I really hope it's fake, the Wii U is already having a a rocky start, it doesn't need this on top of it.
Let's hope this modchip removes the region locking, I'm fed up of waiting for games to come out over here, games like pikmin 3, game and wario doesn't even have a release date for the uk yet; my wii u is just sitting there and Americans get get play all the good stuff, I don't see why that is fair and is the reason why I installed a modchip on my original wii.
Not if they're selling at a loss...It's unpopular to state this opinion on here but without pirate capability I will not buy a WiiU. I could make excuses about the support here in South Korea being atrocious but instead I'm going to just state it out flat. A pirate-able system at least nets Nintendo console and hardware purchases. No pirate support, no purchase. So for all of the people concerned that this is going to hurt Nintendo's sales, as if they have stock in the company, just consider that for some people piracy moves hardware. Better some sales than none.
Nintendo (I don't remember which spokesperson) confirmed it themselves. They do sell it at a loss.Even selling at a loss it at least mitigates damages. And besides... they aren't. The hardware in a WiiU is dirt cheap. Nintendo doesn't operate like Sony.
Even selling at a loss it at least mitigates damages. And besides... they aren't. The hardware in a WiiU is dirt cheap. Nintendo doesn't operate like Sony.
Most WiiU customers already have most of the peripherals and currently the WiiU only supports one Gamepad which comes with the console. With a hack that plays backups, you won't even buy SmashU. That leaves Nintendo pretty desperate.I'm certain that if I bought a console, a few controllers to play SmashU and a motion+ controller they'd make their money back.
Nintendo makes the most money off games sales. To create new games they need this money. By pirating games they are not getting this money. If everyone were to buy one of these things and just pirate WiiU games, it will be forever known as the nogaems console that never got gaems either because of piracy.I'm certain that if I bought a console, a few controllers to play SmashU and a motion+ controller they'd make their money back.
[in the hypothetical the wii U] will be forever known as the nogaems console that never got gaems either because of piracy.
Nah, they have enough money to keep going, but it would be a shame to see this console dying like that. I wouldn't want that to happen to any Sony or Microsoft console either (with the possible exception of always online + subscription). It's just a waste of everyone's time and money, and the console's potential.And then Nintendo become a software and peripherals only company (in this scenario mobile phones/tablets will also make the 3ds untenable) and the world would have got better?
Nah, they have enough money to keep going, but it would be a shame to see this console dying like that. I wouldn't want that to happen to any Sony or Microsoft console either (with the possible exception of always online + subscription). It's just a waste of everyone's time and money, and the console's potential.
That won't make up for the losses.I'm certain that if I bought a console, a few controllers to play SmashU and a motion+ controller they'd make their money back.