Nintendo global president Satoru Iwata says he feels ‘very sorry’ for consumers who experience a lengthy network update right after setting up their Wii U consoles. Some Wii U users claim to have waited for five hours to complete the new console’s necessary day one update.
“Personally I think that users should be able to use all the functions of a console video game machine as soon as they open the box. So I feel very sorry for the fact that purchasers of Wii U have to experience a network update which takes such a long time, and that there are the services which were not available at the hardware’s launch.”
If he truly thinks that, why didn’t he do it? he’s the president
Because NoA is headed by Reggie and not Iwata. And to get the Wii U out here faster was to make it an update. While yes did suck to have to wait longer to play it, it wasn’t really that big of a deal.
from what i understood the main reason for the update was so that the press (who received their consoles earlier) couldn’t talk about the features until nintendo revealed them.. and to update all consoles by hand shortly before launch likely wasn’t possible
the other launches probably won’t have that problem tho
Hopefully not. Shall I report on friday?
got mine yesterday, and I cant update it cause it getting released at friday
well does it have miiverse and the other apps already installed?
No. Can’t do anything more than playing campaign whitout online support on zombiu
if that was the case, iwata wouldn’t have said that japanese consumers have to do the update as well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBiIA9YV1p4 3:30
I don’t think it will be any different here in Europe or in Japan, so that isn’t really the reason…
Hmm… good point, but after thinking your comment through I’ve found (hopefully) the right explanation,think of it this way:
The principal of a school is the headmaster. Their role is usually not to teach, but to manage and administrate the school in a business manner. Now, Satoru Iwata is essentially a principal. If a school did not have its standard teachers just as if Nintendo did not have its workers directly working on the Wii U console, then there is no way for a principal or Satoru Iwata to make all the decisions for the Wii U.
That being said… fuck it, I have no idea what I’m talking about LOL
It’s all well and good feeling sorry for us, but unless ou actually do something about it – that means very little. He is the global president, after all, surely he had some power over this decision?
Hopefully when I get mine next month it will already have it but I doubt it will :(
im not getting wiiu til the update is added to the game disc just the the wii and ps3 games… if the update is big then they should of include the system update disc with the console.
It’s very nice that he acually cares :)
I get mine on Friday, and I don’t care how long the update takes.
Updated mine today. I don’t know how long it actually took, because I went and did other things. Couple of hours to wait is really no big deal.
Yes “I feel very sorry we rushed hardware production at the cost of shipping the console without its software being finished, making the end user suffer for our inability to wait to get your money”
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/281/d/1/wii_u_prints_money____by_olio96-d5h6e73.gif
Anyway give them a break. Besides it was us who rushed them.
Mock me all you want but it helped build the anticipation for me. Gave me time to read the manuals and redeem coins and do surveys.
That’s reasonable and almost unmockable in every way.
Satoru Iwata did Hint at 3D mario and 3D zelda games in the announcement too. Saying they will announce launch schedules in the future. And by Future you can bet your sweet ass that means e32013!
My theory is Nintendo had a lukewarm E3 this year and next year they plan on having by far the best e3 ever. Bayonetta 2 , Smash bros U , Mario U . Zelda teaser , Zelda 3DS etc etc etc.
I have that feeling, too. Also, we can expect something from Retro.
Are people still experiencing long updates? I thought it was because of so many people doing it at the same time (on day 1).
No, the update itself is actually huge… Something like 5gb in size.
That’s been debunked several times now – the update is closer to 1gb, it just takes a while due to server strain.
As PuAI says its been debunked the ‘5gb’ is what’s kept aside for wii u os not the update. There was a previous article saying those who got a 8gb version only had 3gb to play with for storage ( I wonder if 2gb after this update, I’m not bothered I have a 3 tb external hdd with its own power source I thank you lol )
No, that was Miiverse.
That’s why I don’t get any console at launch and Please make a Red Wii U Nintendo because I Black and white doesn’t suit me with certain consoles,also Red is an awesome color!I don’t care if it takes you guys a year or two,just please make a Red Wii U!
well it might take time because nintendo releases mario games and make red console/handheld for it.
