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Zero999 on 25 September 2013
Euphoria14 said:
Zero999 said:
Euphoria14 said:
No. It should have been more powerful and without the gamepad.

Nothing wrong with the wiimote & pro controller being the pack-ins.

dumping the gamepad would only make the console slightly more powerful.

I am sure if WiiU was $350 with the Gamepad they could have made something similar in power to the XBone for $350, especially since PS4 is retailing for $400.

 

I just feel that the gamepad is a total waste of time and resources. So even without pumping up the specs and just dumping the gamepad they probably could have launched at $300 or less. Would have made a world of difference if you ask me.

wii u was always 299. the 349 model was due to the bundled game. substituting the gamepad for a pro controler or wii mote + nunchuck would barely give them an extra 40-50 bucks to invest on hardware. I also don't understand why are people complaining about wii u hardware when wii u is as powerfull as any console needs to be. it's a good leap above ps360 and not much distant from ps4/xone.



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darkknightkryta on 25 September 2013
Zero999 said:
Euphoria14 said:
Zero999 said:
Euphoria14 said:
No. It should have been more powerful and without the gamepad.

Nothing wrong with the wiimote & pro controller being the pack-ins.

dumping the gamepad would only make the console slightly more powerful.

I am sure if WiiU was $350 with the Gamepad they could have made something similar in power to the XBone for $350, especially since PS4 is retailing for $400.

 

I just feel that the gamepad is a total waste of time and resources. So even without pumping up the specs and just dumping the gamepad they probably could have launched at $300 or less. Would have made a world of difference if you ask me.

wii u was always 299. the 349 model was due to the bundled game. substituting the gamepad for a pro controler or wii mote + nunchuck would barely give them an extra 40-50 bucks to invest on hardware. I also don't understand why are people complaining about wii u hardware when wii u is as powerfull as any console needs to be. it's a good leap above ps360 and not much distant from ps4/xone.

Except Iwata indirectly stated the gamepad added 100 dollars to the cost of the Wii U.



Zero999 on 25 September 2013
darkknightkryta said:
Zero999 said:
Euphoria14 said:
Zero999 said:
Euphoria14 said:
No. It should have been more powerful and without the gamepad.

Nothing wrong with the wiimote & pro controller being the pack-ins.

dumping the gamepad would only make the console slightly more powerful.

I am sure if WiiU was $350 with the Gamepad they could have made something similar in power to the XBone for $350, especially since PS4 is retailing for $400.

 

I just feel that the gamepad is a total waste of time and resources. So even without pumping up the specs and just dumping the gamepad they probably could have launched at $300 or less. Would have made a world of difference if you ask me.

wii u was always 299. the 349 model was due to the bundled game. substituting the gamepad for a pro controler or wii mote + nunchuck would barely give them an extra 40-50 bucks to invest on hardware. I also don't understand why are people complaining about wii u hardware when wii u is as powerfull as any console needs to be. it's a good leap above ps360 and not much distant from ps4/xone.

Except Iwata indirectly stated the gamepad added 100 dollars to the cost of the Wii U.

70-80 would be more believable. now subtract the costs for a pro controller/ wii mote + nunchuck and what do you get? an extra 40-50 bucks. magic, isn't it?



brendude13 on 25 September 2013

Yes.

The worse the graphics are, the better and more innovative gameplay becomes. Excluding the SNES, N64 and Gamecube of course.



EdHieron on 25 September 2013
Zero999 said:
Euphoria14 said:
Zero999 said:
Euphoria14 said:
No. It should have been more powerful and without the gamepad.

Nothing wrong with the wiimote & pro controller being the pack-ins.

dumping the gamepad would only make the console slightly more powerful.

I am sure if WiiU was $350 with the Gamepad they could have made something similar in power to the XBone for $350, especially since PS4 is retailing for $400.

 

I just feel that the gamepad is a total waste of time and resources. So even without pumping up the specs and just dumping the gamepad they probably could have launched at $300 or less. Would have made a world of difference if you ask me.

wii u was always 299. the 349 model was due to the bundled game. substituting the gamepad for a pro controler or wii mote + nunchuck would barely give them an extra 40-50 bucks to invest on hardware. I also don't understand why are people complaining about wii u hardware when wii u is as powerfull as any console needs to be. it's a good leap above ps360 and not much distant from ps4/xone.


