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sethnintendo on 10 June 2011
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thismeintiel said:
sethnintendo said:
Joelcool7 said:

Casuals - This is where I have to agree whole heartedly. I don't think casuals will be in any rush to upgrade to WiiU. At the same time those that do want to upgrade might end up going Kinect or Move which will both be cheaper and have alot of casual support. I think Nintendo really failed to target the casual market with this new console. If Nintendo had wanted to truly target the market they would have released a newer Wiimote with a camera much like Sony's Move. I don't think casuals will see the new controller as enticing.


Didn't you see the demo where they were playing golf with the Wiimote and the Wii U controllers was on the ground below where she was swinging.  They were using the Wii U controller just like the Move with their camera.  The Wiimote will still be used in combination with the new controller.

Actually, it was using the Wiimote just like it is used today.  The Wii U was only giving a visual representation of the ball and isn't aiding in the tracking.  And while I think that is a neat feature, I don't see the casuals who were attracted to the Wii with motion gaming running to put down money on a new system where the motion gaming is going to be mostly the same.  Especially if they have small children in the home.  No way I'm putting that controller on the floor while I have kids playing in the house.  I agree with Joelcool when he says that Nintendo should have released uprgraded controllers and/or a different way of traking them.  Something MS and Sony are most likely going to be doing when they release their next gen systems.


Oh for some reason I thought that the camera on the Wii U controller was doing something while she was swinging (acting as PS camera).  Probably didn't help that I viewed the video without volume. 

Anyways, I think that the Wiimote + are good enough for me for now.  I am glad I don't have to buy any more new controllers (hopefully they add 2 player ability to Wii U controllers so I might have to just buy 1 more Wii U controller).  I just have to buy 2 more Wiimotion+ attachments and I am set.  I am looking at the viewpoint that most of my controllers are already bought.  This is going to save me at least 150-200 dollars or more.  Better than spending 200-300 more dollars to get controllers that are just barely better than the Wiimotion +.  They could have upgraded the sensor bar into a camera but ah well...