| RolStoppable said: If the 3DS is any indication, then the Wii U will have weak first party games too and then the saving grace becomes that touchscreen controller that nobody will really care about due to the weak software lineup. Worse, if Nintendo sticks to the one controller per system statement, then the multiplayer aspect takes a huge hit. Just think about examples like selecting plays in Madden on the controller, so that your opponent can't see what you are up to. Well, that's restricted to that one player who has the sole Wii U controller. Other games that use the Wii U controller for similar stuff will be equally silly and Nintendo surviving on just singleplayer and online gaming... you know how realistic that sounds. |
As far as weak first party games, I think we're all just going to have to wait until E3 '12 before we can assume this; hopefully Nintendo has learned something from the 3DS launch.
But addressing your single controller point, Reggie has already stated that two Wii U controllers can be supported simultaneously. I believe the reason this was downplayed at E3 was probably because not every game can be supported this way, and Nintendo didn't want to create false hope for that. Something like Crysis 2, for example, would be tough to stream to several controllers flawlessly at the same time, as it's a very intensive game to do so. However, two people playing Madden and having their play calling and such on their independent screens should be no problem at all.
