Wii U Review: Should you buy one

The Wii U came out in 2012 and has sold approximately 8 million consoles and there is 300 hundred million people in the U.S. So a lot of people haven't made up their minds yet. Since is early in the console generation, people are hesitant on where they should by a Wii U. This Review is to help, you make up your mind whether is this a good fit for you.

Games

The exclusives are by far the best feature about the Wii U console. There is no other console manufacturer that can say they have a 30 year old franchise. They also have the greatest quality control for their exclusives, Its very rare for Nintendo to release a broken game. Its Ironic that where they strive they also die in. Nintendo has the best exclusives but the worst third party support. Third parties are the guys who make the juggernauts like Call of Duty , Grand Theft Auto and Battlefield. What will most likely not see the light of day on the Wii U.

User Interface

The user interface is the most important feature of the console. The Wii U layout is similar to Xbox One Tile System. In the fact that you launch the system and pin what seems like a infinite amount of stuff. The  cool part is that they added the Quick start menu what tries to cut flub and waiting time in between you and your game. The Wii U Gamepad is immensely useful to the experience whether its to use touch pad for the Eshop mini game or using to complete a task what would take a bit longer with the traditional controller.

HARDWARE

Now the Wii U is the first HD Nintendo console that makes the huge leap from those wretched

AV Cables.  The Game Pad is the star of console in my book. Its make the Wii U a mobile home console.  What I mean by that is I can play Wii U in my Kitchen even though the Wii U is upstairs. There is virtually no lag. That is one of the most innovative features I have seen since I was able to launch games through Xbox 360 Guide. The Wii U is underpowered to it competitors specs wise but if you didn't tell me that, then I would think the Wii U would be on par with Xbox one and PS4. I have not played in mutiplats by any means, but Mario Kart 8 is a testament to what you can do with a  "underpowered" Console.

Conclusion 

Should you buy a Wii U? Yes, but buy it as a secondary platform. Its great for Mario Kart, Smash Bros, and Zelda but it doesn't get enough games to keep you entertained all year. 

The Xbox 360 is a TANK

Happy Birthday Xbox 360! The 360s birthday is this month. The 360 has aged but it has aged well.from the time it was created it still has the horsepower to run games today. 360 has held up more than any other console in any other generation.

    The Xbox 360 is turning 9 years old on November 22^{nd .} It can still run 2014 games with no problem. Now, are they going to run at 1080p and have 60 frames per second? No. But they can run and that’s insane  if you look at every other console generation. They have given up on the last generation consoles pretty quickly.

Xbox 360 still has games coming out for it. The Xbox 360 just got their own Borderlands game, as of right now, it not going to the next generation. Some of the biggest block busters are still coming to the last genration, Far Cry 4, Titanfall and Assassin Creed Rouge. The Xbox 360 is older than Twitter but is still culturally relevant. I had logged thousands of hours on my Xbox 360 and I thoroughly enjoy playing on it but I think it time for people to move on, sort of.  

          I really enjoy my Xbox 360 I have probably 60+ unplayed games but the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are substantially better at everything. They're quicker, more powerful and NEW!  A lot  of time I think my Xbox 360 is frozen but its just because it’s too slow. The Xbox One has better visuals and higher frame rates. The load times can actually be increased with hardrives and SSDS.

          The Xbox 360 shouldn’t be shelved yet because legends don’t die. The Xbox 360 has support until 2016 (hopefully late) but I think there is enough value and game prices are starting to drop dramatically for you to keep your Xbox 360. Plus,that Gamerscore dough.  I love my Xbox and I will probably never get rid of it.

Gaming industry Worries

Gaming industry Worries

Microsoft is obviously not doing well. With the Xbox one struggling to compete with PlayStation 4 , it doesn’t help that Ryse Son of Rome , Dead Rising 3 and Titanfall are all coming to PC and it was recently announced  that Xbox One lost 400 million dollars. Plus with Nadella flip flopping every other week whether Xbox is important.

Sony’s PlayStation brand is doing very well but Sony as a whole is doing terrible, they have a 78% of going bankrupt in the next two years.

