@banacheck No, I'm just cheesed the system is very very limited. If the new xbox isn't backwards compatible Microsoft have just dropped over 7 years of content. Stupid considering they are aiming to build a 'eco-system' that is going to be compared against apple, google and steam. The only reason Microsoft had a unified account system to begin with was because they knew the 360 had a extremely high failure rate of 33% in the first 2 years. The paying customer didn't know that but Microsoft did.

I actually think the eShop is one of the best features of the WiiU. I download everything. I only have 3 retail disks and that's because they're gifts.
The PSN and Live account systems are a lie anyway. It states on PSN you can only download your content to 3 different devices, plus everything I've bought on PSN is incompatible with the PS4... I don't know about you people but to me that's not a unified account system. I'm not sure about Live, but I would assume it's very similar. Steam, GreenManGaming.com, GOG.com, GetGames, Origin and UPlay are the fully unified systems some of which are in very early stages just like the Nintendo Network. Another thing I'd like to point out is everything I bought on my Wii works on my WiiU, will the same be possible for the new xbox, I know it wont for PS4 - Sony have just lost me as a customer.
Now with regards to content being lost if 'something where to happen with my WiiU', I have a 1TB hard drive where everything I download gets saved to. If my WiiU breaks I am 100% confident my content is safe. If my hard drive fails, I download all my content again. Simple as that.
Things I'd like to see in the eShop are pre-orders for upcoming games, a shopping basket - stop making me paid for things individually, more 3rd party VC software and sales. I am loving the promotions held at the minute the most resent one being super mario bros 2. I also want to see every 3rd party retail game on the eShop with reduced prices.

Miiverse might come in handy when the game gets released. I will get the demo, but wont buy the game until there's Wii Remote pointer support!

It wont be called Eternal Darkness if the game is making its way to PC. As far as I know Nintendo own the rights to Eternal Darkness IP

Like many people have highlighted external storage is much cheaper than Microsoft's solution. Sony have mandatory installs because of the relatively small amount of RAM the GPU and CPU have access to. The WiiU does not have this problem.
Personally I'd much prefer the option to purchase a hard drive separately.
@XyVoX it looks like you can run games from the hard drive.

Nintendo need to look at STEAM if they want a successful digital store not to mention incorporate cross system accounts. I hope that's the way they're going because this is all just a waste of time if not.
For me I would much rather digital copies of games for my handheld device. It just seems to work better if they want to offer special edition games with a sound track, added game content or developer info.

I DONT LIKE ADVERTS IN MY FACE.
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Still the best place on the internet for nintendo download reviews.

To be honest, I haven't played any of their games... But I do know one thing. Retro Studios are much better than RARE

I tried pre-ordering the Limited Edition version today on Amazon.co.uk but just got a 'update the game status' button. Anyone else get that?