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archbrix on 20 November 2012
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RolStoppable said:
archbrix said:

Not exactly.  The thing that drives up WiiU's price the most is the controller, which is based on Nintendo's vision, not 3rd parties.  They actually went a bit more conservative/efficient with the hardware design, much to the dismay of some 3rd parties... which is why we're seeing articles like this one.

Bottom line:  You whould be quite happy with WiiU, Rol.

This is about a game that runs on the 360, i.e. weaker hardware. If not even those games are coming, then you should already know which way the wind is blowing. Instead of a console that is built to Nintendo's strengths, we are getting some crazy hybrid that will have great Nintendo games, but won't get the third party games it was meant to get.

Where is the DiRT 3 port? It was in Nintendo's reel at E3 2011. It's already quite clear that you can kick GRID 2 into the bucket as well.

I have no doubt that there will be 3rd party games that don't come to WiiU... possibly even my beloved Bioshock Infinite.  But the point is that if Nintendo was truly catering only to what 3rd parties wanted they would have released a more powerful console at $399 and lost even more money per unit.  Nintendo is still doing what they view as best for Nintendo; designing their console for their own ideas, just like the Wii.  The fact that the hardware allows for more 3rd party support is only a good thing.  It's already nothing to sneeze at:  Call of Duty BO2 and Assassin's Creed 3 are enormous titles.  Who is really going to care that Metro isn't coming? 

The price being higher, is again, heavily due to the controller, which Nintendo is putting a lot of faith into; and rightfully so, IMO.  Even with only two games I care about until next year, I see great potential with this thing.  It's very cool.