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[Dragon]

I wonder, how many millions upon millions of iPad purchasers FREAK OUT when they find out that it doesn't have an ethernet port?

Somehow your blind obedience to Nintendo makes you miss the obvious difference between the two.

 

[LiK]

Nintendo Support is gonna earn their pay tomorrow I you what.

Are they open on Sunday?

 

[Y2Kev]

I edited the title to say at least 1gb. I think that's fair.

 

[def sim]

Yeah, I don't get the outrage over the lack of an ethernet port. Who does not have reliable wifi anymore? It must be a very small amount.

 

[JoeFu]

Yay thread title updated.

 

[Barkley's Justice]

omg no wai 1 whole gig what will we do?

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

That's crazy talk.

 

[Bullza2o]

5GB?! It's gonna take like half a day with my 300KBps speed.

 

[pa22word]

Considering your connection is that bad, and the update only brings features that require internet functionality anyways, I'm really not understanding the pressing necessity of the update for you when your primary concern should be getting a new ISP.

ISP has a monopoly. There is no other option, and I can't afford anything else due to the monopoly they have. They price gouge out the ass like you wouldn't believe.

 

[braves01]

Haha, wait what? Cause that would be how i would connect to the internet....lmao hey Ninty you are fucking MENTAL, what a fail machine.

Wii didn't have Ethernet either.

 

[WiiRevolution1]

Whelp. Guess I'll play offline the first day. I mean seriously if it does take two hours as it did on that stream then theres no way I'll wait it out instead of playing the games.

Seriously, if your going to have a day 1 update, let it be as small as possible. The fact that this is from Nintendo is even more shocking lol.

And I have a 5meg download speed too...

 

[tiggerkiddo]

No Ethernet port is news to me as well but I don't keep up with Wii U news either...opps.

 

[MThanded]

The problem isn't the size. Think the real problem is its going to take you 5 hours to download.

"Some of yous"

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

From 5 to 1??????????????

What in tarnation????

All because of the Dorito Pope???

 

[baekshi]

2012

first world problem

 

[Terrell]

Haha, wait what? Cause that would be how i would connect to the internet....lmao hey Ninty you are fucking MENTAL, what a fail machine.

I take it you never owned a Wii.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

ISP has a monopoly. There is no other option, and I can't afford anything else due to the monopoly they have. They price gouge out the ass like you wouldn't believe.

I spit out my water when I saw those prices. My condolences.

 

[MYE]

They should've had this shit ready and installed in every launch system, wtf nintendo?

Seems out of character

 

[Darko]

Wii didn't have Ethernet either.

Its 2012.. No exuse for no ethernet port..no optical out... And 5gb system updates.

 

[MrDenny]

 

[jonno394]

I edited the title to say at least 1gb. I think that's fair.

I was hoping for

"Wii U Update -Doritos pope "it's 5GB" everyone else "1-2GB"

 

[riskVSreward]

I wonder, how many millions upon millions of iPad purchasers FREAK OUT when they find out that it doesn't have an ethernet port?

The falsest of equivalencies. Playing timing heavy games over wifi is far from preferable and I don't see people playing Tekken on their ipads.

 

[Tathanen]

Somehow your blind obedience to Nintendo makes you miss the obvious difference between the two.

Oh, yeah? So the people with iPads are less likely to connect their device to the internet? The people with iPads number far fewer than the people who buy Wiis? We don't live in a society where virtually all new consumer electronics connect to the internet wirelessly, and people regularly buy wireless routers to accommodate them?

Please tell me which part of this my Nintendo obedience has fabricated. Hopefully it'll be something other than "people only set up wireless networks for devices not connected to the wall."

 

[maquiladora]

I was hoping for

"Wii U Update -Doritos pope "it's 5GB" everyone else "1-2GB"

lol

 

[braves01]

Its 2012.. No exuse for no ethernet port..no optical out... And 5gb system updates.

Not 5 gb, it's 2012 why don't you have a router.

Optical out? lol who knows.

 

[MYE]

The falsest of equivalencies. Playing timing heavy games over wifi is far from preferable and I don't see people playing Tekken on their ipads.

Buy the dongle. Problem solved

 

[elongation]

Also, you don't have to clean out your fridge either. But 1.5 gig patch on launch is gonna hurt, I suppose

 

[Dragon]

Oh, yeah? So the people with iPads are less likely to connect their device to the internet? The people with iPads number far fewer than the people who buy Wiis? We don't live in a society where virtually all new consumer electronics connect to the internet wirelessly, and people regularly buy wireless routers to accommodate them?

