Wii 'U'nder powered?

[HappySqurriel]

binary solo said:
Well they gotta make a console that's reasonably priced with probably the most expensive controller ever made.
You think the Kinect is expensive as a controller? I bet the Wii U controller won't be that far off as a sold separately item. I don't see too many households owning more than 2 of those bad boys, probably most will only have one.

Again Ninty is going for the innovation factor not the graphics powerhouse factor. Putting the tech specs up to HD output capability without going for up to date performance was probably the cost trade off for their controller.

The next 2D Mario and Mario galaxies in HD glory will keep people plenty happy and they don't need to rival UC3 or Gears o' War. And who cares about ultra high performing HD social games? Not me.

Nintendo want/need current Wii owners to upgrade to Wii U. They can achieve that in the main with slightly better than PS360 graphics performance.

For Wii U success launch price is key. They won't get away with having a console launch at double the price of Wii at launch any more than Sony could get away with what they did with PS3. And they won't launch their new console at a loss.

While the controller will probably end up being more expensive than most controllers released today, I doubt it will be as expensive as some people think/fear. I have seen LCD touch screen based "e-readers" regularly selling for less than $100, and I suspect these devices are more expensive to manufacture than a controller that (effectively) has a "dummy terminal" that displays images that are transmitted to it from the console.