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noname2200 on 19 June 2013
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snyps said:
Miguel_Zorro said:
snyps said:
i will never understand what makes someone not want a gamepad. I swear its brand loyalty. When someone calls it a gimmick I know they are talking trash. That's all they can do. I'm not the only person who uses the gamepad all day everyday. For movies, porn, games, surfing.. all the stuff i do.


Worth $100? Easily.


If I didn't already have a tablet, perhaps.  But a lot of people who want a tablet have one.  We have three different tablets in our house.  Another one is no use to us.



I understand this. But your tablets don't control what's displayed on your tv and you have to switch between controller and tablet. the gamepad is a true all-in-one and it's pretty cheap.

It's also something I'm rarely, if ever, going to use for non-gaming purposes. I have less than no interest in using my console as a second-rate computer: I already have a gaming PC, two laptops, and a smartphone. I'm not even interested in off-TV play: I bought a big TV for console gaming, and if I want to play on a handheld well, that's what my 3DS is for.

I understand that some folks, such as yourself, like the damn thing, but I submit, based on the fact that the system is selling like crap right now, that the majority of people feel the same way I do: the multimedia, non-gaming distractions carry little weight, and it's the games that matter. And as this E3 has demonstrated, the Gamepad doesn't have enough to offer in that regard to justify its pricetag.

Put alternatively, $100 for something I don't want is not "cheap."

MDMAlliance said:

  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).

Alternatively, they could have ditched the Gamepad entirely, stuck to an improved version of what the market decided, with its dollars, that it really, really liked, and built upon their most successful console of all time.