Nintendo lets be real the third party support is pathetic and sales are in huge slup ( with the Exception of a Mario Kart 8).it had a one year lead over it competitors and it was wasted with poor marketing and terrible sales.

Steam I feel that Steam is doing a fantastic job but early access and steam Greenlight is starting to degrade the overall quality of the games such as the stupid Rock Simulator or the half made games what developer have no attention of being completed. 

Origin its origin at least they trying.

This is where,I think gaming it could go now, tell what you guys think.

Pixel Counting

The Xbox One and PlayStation 4 came out in 2013, and there has been a huge debate over resolution and frame rates ever since. Does it even matter? I think it doesn't matter as long as the next generation has improved visuals over the last. I own an Xbox One and a gaming PC, so I feel I have a unique view of the situation. I remember in early November, everyone on the internet was giving Xbox a hard time, but I had already had pre-ordered it in August. I had enough faith in the Xbox brand to keep it. I got my Xbox One, gleefully hooked it up with Battlefield 4, and I was speechless. It was only 720p, but it looked much better than anything on the Xbox 360. Then later on I went to my local Gamestop, and they told me basically they had the same experience. Honestly, as gamers, shouldn't we be happy with new consoles as long as there is substantial improvement? I certainly am enjoying the Xbox One, and I hope you're enjoying your console of choice. But more importantly, I hope that everyone is enjoying the next generation of consoles, regardless of its pixel counts.

My Xbox One Impressions

                     

The Xbox one is very interesting. The Xbox one runs on windows kernel what’s a modified version of windows 8 metro screen. The interface is annoying and customizable at the same time. It hard to figure out where you are after you have opened a couple of applications. It also a note that almost everything is application now. Even my achievements it’s sort of stupid but does have benefits like an overall percentage on each game. Then on side note you cannot check Xbox one achievements on Xbox.com or smart glass, even though your support to be able to at least on smart glass,.

          So after that rant let’s talk about everyone favorite part is the installs. The Xbox one and PS4 require you to install games. This takes forever me guestimate about 3 to 4 hours. Now this might’ve helped battlefield 4 wow me. I finally got in game and played the campaign and it was easily the best looking game I have ever seen. The cinematic and gameplay are awesome in every aspect. It didn’t matter how many video you watch you will never comprehend it until you see it on a 1080p TV. It really shows how games are getting to the point where realism and gameplay are starting to merge together.

The Xbox one is a mixed bag at current moment. The games themselves look awesome but the insane downloads of the disk and odd interface decisions are holding it back. I think you can buy Xbox but just remember the Xbox will evolve over time.

Microsoft and Apple , Will They Be Relevant in 20 years

With apple losing there visionary Steve jobs in 2011. I’m interested in seeing their future innovations without the guidance of Steve Jobs. I feel there just going to keep repeating same products over and over  until people start getting tired with their ideas such as the iPod or IPad, now don’t get me wrong there is nothing really wrong with these devices (except using a IPad as a office device when its clearly not for that). Heck I going to invest in a iPod , I wanted apps and songs ( don’t worry I not going to buy them ,YouTube to mp3) . I’m not worried for apple at the instant but apple in 10 years because the  PC market is going down ( It’s because a windows 7 computer can last probably last 7-10 years  without you needing a new PC, causing the pc market not crash, but  to go down and then plateau) and then the fact that android owns the market with 80% of the phone market and Microsoft owning 90% of PC operating systems (aka Windows) .   Let’s talk about my boys  Microsoft, other than their impenetrable  windows operating system and office. Their surface and windows phone is considered  a work in progress their fairly new into market but the surface tablet does look like it has potential to be next big  thing with the surface 2  with it being 20% faster and 60% longer battery life  but with that said its still hemorrhaging a billion dollars but with Excel , PowerPoint and Word I think its next  up incoming tablet in the market. Then there windows 8 which is called the  “new vista”. Then there is the  Xbox my  pride and joy of the Microsoft but with terrible reveal of Xbox one I’m still little worried especially with PS4 capitalizing on their mistakes.

I’m really interested to see how these tech giants will do in the future with changing markets and jerk off skeptics.

William Townsend