E3 Review #1: The impending doom of the Wii U

The Wii U... has Nintendo done it again? And by done it again, I mean, have they created the next "Virtual Boy" level failure?  As you may have heard, the 3DS sales are minimal, and while there is much satisfaction by those who own one, many people don't feel like investing in it.

The Wii U isn't proving to be much better.

After it's announcement at E3, the Nintendo stocks fell significantly, confusing the creators and business men of Nintendo.  Why are people so wary of this system?  Perhaps it is because once again Nintendo is failing on computing power, with analysts seeing the Wii U as only 50% more powerful than the PS3.  Perhaps it is the fact that the controller is the size of a tablet PC and incorporates way too many things, EXCEPT a true analog stick.  Once again, Nintendo is trying to outdo everyone by including too much, and it's going to burn them this time around.

What is that? A handheld system?  NO, it's just the controller silly, the rest is going to be on your TV.

Is this something I'm planning on investing in?  Hell no, but I may invest in Nintendo while their stocks are down, because maybe I can actually get some value out of this piece of crap.  Read the linked article at the top to learn more about the failures of Nintendo this time around.

Now, to be fair, I must be nice to Nintendo.  I've loved them since the beginning.  I rebuild the original NES's as a side job.  Nintendo has done some pretty revolutionary things, and the 3DS and even the original DS were some of them.  The Wii is still top in motion technology, even against the Kinect or Move.  But sometimes Nintendo tries to outdo themselves and they begin to go to far.  The Wii U seems to be the "too far" moment.  But who knows?  Maybe I will own one sooner than I think...

Next time... the Playstation Vita!