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Nintendo President Apologizes For Lengthy Day One Update Download For Wii U

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Those of you who bought a Nintendo Wii U last week probably had a heck of a time getting started, as you first had to download a 5 GB update for your system just to make sure everything was running up to speed.  But Nintendo feels your pain in that regard, particularly company president Satoru Iwata.

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In an interview with IGN, Iwata stated, “Personally, I think that users should be able to use all the functions of a console video game machine as soon as they open the box.  So I feel very sorry for the fact that purchasers of Wii U have to experience a network update which takes such a long time, and that there are the services which were not available at the hardware’s launch.”  (He’s speaking about the lack of the Nintendo TVii service, which was hyped at a press conference a few months ago.)

It doesn’t entirely alleviate the system’s problems, but it’s nice to have a sympathetic ear.  As we stated above, we’re sure things will get better with the launch of new services over the next few weeks.


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