Guys it really doesnt matter after all just be grateful you will play a Next Generation Nintendo System!! :)
This is How U will play next gen!
these guys never afraid to apologize for their mistakes.. which is actually very good, compare to some arrogant company.. but yes mr. iwata, if you are sorry, you should do something about it
this is sort of nintendo of americas domain
they don’t have much to say in the business but how they launch the console on their market is their doing
Everyone is complaining that he didn’t do anything about it, but would also complain if he had decided to push back launch dates. People…I personally think it’s perfectly fine.
Im so sry for something that was not entirely his fault ????
The update only took about an hour for me. That included downloading and install.
to be honest i don’t see the big deal with the update
we’ve been waiting for the wii-u for 1 and a half years now.. what’s one hour more
anyone should be able to muster that much patience
Mr.Iwata,Reggie, and Miamoto,KISS MY GHOST BLASTER!time to change my icon
my only took 40 minutes to updated. took a shower and the updated was complete
you sir take very long showers
This^ lol but 40minutes isn’t bad at all. I’ll spring for one when pikmin is out. Had $215 on one on preorder but canceled to replace my phone on the 12th.. missed launch by a week. Might get one for Christmas but my mom’s talking about a ps3 and I do wanna play God of War Ascension. .. so idk. I wanna play zombiu really, really badly too.
Mine took like an hour and a half. I was surprised by how fast it was.
It’s understandable since they sent out those pre-launch consoles to the press like ign and gameinformer. I’d hate it for them to ruin the surprise waiting for me on my Wii U.
With the excep
Free game??
I wish I had a WiiU to update. It costs $2500 in my country. That’s about 10 times my monthly pay.
brazil by any chance? i heard they have to pay a crapload for electronics
2500$ sounds excessive though
Real close. I’m from Venezuela. I don’t have a credit card (and it’s hard getting one) so I can’t but it on Amazon. It’s nearly impossible for me to get a WiiU. And the local currency will most likely get devaluated next year in comparison to the USD, so it’ll get even more expensive. You don’t have an idea how sad I am about this.
That sucks man, you could visit the states and pick up a Wii U with about the same amount… right?
Feel sooo bad for you.350 makes 2500 look like a little especially when it ain’t worth it.If you ever,ever come to the states pick one up,I wonder if it will work since you live there though plus the outlets are different >.>.
Yes, I would have to buy an adapter, but it would work. It really sucks, having been raised playing every single Nintendo console. I haven’t even been able to get a freaking Wii.
That’s just fucked.If you ever come here get a U.Missing the Wii is a issue,buy a U,I’m guessing games there are also expensive.Good luck with getting a U.
Thanks, I hope so. I want the Wii so I can play my old Gamecube games. Games are expensive too, today I saw Pokémon White 2 for $175. And that was from an official Nintendo retailer.
Maybe if you find a website that will ship stuff to your place.But if I were you and I got a Wii, there is no way I’m going to buy a 50$ game for that much,i’ll truthfully go pirate it.But there is ebay,amazon,gamestop, playntrade, and other retailers that will ship from US.
A plane ticket to go to the US would cost me less than the WiiU. Shitty country is shitty.
I think Nintendo should put an update in all future Wii U boxes. This will avoid the download time. Or better yet now that the update is available just at the update to the console so no update is needed apter unboxing.
I meant update disc.
I believe that in the future, we wouldn’t need to suffer that long update. i’ve been wanting to get a Wii U, unfortunately, from where I am, they overprice the console by almost 100% (almost double the price). So I’m waiting for the holiday seasons to pass, and in a few months or so, the prices here will go to a reasonable level. I’m in the Philippines, and we usually get the US version here. my brother says, there is an “Asian version” but it’s really the US version without Club Nintendo and power supply is 220V-230V.
In this case it pays to be a late adopter. Even if I was one of the first people to get the Wii U and I encountered this update I would simply do something else. Sleep, eat, watch porn etc. So many different ways to pass the time. I know people are excited and stuff but, this is an unfortunate reality with a lot of hardware these days.
Even the Samsung Smart TV my aunt bought (which I will also buy for myself) I set it up for her, it also had a firmware update. that took a while, I just went off to do something else. It’s not really a fault if it’s a one time thing. Leave luck to heaven.
6 hours here, but no worries Saturo, it’s all cool
Mine download and update took 50Minutes!