Nintendo's Conflicting Hardware and Software Philosophies

[Purple]

Zero999 said:

Purple said:

1) It accounts for one third of the raw material cost of the console. There are no specific figures but you can assume it would have taken up a huge part of R&D costs.

It is in no way a small amount.

2) You admit then it offers minimal function for most games.

3) A replacement gamepad costs ~$150. Half of the price of a new console.

 

bolded: that isn't an argument at all, because as I said, you are paying just a little more for something that adds tons of possibilities. games have been developed without the game pad in mind for decades, so you would expect that games developed with tradicional controls in mind wouldn't make amazing use of the gamepad. and even then there's off tv. what matters is that there are games that use it greatly and the ones who don't still offer you a better experience.

It's not a little more. It adds 50% more to the material price.

Game and Wario and Nintendoland are the only two Nintendo games that depend on the gamepad. There is no way Nintendo decided to add 50% to the price of the system for those two games and some handy extra features in other games. There has clearly been a conflicting vision between hardware and software divisions.