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Wii U: bricking it already
I've been reading about how the Wii U launch is going in America & it seems a lot of people have brick their consoles.
A 5gb update is required for many of the features & it's taking a long time for the download to go through.
The Wii U has an auto shutdown mode after about 90 minutes of inactivity which is turned on by default. When the update is being installed for some people, the 90 minutes lapses & switches their console off, bricking it & leaving them not able to do anything with it!
It's stupid that the console installing an update isn't deemed as being active & even people with fast internet are suffering slow downloads.
Be sure this doesn't happen to you by disabling auto shutdown before you start the update
A 5gb update is required for many of the features & it's taking a long time for the download to go through.
The Wii U has an auto shutdown mode after about 90 minutes of inactivity which is turned on by default. When the update is being installed for some people, the 90 minutes lapses & switches their console off, bricking it & leaving them not able to do anything with it!
It's stupid that the console installing an update isn't deemed as being active & even people with fast internet are suffering slow downloads.
Be sure this doesn't happen to you by disabling auto shutdown before you start the update
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But it does appear its a download thats not required to use the console, u games and basic features so many will just leave it until they need it.
But a big fail from nintendo, will the people who made this decision find their heads rolling.
http://m.computerandvideogames.com/379344/wii-u-online-hub-accidentally-hacked-on-day-one/
The option to switch between Limited and Full is there on the PS3 and Xbox 360 (Full being named Expanded here).
Not even that. The update is 1GB and it adds to the currently installed firmware which is just under 4GB
It's not hacking. It's inadvertantly accessing the debug menu, from which he was able to do nothing still. This was quickly fixed
The 360 was like that until very recently. It's not that much of an issue. It's also temporary. Should something happen to your Wii U, Nintendo has demonstrated with the 3DS and Wii that they will transfer things over
The auto turn-off is disabled automatically when updates occur. People have bricked their consoles because they willingly chose to unplug it (servers were getting pounded at that time so things were slow, they thought it froze) and that's what happened
If you update your system don't switch it off mid update because it is slow. That's pretty much guaranteed to brick it.
You'd think most gamers would know that at least...especially on launch day when the servers are bound to take a hammering.
Well they are locked to the machine for the moment..
...but I suspect it's highly like that will change at some point.
You can transfer accounts on the 3DS....and they allow you to transfer your Wii account to your Wii U. So it's highly likely they will allow you to transfer your Wii U account to a new Wii U at some point ..
...but Nintendo were never going to allow the same account on more than 1 machine at a time.
I agree you can expect price drops in the near future. UK retail is just trying their luck at launch..as they did with the 3DS XL. Amazon France aren't quite so greedy and they have sliced 35 euros off the rrp of the premium (making it around £255 including tax).
Expect to see UK retail knock £30/£40 off the price once the initial demand has diminished (and probably include another "free" game). If Amazon france can do it ..then so can Amazon UK (but as I'm getting my premium for £199 due to them honouring their mispricing..I can't really complain ).
That should be disabled by default when an Update is in progress, at least it is for the PS3 and Xbox 360, if the Wii U is knocking consoles off DURING an update then that's another huge oversight from Nintendo!
I thought so, just blackoutz post seemed to suggest otherwise.
I thought you had to do the update before you got acess to the Wii U menu? If you get access to the Menu before the required update, I'll make sure I'll head to the settings and deactivate the auto off function before I do anything