Hello again everyone,
 
Here I am again giving my perspective and I feel like I am an outlier.  I have been reading the follow ups to the Nintendo conference and I find the coverage pretty negative.  A lot of people saying why would you ever buy this thing?  I can tell you without ever having played it I want to buy it.  I want to preface this so people will understand why I am making this decision, maybe I seem like I am advocating for the system, which I am not. I just want to introduce another point of view, one of optimism.  Furthermore, I don't care about the race, I don't care what company is making the most dollars making games and game hardware,  I care about getting new exciting experiences and getting the most value for my dollar.  I am also all about advocating for diversity,  in the information I have seen coming out of E3 I did see innovation and interesting games, but nothing which gripped me as much as the possibilities presented by Wii U.  I am impressed with Vita and if it is capable of the same sorts of things that excite me about the Wii U, and indeed delivers on them, Sony may be able to make an argument for why I should get that instead of a Wii U.... unfortunately I would still likely get a Wii U, because my wife and I both love Nintendo first party software.   In the following post I will present what ideas presented at the press conference excited me, what negative opinions are out there and why I am looking forward to the launch of the system.
 
So my initial reaction was excitement, they were doing things in the trailer I never thought of, and if you read this blog, you will know I was thinking hard.  The idea of it being a scope, used for browsing, catching and pitching. extra info all of these things were great, and I hope that developers get on board with creating innovative uses for the interface.  Secondly I was elated because this solves a very real problem for me, time.  I love standard hardcore experiences, multiplayer and single player, but more and more I find myself struggling to make time for them.  A typical situation will be one where dinner is over, the house will be cleaned up and my wife and I have two - three hours before bed.  We both retreat to the rec-room and then get to debate, does she get her game, me mine, she watches TV or we play together, when we play together-no problem, otherwise somebody looses.  When I loose control of the big screen I can sometimes retreat to another room with the console, but we do enjoy each others company and she would often like me to stay in the room.  If I could bounce from playing Batman on the TV to this tablet, I can get in more game time and still spend time with my wife.  Some may say this is a relationship issue, but trust me even if you don't interact with your partner it is nice to be near them.   Finally the ideas of asymmetrical game play excite me to no end.  While the Ubi game Killer Freaks from Outer Space does not thrill me the demo I heard about where one player placed enemies on the tablet and the other fought them in a dual stick FPS sounds brilliant.  Imagine Hoard Mode, or Left 4 Dead, where someone could assume the role of director.  
 
Now for the naysayers, first off I am hearing a lot about whether this is a good financial move, Kotaku did a too little too late story, and there are reports of stocks dropping.  You know what I won't debate these stories, in most cases they are very well thought out and could be right, I just don't care.  If I get a few cool new experiences for my (estimated) $350  I won't bat an eyelash if the thing crashes and burns, I'll just turn my attention to other platforms.  But, wait you say you live on a budget, you need to get value, you have called out numerous games for not enough re-playability and yes its true, but my value assessment is that if I get three games I care about out of a platform I am happy. Nintendo usually delivers good first party in Mario, Zelda and etc, plus I think I will play Darksiders two and Arkham City on it.  Finally I like party games and I think this system will deliver some good ones.  I have gotten much more than that out of my Wii, so maybe I don't feel as burned.  Also it appears that everything will be based around only one tablet so I won't have to buy new controllers etc. 
 
I hear a lot of people say why wait for Wii U to launch for those third party games, good point, but actually the value proposition and time both are factors.  I have a huge back log of games to play, both in my own library and what I need to trade with friends. I am fairly certain that by the time I get through three Assasin's Creed games, Dragon Quest IX, Resident Evil 5, Borderlands etc. The Wii U will likely have been out for months.  So the question still persists even though the system will be out why not save the money and just buy it for your existing hardware?  The answer is then the time, as I stated earlier, if I can stream the game onto the controller I will get more play time.  As for my trophy progression, whatever I have had to level system accounts before, I don't feel that attached.  
 
Finally I see the reports of being able to do this already on the iPad, well that is an easy argument, its more expensive than this system will be, and it won't have the titles, Darksiders II etc. that I want to play via this method.  Also if I can stream my Wii and VC games to it that means I have games I want to re-play where I will be able to take advantage of the hardware day one.
 
So that outlines why I am still pumped to buy a Wii U.  Its likely a lot of the reasons for me don't apply to you, its likely the system will flop, but I don't care I tend to like things most people hate.  Thing is I think there are more people like me than you think, and for them this system solves a problem and fits a niche.  It may be what puts the final nail in the coffin for me ever buying another portable system.  I usually play portables when I don't have/don't want big screen time.  Provided this gets smaller download games I can do that, hell I could see myself spending hours on Bit Trip Runner, which I already own on the Wii.  Again if you're not like me I get why you might check out, just go easy on us who are still enthused.