teigaga said: Was reading this article by the Times and it reminded of why the wii U is $350 and not £250 or even less; The gamepad. Here are a few excepts from the article... To add to these lack luster functions, big games like Pikmin 3 and Donkey Kong were being played with the wii remotes at E3, so it seems not even Nintendo has any real ambitions with the Gamepad. Do you guys think the Wii U pad was a worthwhile investment, are you still excited for its potential? Maybe Nintendo should have released it as a bundled accessory once they found a defining piece of software to package it with (similar to the balance board+wii fit). A huge part of the Wii U's failure thus far is weak a software line up, so I'm not necessarily saying that the gamepad is to blame, but its removal could have allowed a number of alternatives for nintendo Nextgen effort: Wii HD: Simply branded, the wii but with better graphics and media functionality (bluray). The console could have shipped with a tradition 360 styled gamepad (for 3rd party games like AC) and wiimote+. Marketing would have been easy and the price more approachable at $250 ($300 if nintendo wanted day1 profit). |
Fail article.
Wii HD Part:
They think they could market an identical, but more powerfull system better than the WiiU? Lol :). At least the WiiU is different. Nintendo has just failed to show how different it really is.
Nintendo, unlike the writer, understood that the Wii sold because it was very different. It couldn't be redone with HD slapped on it. No way. And even in it's succes, it also failed to solve their 3rd support problem.
Nintendo Part:
More Lol. The N64 and the GC proved those ideas to be failures. How many times should Nintendo try it? Another two consoles?
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