It's actually a good deal distant from XBox One and PS4.   Maybe not quite as distant as Wii was from 360 and PS3, but it's getting there.



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darkknightkryta on 25 September 2013
Zero999 said:
darkknightkryta said:
Zero999 said:
Euphoria14 said:
Zero999 said:
Euphoria14 said:
No. It should have been more powerful and without the gamepad.

Nothing wrong with the wiimote & pro controller being the pack-ins.

dumping the gamepad would only make the console slightly more powerful.

I am sure if WiiU was $350 with the Gamepad they could have made something similar in power to the XBone for $350, especially since PS4 is retailing for $400.

 

I just feel that the gamepad is a total waste of time and resources. So even without pumping up the specs and just dumping the gamepad they probably could have launched at $300 or less. Would have made a world of difference if you ask me.

wii u was always 299. the 349 model was due to the bundled game. substituting the gamepad for a pro controler or wii mote + nunchuck would barely give them an extra 40-50 bucks to invest on hardware. I also don't understand why are people complaining about wii u hardware when wii u is as powerfull as any console needs to be. it's a good leap above ps360 and not much distant from ps4/xone.

Except Iwata indirectly stated the gamepad added 100 dollars to the cost of the Wii U.

70-80 would be more believable. now subtract the costs for a pro controller/ wii mote + nunchuck and what do you get? an extra 40-50 bucks. magic, isn't it?

"those hardware systems would go up in price by easily a hundred dollars or more."

http://techland.time.com/2013/06/18/shigeru-miyamoto-apologizes-for-wii-u-game-delays-says-the-best-is-nearly-here/

Extra font size is from the site, bold was me XD.

You honestly think the Wiimote and nunchuck cost more than 10 dollars for nintendo to manufacture?  Same goes for the pro controller, extra 20 bucks for the both of them.  At worst NIntendo would have 80 dollars more, which is a lot to invest in a cpu and gpu.



Max King of the Wild on 25 September 2013

Wii U did not have similar sales in 2012. Nintendo over shipped and Wii U was plentiful wherever you went (ask the scalpers).



IsawYoshi on 25 September 2013

Should have been more powerful, using pro controller and wiimote. I love the gamepad, but it is more suited as an add on.



Zero999 on 25 September 2013
darkknightkryta said:
Zero999 said:

70-80 would be more believable. now subtract the costs for a pro controller/ wii mote + nunchuck and what do you get? an extra 40-50 bucks. magic, isn't it?

"those hardware systems would go up in price by easily a hundred dollars or more."

http://techland.time.com/2013/06/18/shigeru-miyamoto-apologizes-for-wii-u-game-delays-says-the-best-is-nearly-here/

Extra font size is from the site, bold was me XD.

You honestly think the Wiimote and nunchuck cost more than 10 dollars for nintendo to manufacture?  Same goes for the pro controller, extra 20 bucks for the both of them.  At worst NIntendo would have 80 dollars more, which is a lot to invest in a cpu and gpu.

my dear, if you are saying yourself that wiimotes and nunchucks cost 10 dollars to manufacture, how can you believe the gamepad costs 100 dollars? you can post whatever iwata comments you want, that price doesn't match with what's inside the gamepad.

edit: and suppose it's really that price and they dumped it to increase the hardware. we would have a slightly more powerfull system without the cool stuff from the gamepad. horrible tradeoff.



Max King of the Wild on 25 September 2013
Zero999 said:

70-80 would be more believable. now subtract the costs for a pro controller/ wii mote + nunchuck and what do you get? an extra 40-50 bucks. magic, isn't it?

More believable doesn't mean wishful thinking. Its common knowledge the gamepad cost an exuberant amount for Nintendo compared to other controllers. As for Wii U being comparable to Ps4/X1? Well, just tell third parties that because again, thats wishful thinking. You could be a decent poster if you didn't make nintendo look so bad all the time. You are the Leo-j of Nintendo fans.