Nintendo's Conflicting Hardware and Software Philosophies

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RolStoppable said:

Anyway, the Wii U's mission was to get third parties on board above everything else. That's why such a flawed console was conceived and launched. Nintendo's software choices were flawed, but they pale in comparison with the hardware decisions. There is no Nintendo software that necessitated the creation of the Gamepad; and what's there just tried to desperately make use of it.

If that is true, then they are just plain stupid. I knew 3rd parties were going to piss on Wii U the moment I saw it. I couldn't stand Reggie talking crap about "being the most powerful on the market", that now "3rd parties have the hardware to work with". As if console gaming was supposed to stop in that moment in time and PS4/XO were never to be released.

To me Nintendo didn't give a damn about 3rd parties. They just wanted to release another cheap console with a gimmick to cover up for it, so that they can earn sick cash out of it without having to do the normal dirty work that the competition has to go through. You can tell they didn't care about 3rd parties when they said that low electricy consumption was more important for them than better performance. They were sure they had a winner on their hands from the start, now matter what. Somehow almost everyone outside of Nintendo thought and still thinks differently...