Miyamoto: "Nintendo Wii U is okay I guess sort of not really"

[Tev]

What will make the Wii U the best thing since the Wii is the fact that it will most likely be hundreds of dollars less than the competitions' consoles. Parent's use "grown-up" devices like actual Blue-ray players and Digital Boxes/DVRs forced on them by their cable/satellite companies to watch things. When they go out to buy a gaming console for their kids, the Wii U will be the cheapest thing on the shelf that doesn't conflict with whatever else they have already got plugged into the back of a TV. And if the Wii U supports Netflix like the Wii does or better for online streaming of movies....it won't even be a contest.

Sony painted itself into a corner trying to compete with itself for the DVD/Blue-Ray market. Microsoft fell into the same trap trying to convince adults that gaming consoles could take the place of more commonly perceived adult technologies.