Soundwave said:
DanneSandin said:
Soundwave said:
DanneSandin said:
I think that if/when Nintendo releases a gaming tablet it'll work with the WII U, and they'll release a Wii U sku without the gamepad, and you'll be able to use your Nintendo Tablet instead. But this would mean that they'd need to develop games for 3 different kind of platforms, and they can barelt keep up with two consoles...
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I think honestly at this stage Wii U is almost like small potatoes for Nintendo. They'll ride it out and give it the token Mario Kart + Smash + Zelda + whatever else is in development for it and let that be that.
What they need is a new bonafied hit product line. Wii U is never going to be the money maker Nintendo wants it to be.
I suspect a Nintendo tablet that can run 3DS games in HD resolution along with legacy games and even some scaled down Wii U ports (DKC: TF, Mario Kart 8, etc.) could perform well for them (within reasonable expectations, don't expect an iPad killer or something ridiculous) without neccessarily demanding completely new software development.
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I'm just curious how a 3DS port would work on a tablet... Would you divede the screen in two, kind of like how the 2DS functions? I think it would be a smarter move to port over some Wii U games, rather than 3DS games. The 3DS is still making money for Nintendo, so why would they wanna cut into those profits? Better port over Wii U games and make the tablet function WITH the Wii U; that way you won't take away sales from the 3DS, and you would boost the software sales of the Wii U and even potantially the Wii U itself.
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It wouldn't really cut into profits though it would just offer more ways to play the same game. Like MH3U on Wii U doesn't cut into MH3U's profits on the 3DS ... it's the same game, Capcom makes the same money, it's just up to the consumer which version suits their needs better.
On a tablet I think I'd probably just rework the layout so that it's just one screen, with some secondary touch functions. But it probably wouldn't require a ton of work, many 3DS games simply use the second screen for superfulous functionality.
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The risk is that the 3DS would stop selling entirely if the tablet had the same games, and why would you want to cut into those profits when you can take sales from the WIi U and in the same time boost the software sales for that very console? I still think that making a tablet that works with Wii U is a better idea than having 3DS ports... You could boost Wii U sales by taking away the gamepad, and thus cutting the price of the console, and if you have a Nintendo tablet it could function as a gamepad. $200 Wii U + $200 Tablet > $300 Wii U+gamepad...
