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Yeah...I'd honestly be willing to bet that this is one of the console makers' last generation.

Most people would have had bets on the Playstation, but Microsoft is in kind of a weird position with the 360. The FPS generation is dying out and that's the genre that fueled the 360's dominance.

I think Nintendo is safe, even if the Wii U is already at a disadvantage. The interesting upside of serving up half a decade of craptastic low res graphics is that Nintendophiles such as myself have actually be waiting since the Nintendo 64 to play a Zelda or Metroid in true HD.

 

In fact, I'd say that it was a genius marketing move. The jump to HD for those games will be almost as big as what you saw when the NES gave way to the N64, and in that way the Wii U will likely be the only one of the big 3 to provide any knid of real surprises.

Otherwise, you can count on Microsoft and Sony to play it safe with more of the same hardware and games for the near future. Game development costs are getting up there.

Really, I think this next generation will belong to PC gamers. PC gaming has made a huge comeback and we're back to a point where video cards upgrade and move so fast that the consoles are going to have trouble keeping up. I think PhysX is the next big deal in gaming graphics and PC's will be on the cutting edge.

Otherwise, 2014 is going to be Nintendo's year since the big consoles will be in their launch phase and the developers will hang on to dear life to 360 / PS3 development. You see alot of good games at the very end of a console's lifespan, we saw that with the N64 and PS2.

The web surfing  on the gamepad blows away any other method for looking at content online. You can zoom and scroll using the analog sticks, and selecting things with the buttons is very cool.  Plus I have my wii u console in the basement, and I can take the gamepad upstairs and use it in my living room, OR my bedroom... It wasn't supposed to work far away, but I easily get 30 feet away THROUGH walls/floors and it works. So I use it as a tablet when upstairs and the girls are watching girl tv...

I for one have my money ready to buy the new need for speed for the wii u... I think that game will be worth the whole system. 

And mario wii u rocks... Seriously the best mario game I have ever seen. Being able to play with my kids, and throw blocks on there at will is really fun. 

The playstation 4 gamepad controller is an exact copy too. So much for innovation. 

This game is amazing! I love driving games, and even purchased the ps3 when grand tourismo 4 came out got the steering wheel, all in, it was a fun game, but the load times before EVERY race got REALLY old. I don't want to sit there looking at a "loading" bar after every single race. Not to mention you had to download content just about every time I would go to play it. Serious hassle when your internet is as slow as mine is out in the sticks (thanks Cincinnati bell for promising high speed for 4 years and NEVER delivering the speed you promised...)

Well, need for speed loads ONCE when you turn the game on. Then you can drive ANYWHERE in the city, (on or off road) when you find a race, it loads, but it plays a short video showing you the race requirements, so you aren't sitting there looking at a loading bar... Way better use of the system. 

And the graphics... Whoa! Seriously, the best graphics I've ever seen in a console system. I'm playing this in my theater on a 10 foot wide screen, and there is NO lag, the amount of detail is incredible, the textures are amazing, and the sound... Holy cow, first time you get in the new corvette and stomp it. The throaty rumble of all that horsepower coming to life is incredible. 

The controls take some getting used to as they aren't as touchy as most driving games, but within a few minutes you have it down, and it is very comfortable to play for hours with your gamepad. I sat down at 8:00 last night and before I knew it, I looked over at the clock and it was 11:00... I thought I had played an hour or so... Where all the other games, you are constantly waiting on loading so you have plenty of time to look at the clock. With this game you don't get time to look away! Unless you pause it. 

Overall, thrilled to see just what the wii u can do, and looking forward to more game development for this type of system.