Will a console less WiiU sku sell more?

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t3mporary_126 said:

d2wi said:
I don't think the technology is advanced enough to do that at this point

Aren't the new tablets already rivaling PS3 and 360 graphics? This is basically what this hypothetical GamePad is with buttons and controller sticks and a smaller screen.

The gamepad upscales the graphics, much like the Playstation Vita 1000 does.   The slim model does not, so you are stuck with 960x544 on the Vita with PS4 Remote Play.

I think the tablet idea could work, but there are a few glaring issues.

1)   The tablet would probably NOT include a Optical Drive.   If they didn't it would be a good way to reduce costs.

2)  The tablet would be useless if the storage was less than 128GB, or they didn't allow you to hook up a USB Hard Drive, thereby NOT allowing the device to be portable.   A workaround would be supporting SDXC cards, up to 512GB.    Expensive, but would solve all storage issues.

3)  Anything downloaded on the Console Wii U would NOT be transferrable to the gamepad Wii U, so if you bought physical copies, now you would have to purchase digital copies.    Unless they had a program for that.

4)   In order for them to put the entire Wii U on the console, the gamepad would have to be much heavier.

My advice:   Buy the Wii U bag, and you can make it portable that way.   It's not the perfect storage bag, but it works if you don't mind wires on top of your main accessories/hardware.