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cusman on 15 December 2013
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zorg1000 said:
Zero999 said:

"It serves a minimal function in most games, adds a huge cost in development, increases the price of the system for consumers"

I stopped reading after that.


Why? Name the games that absolutely need the gamepad and I believe Miyamoto stated it adds close to $100 on the console. There is nothing inherently wrong with that statement.

MiiVerse integration within games is the #1 reason to have Gamepad. Other uses are also good. It is a great controller with only downside being the shorter battery life at 4-5 hours.

Having a touch-screen as the Keyboard input is helpful in more than just games. It also makes searching/navigating Browser, Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, Hulu, etc type uses a lot better than the use of on-screen keyboards on either MS or Sony consoles. The XBO has voice-commands, but not for everything an they don't recognize the voice accurately if you have different accents (Kinect 2.0 really hasn't improved much from Kinect 1.0 on that front)