Wii U framerate drops to 30fps if using a second GamePad

[NightDragon83]

TWRoO said:

NightDragon83 said:
This isn't a big deal, 30fps is the standard for most HD games, and many of the smoothest games still have framerate hiccups here and there.

And don't forget, it's not like both screens are going to be displaying the full game simultaneously along with the main TV screen. 99% of the time they'll just be displaying arbitrary menus and HUD stuff when playing games using the TV as the main screen... and if you're playing a full game on the Wii U screen instead of the TV, then obviously you're not using a second controller so the point becomes moot.

Well we don't know enough about it yet, you may be able to play 2 player games using the pads instead of the TV.

They'd most likely be relatively simple games like the "Othello" game shown in last year's E3 demo for example, or certain 2D games like NSMBU.  I highly doubt we'll be able to play games like Call of Duty exclusively on the small screen when using two tablet gamepads simultaneously, but if that somehow turns out to be true, it would then become a HUGE selling point of the system.