Squilliam said:
archbrix said:
Squilliam said:
What is the point in freeing up the TV when you're in the same room as the TV? Most households by the time this becomes relevant will be able to free the TV regardless by streaming TV to their tablet or laptop. The PS VIta can do this too and that is a really popular and successful platform, it can even free up the TV and you don't even have to be in the same room.
Asymmetrical gameplay has not been proved to be enticing. You can't count these until they are hatched.
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Do you realize that you answered your own question? Plenty of people are on other devices while the TV is on for others. My girlfriend is constantly doing things on her phone, tablet, or playing my 3DS while the TV is on a show. Even my mom often plays her DS while watching programs in the background. The WiiU will give people the ability to play a full-fledged console game in their hands on the fly if others enter the room for TV watching. Same goes for watching Netflix, etc. And who said you must remain in the same room?
You can count asymmetrical gameplay as yet another feature that the WiiU provides that hasn't been done before out of the box for a home game console, which is why I brought it up in this discussion. Whether it's a selling point remains to be seen, but it certainly has potential.
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Wireless has a limited range for streaming. Besides if the Vita does practically the same thing and is not popular there is very little reason to think that the Wii U tablet feature will be more popular with even less capability.
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1. The Upad is not a Tabet.
2. Vita is not a standard component of the PS3 and it is not the standard method of gameplay.
3. Vita cost over $300. The UPad does not.
4. The Wii U controller has more capability. It can be used as a second screen and bar for the Wii-mote. It has panaormic viewing capabilities. It can scan objects that you place on top of it into the game. Its actually comfortable to hold. The UPad has gyroscopic motion control. There are also a few other things that I can't think of at the moment.
5. Vita is a flop and its popularity has no influence on NIntendo products.
6. The 3DS can also be used with the Wii U and do everything that VIta could do with the PS3 plus add glasses free 3D.
