| TheLastStarFighter said: Cool apps will give it novelty. The WiiU pad should be doing everything fun that an ipad can do, and then on top of that play full-fledged console games. Use the camera, use the touch, use the gyro, make cools apps that kids will see and want. That your girlfriend will see and want to try. Apps, apps and more apps. And MarioKart and GTA. Boom, lots of sales. |
Ipad and iphones shipped over 70 million units last quarter alone. At this point Nintendo would probably be ecstatic to sell that many Wii U's in its lifetime. With that massive install base gulf, how does Nintendo expect to get developers to work on exclusive Wii U apps? Apps are kind of past their novelty stage for most people, and even if the Wii U manages to have some exclusive ones that perk the public's interest, spending $300/350 just for an app that will inevitably be on other platforms (whether as a port or a clone) seems unlikely.
Not to mention, the majority of people who have or will buy a Wii U likely already own a tablet or smartphone. Why would apps convince people to spend hundreds of dollars on a machine you can't even use outside the house.
