Iwata Unsure if Nintendo Will Sell Wii U At a Loss

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zarx said:

bobgamez said:

Specs aren't finalized yet, so it could very well have 4 controller support. There are even rumors about it doing just that. Plus, there are a lot more accesories they could do, they could always make a new wii fit. They could sell a new U zapper that works for the tablet. Or even a new wheel for mario kart(would be very big though lol)

They could, but that is just idle speculation at this point and the official word is that it will only support one. We could hope that they will add support for more than one all solid evidence points to one.

Well, it depends on who you hear it from:

http://wii.ign.com/articles/117/1176175p1.html

My guess is that Reggie let it slip to Pachter that it indeed can, although Iwata and Miyamoto are playing that down at the moment (probably still figuring out pricing, etc).

I can't imagine that the controller wouldn't be sold separately; what if it breaks?  People need to be able to go to a store and buy a new one.  The Wii U certainly wouldn't have a problem supporting multiple controllers for basic controller use, or even using the screen for play-calling in a two player game of Madden.  The only thing in question is how many controllers Wii U can stream a full game to at once.