to me really.  However I do like the look of the console, it looks very sleek indeed.

It looks alright to me. It's nothing special, but I'm going to be looking at the controller and the TV. The only time I'll really look at the box is when I'm setting up the Wii U or changing the disk.

Is there pleasing anybody these days? I mean guys come on, you're barely gonna look at the console.

Having the synchronize button on the outside is more convenient you know?

also the only thing that makes it look like a wii is the white color to me.

Looks find to me never really cared for the look of the console unless it a handheld.

Reggie Fils-Aime vs. Jack Tretton.
The winner is pretty obvious, his body is ALWAYS ready...

If Sony fires Jack Tretton, I will buy a PSVita at launch.  No questions asked.