| richardhutnik said: Is it the case of drowning in a blue ocean you insist on creating? What I saw now is that both Microsoft and Sony ended up preparing the interface end around, with their own offerings. If it ever ended up being critical, they could respond. |
Their second screen options are a bit of a hedge against that, but I wonder how successful they'd be if it came to it. On the one hand, it's not something that comes with their systems which limits the appeal to developers. But on the other, tablets and smartphones are things that most people have anyway. It's not like trying to answer the Wiimote with proprietary devices like Kinect and Move.
I guess it would really depend on why the Wii U would have caught on. If it's just a second screen, they're probably okay with tablet and phone support. But if it was something like off-screen play or a situation where you'd need a Gamepad like combination of touch screen and buttons, only Sony could really answer it and the Vita/PS4 combo is a pretty expensive one so wouldn't be successful.
