For or Against, the Wii U pad.

[Arius Dion]

Stefan.De.Machtige said:

Arius Dion said:

Stefan.De.Machtige said:
One thing people seem to forget is that the wiimote was rejected by most of the gaming industry. Nintendo's bid to standardize it was not succesfull.

The gamepad is a side track to the wiimote in a attempt to appease both industry and consumers.

Very true, Rejected by the Gaming Industry (at their own peril) Wholly accepted by the masses. Nintendo's financials during the Wii's peak years were just incredible. Which means they were making the right decisions. The rest of the industry was bleeding money. Almost singlehandedly, Nintendo was creating growth for the entire industry which ironically was shunning it.

So Nintendo decides to appease the gaming industry, and thus begins a massive decline in sales and $.

They had no choice. Even Nintendo needs a healthy balance of 3rd party support.

Another thing was also that the wiimote had run its course. The masses were not going to buy a Wii HD. Sony's move proved they didn't care about that. So Nintendo had to come up with something new.

I would say the that the gamepad has a lot of potential, but Nintendo has to find its way to sell it to the masses.

Not so sure about that. Wii proved that 3rd party support his highly over exaggerated. As for Wii mote running its course, the only thing that ran its course were Nintendo themselves not giving a damn about the Wii any more. If Nintendo actually created a successor to the Wii instead of a Gamecube/GBA type of thing, I'm sure they'd be in a much better position.

Sony's Move only proved that 'casual gamers' might not be as dumb as they thought. 

I don't think the Gamepad will ever reach the masses. And I'm not sure it was ever meant to. The philosophies which created the Wii and Wii U are so totally different, and if meeting financial ruin is the only way to secure third party support, I'd say f* that.