Should Nintendo release a Wii U SKU without the Tablet Controller?

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Kwaidd said:

Euphoria14 said:

UncleScrooge said:

They SHOULD have made the Gamepad optional to begin with. But now it's too late for that and they can't do a roll backwards. So at this point, no.

But you are right the Gamepad was a bad idea. I like it a lot personally but it's just too expensive and too complicated for 90% of the world's population. Nintendo wanted to satisfy the core and the mass market with the tablet but failed to satisfy either... how ironic. I still fail to understand why they didn't just make a Wiimote 2.0 (better motion tracking, better speakers, built in battery, new design) + camera sensor (Kinect-like) combo and put a damn classic controller into the core package. That way classic controllers and Wiimotes would've been the standard, devs would've been happy, manufacturing costs would be lower and both the core and the expanded market would have been satisfied. But nope, Nintendo had to go with the monster tablet.

I agree. They should have just released a beefier console with the new Pro controller and enhanced Wii-Mote and allowed devs to choose to create motion control games or games for standard controls.

That would have allowed them to have unique software and share all multiplats with 720 and PS4.

ohh, thats a great idea...it would be another ps4 with a ninty logo on it that just plays prettier games.  very unique /facepalm

Exactly.  The last time Nintendo tried to make their console indiscernible from the competition they only managed around 21m sold.

Terrible current sales notwithstanding, I believe that ultimately the Gamepad is going to be what saves WiiU.