| blkfish92 said: Wow why would Nintendo keep their own devs in the dark about the console, that's just Sparta! |
Probably as a means to keep details of it from being leaked before Nintendo wants them to be ...
At this point in time Nintendo wants everyone to be focusing on the controller and getting curious about (and used to) the concept. While they can't fully prevent it from happening, they don't really want people to focus on the technical abilities of the console or the services that will be provided; and they may want people to fully digest the Wii U controller before they put it into the context of a broader strategy.
Hypothetically speaking, if it was leaked that the Wii U was 4 to 6 times the processing power of the HD consoles, the details of their online service were made public, or their unconventional market strategy was published that is all people would talk about.
Besides that, while I'm sure that Microsoft and Sony have sources that have given them a more complete picture of what the Wii U is than we currently know, any part of their strategy that they can keep from being made available to Microsoft and/or Sony until it is too late for them to respond to it is a huge benefit to Nintendo.
