Wojo

Bacon is like candy in this country. It's hard to have only one piece. You want to eat the whole pack, then buy more. If you have the willpower though, good for you. It looks thicker, though, than typical breakfast bacon eaten in the States.

BB can take its time. I'm only as far as the three day cook marathon in the middle of nowhere. Long way to go.

Pol O...

I think Dave hijacked Joey's account for a post.

It all depends on how you define next generation. If you mean it's the current generation of offering by a company that is meant to financially compete with everything else, then sure it is. (The Cleveland Browns are technically an NFL team, right?) But if you're looking to compare performance of one system to the average performance on the competition, then it's not even in the same ballpark.

The Wii is fine for what it is, so long as you accept it cannot graphically compete with a 360, PS3, or high end PC. It's fun for kids, groups, or older casual gamers, but the less affordable competitors offer better performance. Most Wii users accept this or don't care.

But for the WiiU to largely be the same almost decade old hardware is a slap in the face to anyone who expected a serious upgrade. Certainly Nintendo calculated that the original Wii's antiquated graphics and processor could be offset by its innovation. The WiiU does not offer a compelling enough new innovation to justify an upgrade.