Iwata Apologizes For Wii U Day One Update

I think those days are long gone. Games/consoles are now more like PC gaming where you have to patch everything before you can play.

Pretty much this. This also proves people just don't always know what they want, especially after how I always heard from everyone that they wanted console gaming to be on par with PC gaming.

Dear consumers,
We regret being Japanese bastards.
We regret making Wii U.
And we most definitely regret making this 5GB day-one patch that will brick our console if you f*** it up.


apology accepted.

Not to mention the whole having to manually add your internet and since there is no ****ing wired port without a third-party adapter there is no choice.

Having to wait a small amount of time in order to download a patch that fixes permanent game breaking bugs, glitches, and crashes? Yes please. Having to wait a small amount of time in order for my console to be continually upgraded for years to come for completely free? Yes please.

your missing the point, they released a product before it was finished, they knew it wasnt finished yet they said screw it we'll sell the thing and fix it AFTER we get our money

they do this with games all the time and it can be seen very clearly on PC, some games are simply unplayable at release and with the internet they can now just sell it anyway and fix it later and the funny part is we praise them when they release a patch, forums end up full of people thanking them thats right we buy unfinished crap then wait for them to fix it so we can thank them for something that should not have been broken in the first place

The patch was released before the console went live, so what are you talking about "released before it was finished". You sound like an angry Xbox fanboy, go back into your hole.

The update wasn't 5GB. That's the size of the console's OS.

sgt. johnson?