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Mummelmann on 11 October 2012
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Gamerace said:
Mummelmann said:
Gamerace said:
I can't believe that I'm essencially in agreement with the Pachter here. Which is the most convincing argument that I'm wrong that I've seen yet.

But yeah...
1- not powerful enough to pull the core from their existing consoles
2- not novel enough to pull casuals from their ipads


Falling between two chairs, so to speak. I've been saying the same thing for quite some time.

That said, I'm surprisingly excited for the Wii U and will probably end up buying one myself. It will probably offer a lot more unique gaming experiences than the PS4 and 720 anyway.

Unique experiences are what I love about my Wii.   I'm not convinced WiiU will be unique though.  With Vita, Smart glass and dual analog Android systems coming out, if WiiU proves sufficiently popular it's games could be (potentially) ported across all systems, even dual screen Android would be within the realm of possibility (iOS too), minus the Nintendo exclusives of course.   Plus we don't know what MS/Sony are doing yet.  Their next systems might be more novel than WiiU.

I'd love to be excited enough to get a WiiU myself but so far, nothing on it has inspired me.

Cross connection with handhelds could be what the market needs right now, especially Japan, which has seen the steepest decline in home console sales. The whole region could become irrelevant in the 8th generation unless something happens to turn things around.

If, and that's a big if, the Wii U gets the same 3rd party titles as the PS4 and 720, that will only make the console appear less different, the one good thing that came from the Wii's lack of proper 3rd party initiative was the oringinality and guts some of the smaller developers and 2nd party houses as well as some trailblazing 1st party quality (as per usual with Nintendo).

I think ZombiU shows the near perfect implementation of the Gamepad and I hope for more of the same! I'm afraid most developers won't put that much effort into it though, which would be a real shame.