Bought mine at launch. No bugs, freezes, lock ups, etc. Mine is constantly online as well with maybe 59 hours of playtime since 11/18. COD:BO2 has been rock solid with no problems with over 33 hours of playing.

See my theory of the DUD factor is getting closer to an actual fact people

PS3 = YLOD
XBOX360 = RROD
WiiU = DUDOD

Some of the thoughts around what the problem might be were bordering on "I wasn't wearing my lucky socks". Talking about the system freezing is good and I don't have a problem with people posting random theories on why it's happening.... I just pointed out that some of them are a little bit crazy...

@Skywake Nah mate! nothing to do with lucky socks... My luck energy is at a much higher level than yours obviously

Good lord, when I eventually get my Wii U either after Christmas or next year (depending on how things go) I'm I going to have to have all these updates done at once and have it sit for like 5 hours!?

Psst...
Psst...
...You can actually run the updates in the backround.
Don't tell anyone else...

Oh that's right. Forgot about that, my bad.
And don't worry, I won't tell a soul.

The updates should stack so it shouldn't take that long. It'll take about as long a year from now to update a launch Wii U as it did at launch. Later though the Wii U's on the shelves will come with newer and newer firmware and the games will come with more of the patches included. So the longer the console is out the less time it should take to update.

ahh, I had it hang loading Nintendo Land. It just sat on the loading screen looping before the lights shone on the curtains for ages.

That's possibly the most helpful post so far.

Is that the first time @skywake? It will be interesting to see how the next couple of weeks pan out for folks after the update yesterday though?

True ... I remember when I got a launchday GameCube & Wii ... both randomly crashed ... They went straight back 2 the store ... that's what happens when stuff gets made in Taiwan sweatshops ... Quality control goes out the window. /facepalm (Sony, Microsoft & Nintendo are all @ it)

Since the latest update I have noticed that miiverse loads up litterally one second faster. Was going to post to say I havent had a single freeze since the new update but as I was about to quit out of miiverse and power down, miiverse froze solid. Could still press the TV button on the gamepad and use the TV but the console hung completely and the gamepad froze too(unless pressing the TV button).

lol told ya that your systems were DUD now go and get a new one before the Xmas madness leaves ya'll with nada to play through the holiday pack of masqueraded harlequins.

why do you insist on them being duds? This is just a small software issue. The consoles work just fine.
Being that I'm an engineer and you obviously not, I will say nothing more.

Woah, easy up. I think he was just messing... Hence the Smilie!

Why the LOL at being duds? Do u even have a Wii U? Or are u just here for the drama ffs! Or is it a case of..Im alright Jack?

@3DBrains : Correct

The proof is in the fact that there are a large amount of WiiU without problems (like mine) and the people that went and got another system don't seem to be having the issue anymore speaks for itself don't you think... My job title is 'Senior Technical Supervisor' for Toshiba Australia (15 years) trust me when I say that this happens on a daily basis in my industry sometimes electronics come straight out of the box faulty especially System and Logic boards which inevitably get referred to as DUD's.

I've said it before, but I'm even more okay with the fact that I have to wait for my Wii U, seeing as how many of you are having problems that will likely be resolved by the time I acquire one. Well, that's my hope anyway.