If consoles sales are all about the software, then what's the point Wii U's second screen?

[MikeRox]

richardhutnik said:

FarleyMcFirefly said:
Why not? They innovate. They create new and exciting ways to play that amazing software.

Care to explain what forms of new and exciting gameplay by the second screen, is actually out there and do able?  I would like to see practical examples of it in the real world, that will compel people to get a Wii U, the way motion control did with the Wii.  And that is the question.  I am looking for it beyond just a slogan level statement.

For me, the pad is basically meant to be a DS for your TV. The Wii added a stylus to home consoles (roughly) and now we get the second screen.

This allows for new sofware concepts to be tried. We've not really seen anything yet. I think part of that was due to diverting all the resources into 3DS software in 2011. However, this video shows the kind of potential Wii U has for me to become a killer single system multiplayer console, which lets face it, is something Nintendo have always been great at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r9tMvwi_9Y