I think a Wii U redesign is coming next year

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bonzobanana said:
I've been saying for a long time that the gamepad will shrink and a cost reduced wii u will come out. I saw a child using the gamepad in store and it was just too large for the child and for a console aimed at a younger audience this is clearly not ideal. I'm not sure the chipset will shrink to 28nm. I think the wii u already runs cool enough with no reliability problems and 28nm is a more expensive process. I certainly expect fabrication to shrink in time but only when 28nm becomes cheap when a better fabrication process replaces it like 22nm.

It wouldn't surprise me if a wired gamepad became available or at least a gamepad with a wired option.

I think Nintendo are going to be forced to a very low price point for wii u and so the console will need to be cost reduced even further. Maybe even a top loader design?

I'd like to see the smaller gamepad charge on the main console as an option.

I can see it, yeah. Iwata mentioned they are working on getting the cost of components down, to me it indicates they may be pushing for a much cheaper price point sensing that the market is not reacting to the console favorably. They need to get this thing down to $199.99 as quickly as possible. 

I agree too, the gamepad is too large for kids, it looks almost comical sometimes when a kid is using it. 

Good points on the 28nm thing, it may be too expensive for now. 

I don't see storage size being changed for a while, it will just add to the cost. Top loader I could see if it saves them money.