Lie # 2 - We will change the living room experience
I remember whenever Nintendo was touting their Wii U they said they would change the way we use the living room. I remember there was a picture of four people with one watching the TV and the others immersed in their laptops or phones or tablets. They then showed the entire family involved with the Wii U.
I've owned my Wii U since November 18 and my living room functions just the same. Now I'll admit, when we have guests the multi player facets of the Wii U are unmatched. Nevertheless, it is quite underwhelming.
It isn't my go-to console for my living room experience. The Netflix app requires the gampad with its horrible battery life to stay on. The TVii app is kind of impressive, but our satellite gives us the information we require to enjoy TV. And as my friends from Gaikoku Gamers (another shameless plug) pointed out, there's NO BLU-RAY OR DVD PLAYBACK. I'm happy I own a PS3 because the Netflix functions way better and I can actually watch Blu-Ray or DVDs. The Wii U simply did not deliver on its promise. It's a shame too because I would've loved the system to live up to the hype.
Frankly right now since there are virtually no games to play right now, the Wii U needed to deliver on that promise. Such a shame it didn't. Until Pikmin 3 comes out I'll just rest with the promise of a console Zelda, Mario and Mario Kart in the not-so-near future with my PS3 getting 90% of my attention.
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