Nintendo made the WiiU gamepad because they didnt have a better idea - opinion

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Aquietguy said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Nope, Nintendo said it themselves they wanted both the gamers and the casuals unlike the Wii which was basically all casual. They also wanted to tap into the tablet/cellphone market which was tearing into DS sales.

That may be an option of the pad, but it wasn't the reason they created it. They wanted a pad for the wii but it wasn't possible cost wise. There was no tablet market back then.

They have no idea how to market the Wii U to casuals and they've admitted they've been having problems with it. The Wii U is kind of a play first and see how it is system.