Would Nintendo make a Wii U SKU WITHOUT the gamepad

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errorpwns said:

Alby_da_Wolf said:

If they do it, the tablet will become almost totally useless, because 3rd party devs won't support it anymore on new games, as they wouldn't run on the tabletless version. Yep, they could make tablet support optional, but most of the times they won't bother, and 1st party support will still be there, but it will become half-baked most of the times, because otherwise 1st party games would be gimped on the tabletless console, and Ninty can't afford tarnishing its biggest franchises.

If the game supports off TV play then it already could support gameplay without the gamepad. 

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