| BasilZero said: Dont you need the gamepad to play the games? Or is it just optional... Edit: Only if it reduces the price. |
You see, you really have to think about this from Nintendo's perspective and what they did is not dumb at all. If you guys (not just talking to you here) were in the position the guys at Nintendo were in when deciding this, you probably would have went with it as well.
What you have to think about is that if you dropped the price and made the gamepad a secondary device compatible with the Wii U, the gamepad would have a very low attach rate, especially considering many people wouldn't know what it's used for or how to use it. The other thing is that if you wanted games to incorporate the gamepad as an essential tool for the game, things would become thousands of times more difficult to deal with. That game would have to have a gamepad bundled with it like Guitar Hero guitars were bundled with the system, greatly increasing the cost of the game itself. Then there would be people who already has a gamepad, but not a copy of the game and then you would have to create two types of copies. Then people would get confused unless you put it real big somewhere that it requires the gamepad to play. Well then you are put in a real pickle here because, even though the system may be cheaper and some more people may buy it (not that many more, delusions are in place if you really think price makes that much difference) you will be cutting down on a lot of potential profits on your first party games and also losing a lot of the 3rd party support Nintendo already didn't have. Then there are the other functions of the gamepad that would have to be thrown out entirely because the costs wont outweigh the benefits of adding them in.
There are way too many factors at play here. If they didn't add the gamepad with the Wii U, then they would have not had a gamepad at all and, in turn, not made the system the way it is to begin with. You would essentially be asking for another clone of the PS4, which Nintendo's system would essentially be (discounting the games).