Please tell me which part of this my Nintendo obedience has fabricated. Hopefully it'll be something other than "people only set up wireless networks for devices not connected to the wall."

Tekken 17 gig.

 

[Bgamer90]

I edited the title to say at least 1gb. I think that's fair.

Yep.

And man NintendoGal... that's tough.

 

[Darko]

Not 5 gb, it's 2012 why don't you have a router.

Optical out? lol who knows.

I do... But not everyone does... And even if its 1gb its still too much.

 

[Terrell]

ISP has a monopoly. There is no other option, and I can't afford anything else due to the monopoly they have. They price gouge out the ass like you wouldn't believe.

Where the hell are you that this ghetto-looking provider is your only provider?!

I've seen people in rural Saskatchewan (think Canada's Wyoming) with better ISP options than that!!

 

[G-Unit]

Who ever came with the 5gb estimate to begin with is retarded. 2013 is almost here a people should have a notion on how Internet works

 

[riskVSreward]

Buy the dongle. Problem solved

Ok, but buying a dongle for ethernet capabilities is pretty fucking stupid. They maybe save 4 cents on each machine by not including an ethernet port.

 

[prwxv3]

The 5Gigs sounded fishy. But its still unacceptable.

 

[MYE]

Oh so its 1GB now?

 

[MThanded]

Not 5 gb, it's 2012 why don't you have a router.

Optical out? lol who knows.

I have an expensive router. I have my ps3 and 360 hooked up over ethernet though.

Id rather not deal with wireless packet loss when playing timing specific games.

Some netcode can handle this better.

 

[Tathanen]

Tekken 17 gig.

Oh, so you're saying that most people with Wi-Fi find that their maximum bandwidth is being throttled. That their internet connection is slowed dramatically by the bandwidth allowed by Wi-Fi.

Funny, I thought that even standard 801.11g well outpaced the vast majority of home internet connection speeds.

 

[Darko]

Oh so its 1GB now?

No idea... People are just making up numbers based on download time

 

[DrForester]

Update took me about 90 minutes. Started around 7 MST

 

[Ydahs]

Its 2012.. No exuse for no ethernet port..no optical out... And 5gb system updates.

Optical out I agree, though ethernet? Like 99.5% will be using WiFi. It's 2012 after all

Update took me about 90 minutes. Started around 7 MST

Quick, run a speed test so we know your potential download speeds!

 

[pa22word]

I spit out my water when I saw those prices. My condolences.

Mm. It always makes me smh when people just tell others to "get better internet", because in a lot of the smaller states in the US it simply isn't an option. You often times have one ISP and have to either deal with their backwards pricing and shit quality or go without.

Where the hell are you that this ghetto-looking provider is your only provider?!

I've seen people in rural Saskatchewan (think Canada's Wyoming) with better ISP options than that!!

Western Oklahoma man =\

 

[riskVSreward]

I have an expensive router. I have my ps3 and 360 hooked up over ethernet though.

Id rather not deal with wireless packet loss when playing timing specific games.

THEN BUY THE DONGLE DERP!

I don't think the non-fgc gamers really appreciate the benefits to a hard line connection to your modem.

 

[PerZona]

Huh? Why is it 1GB now? Then the earlier reports of 5GB of update, what's that supposed to mean?

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

No idea... People are just making up numbers based on download time

Holy shit, now there's logic.

ahahahahahaha

 

[JoeFu]

No idea... People are just making up numbers based on download time

People are "making up" numbers by using mathematics...

 

[Darko]

Optical out I agree, though ethernet? Like 99.5% will be using WiFi. It's 2012 after all

True... But with huge updates they assume everyone is using wireless n?

 

[TheGreatDivide]

Update took me about 90 minutes. Started around 7 MST

Time is more interesting than size, because if Nintendo throttles the download speed the size is irrelevant.

A 90 minute update is terrible, 5gb or 1gb.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

No optical out is just a bizarre decision.

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

Huh? Why is it 1GB now? Then the earlier reports of 5GB of update, what's that supposed to mean?

It was one twitter comment. There werent reports. Most likely this confusion has to do with capped download speeds on their servers.

 

[DrForester]

Huh? Why is it 1GB now? Then the earlier reports of 5GB of update, what's that supposed to mean?

Geoff Knightly is a crack journalist.