Khuutra on 09 June 2011
| Killiana1a said: OP got this right in the first line "one tablet to rule them all." All of my attention to the WiiU has been on the controller. The controller has a 6.2 inch screen, speakers, a mic and is intended to be used to play WiiU games if the television is turned off. I get this and I probe deeper. Nintendo moreso than any other gaming company, of late, has set trends when it comes to innovative controllers. The Wii remote and the way the player played the game with it was a revolutionary concept put into practice. I think with smart phones, the iPad, and tablet PCs flooding the markets nowadays, the comparison of the WiiU controller to a tablet PC is a captain obvious. Otherwise why outfit a controller with a mic and speakers? If Nintendo is going to try and take a stab at the iPad and the entire tablet PC market, then they better get some apps and online connectivity for the WiiU controller. Otherwise, if it is just a half-assed attempt at trying to replicate the novelty of the Wii Remote, then Nintendo is going to bomb bigger on the WiiU than they are currently doing with the 3DS. As for the games and hardware of the WiiU console, I see no reason to buy one if one already has a comparable console in the Xbox 360 or PS3. I believe (not predict) the WiiU console will be a tad more stronger in hardware than the Xbox 360, but not quite as powerful as the PS3. If this is the new generation console, then I see no reason to buy one considering I already have an HD console and a Wii. |
The WiiU controller is not a tablet. As near as can be told it's just a video receiver with a touchscreen. In order to have the functionality you describe, all those programs would have to be run on the WiiU itself.
Though Nintendo showed off video chat as one of the conceptual uses of it, so they may be leaning in that direction.
Also your last line has caused a small part of my brain to begin to boil. It is heating up the rest of my head. I need to lie down.
