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oniyide on 07 September 2013
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DarthVolod said:
oniyide said:
DarthVolod said:

I keep saying ... should do a bundle with a digital game (Zelda, Mario, ect.) without the tablet controller (wii u pro controller in its place) for $250.00.

Nintendo would still make plenty of money off of it with the cost of the controller factored out, and people could still play about 90% of the games for the system.

Start selling the tablet controller separate as well so people have the option to buy it.

This is no different than the 2ds strategy which looks like it will work out nicely for Nintendo at such a competitive price point.

i would imagine removing the gamepad would be a bit more difficult than removing 3d, seeing as 3d was optional even in the regular 3ds, gamepad? not so much


It is even easier to remove than the 3D from 3DS ... just don't bundle the pad with it, and that's it. No redesign or anything like that needed. Will need an update to be installed to make the Wii U more pro controller friendly though.

How many games actually require the gamepad (not optional)? The list can not be that extensive. I can think of a few like Game and Wario, Lego City Undercover, Zombi U, ect but it can't be more than a dozen or so games.

Sounds like a great way to reduce costs if you ask me. People just don't seem to be into the gamepad unlike the Wii Remote which was possibly greatest controller ever created ... at least for casuals. When you think about it, The Wii U pad is almost the exact opposite of the Wii Remote ... the Remote was small, minimalist in design, and intuitive whereas the Wii U pad is cumbersome, complex (by comparision), and counterintuitive (we have become accustomed to looking at the TV when we have a controller in hand ... not at the controller itself).

Don't get me wrong, I love the Wii U, but I also love my 3DS, and I will admit to never using the 3D feature, ever ... aside from just once or twice to see what it was like. The Wii U is an awesome system with great software on the way, but if Nintendo announced tomorrow that future games will not support the pad, I would not shed a single tear, and I don't think many others would care either ... until a game comes along that makes a true argument for the controller.

Right now, the best thing anyone can say about it is that it lets you play games while the TV is being used. This would have been an amazing feature in 2002 or so, but now HDTVs are plentiful and super cheap. If someone is hogging the TV ... then just go to the other room and turn on the other HDTV and play there. Hell, I am sitting in a room with a 52 inch HDTV along with another 40 inch HDTV ... and another 30 inch I use as a PC monitor.. I am not a millionaire ... TVs are cheap now ... the three hundred you would spend on a Wii U could buy you a 30 inch TV or maybe one even larger.

oh i dont disagree my argument is just that it would be a harder sell i think, if they do that then it really wont be anything making it different from the other systems especially to ones that have been on the market for years and are already whooping WIi U's ass let alone the newer consoles coming. It really would be GC all over again.