The original Wii made waves, with gaming traditionalists up in arms about motion controls and legions of new casual gamers lining up to play, but the Wii U is less revolutionary.
Kinect motion technology could help Microsoft compete effectively against Nintendo Wii that uses a physical controller to play a game while the Kinect allows users to play game without a handheld device.
Purchasing an entirely new console comes with the hidden costs of buying games and controllers and, with the Wii, sometimes another two pieces of a controller (nunchuck and Motion Plus) in order to play all titles.