E3: Nintendo gets social and connected with Wii U

CNET - At their E3 presser, Nintendo chose to focus on the Wii U and its games and services, but not so much on specific launch windows or on the next generation of 3DS games.

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LOS ANGELES--Nintendo had already unveiled the Wii U well before E3 started, but there were a lot of things going into this show that we didn't know. Nintendo's keynote spent a great deal of time detailing what the Wii U can do, what its online and app services are, and what games we can expect to see. A small amount of time was also spent on the Nintendo 3DS, but today's event was clearly dedicated to the Wii U.

What we didn't get, however, was a date and price. Not surprising, but anticlimactic all the same.

(Credit: James Martin)

 

Wii U gets social and connected
 
The Wii U will have Amazon Instant Video, Netflix, Hulu Plus and YouTube support, covering most of the bases for what many home consumers would think of as a set-top streaming video box. Yes, cable-accessory streaming apps like HBO Go are missing, but the four services Nintendo announced don't require cable subscriptions to activate.             More