Wii U's Off to a Wobbly Start

By Erika Morphy
TechNewsWorld

The Wii U has sputtered unfinished into an uncontested market, and serious glitches have already tarnished the launch. Gamers cleared shelves when it make its appearance on Sunday, but after rushing home to play, they found they had to wait for a big, time-consuming firmware update. Some who weren't patient enough to see it through turned off their machines and unwittingly bricked them.The Wii U's launch has not been without its bumps in the road, to put it kindly. There were reports of users waiting hours to download and install a very large -- said to be 5 GB -- mandatory firmware update. For some, the wait seemed endless, and they powered off the system before the download was complete. When they powered on again, some found their consoles bricked.

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