Devs: Next Xbox easiest to work with, Wii U "most challenging"

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VGKing said:

Millenium said:

Good point, you could very well be right there.

Hope that's not going to become reason enough for major third part developers to shun the platform. If the WiiU doesn't take off as the Wii and it's not getting third-party support it could really get in trouble.

1) It has a tablet controller. Casuals will really like that.
2) I expect Sony and Microsoft to also release a tablet controller at some point for their next-gen systems.

1) Will they? The way I see it most casuals already have a tablet controller, their tablet. With the graphical capabilities of tablets quickly catching up to consoles, there won't be much of an incentive to buy the Wii U if you play games casually. Maybe some first party titles like Mario attract some, but it won't be enough imo. What attracted that audience to the Wii was that it was doing something brand new, something we hadn't seen in the mainstream before, and it was doing it really well. That same audience has now been gaming on tablets for the last 4 years, and pretty soon tablets will be able to connect to your TV and act like consoles. 

2) Sony and Microsoft already have their touch-gaming devices, Sony has PSVita and tablets, Microsoft will have windows 8 tablets, all that's needed there is better integration with Durango and Orbis and you've got your tablet controller. So I don't think developing a new tablet-like peripheral is a good idea when all you need is a firmware update in existing devices.