| Squilliam said: Why not compare a tablet to a tablet? Even if one is tethered to a console and the other is free it still invites a comparison. 27% of households will own tablets by the end of this year and smartphones are over 50% pentration. The idea that one can get the same utility from an app as from a built in device shouldn't be shocking for anyone. So how can you look at that and say it isn't in the same league of integration as the Wii U Tablet? This is something completely extensible to games as well as other interactive media so whilst it isn't completely integrated it also has some other benefits such as being independant of the console. How do I judge Nintendo Land as weaker? Simply because absolutely noone is talking about it in comparison to Wii Sports. Remember when people walked past the PS3 displays to line up to see the Wii? It was to play Wii Sports, has that happened for the Wii U? |
I definitely don't see anyone in that vid playing an XBox game through SmartGlass.
Seriously, the GamePad is not a tablet. It may look like a tablet. It may be used similarly to a tablet in certain circumstances. But it does not walk like a duck OR quack like a duck.
The GamePad vs tablet debate has been retread so many times it confounds me how the difference could still elude someone who hangs around video game forums. Go check out some previews, because journalists have covered this well enough that I won't waste my time explaining it.
Comparing Nintendo Land to Wii Sports on the basis of a single event (E3 2006, by the way) is ludicrous. The console hasn't even been released yet, but I'll remind you that the deluxe bundle including Nintendo Land sold out almost immediately upon being available for pre-order.
