They really should have made the tablet controller a separate peripheral, and not a requirement for the system, the same way that M$ has marketed Kinect. This allows them to offer several different SKUs for different types of gamers... the "core" market who game alot have the 250GB bundle, usually with a couple of AAA games, and the more casual / family audience has the 4GB bundles with or w/out Kinect.
The Wii U on the other hand currently has only two bundles... one with a $60 game and one without for $50 less. Both have limited storage, which requires the purchase of a dedicated external HDD or several SD cards to supplement storage issues. Considering the fact that you need Wiimotes or pro controllers in order to play multiplayer of any variety on the system, having the tablet as a mandatory controller becomes a hindrance, as you're spending all that money for it when a pro controller or Wiimote and nunchuk will suffice for most games, and you can only have one tablet per system (yes I know you can use two, but they aren't being sold separately at the moment so that point is moot.)
On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.
