| bonzobanana said: I wouldn't change the main console and clearly Nintendo probably aren't keen on investing money on a re-design but I would change the gamepad. 1. I would turn it into a very attractive and decent joypad not unlike ps4/xbone but with a small touch screen display. I would put analogue triggers in even if this puts original gamepads at a disadvantage but perhaps remove the near field chip reader. They will just have to use a different control layout for certain games on older gamepads with analogue triggers. Considering the wii u is weaker than 360 and PS3 in many ways I don't see how it can have a future at a price other than budget. Whatever happens this is a self-inflicted wound. Nintendo made some utterly stupid decisions and they deserved this failure. The specification to price ratio of wii u at launch was an utter joke. It's fair to say the ps3 and 360 have a far larger selection of technically impressive titles than wii u. For those who argue that the wii u's technically better games will come later I would just make the point that a console released in late 2012 with a fairly high price tag should easily outperform dated consoles from 2005/6 day one. The fact the wii u can't do that shows the utter contempt Nintendo has for its end users. That said I'm enjoying my wii u but I just feel technically its an utter embarrassment to Nintendo. |
Except that it literally isn't less power than 360 or PS3, so stating so is absurd. The CPU is more powerful than both, though not a WHOLE lot more. However, the GPGPU is plenty powerful, and assists the CPU in processing power. This has been stating 100 times over in these threads since the console launched.
And changing the GamePad to a "smaller, regular contoller with a small touch screen" isn't going to solve anything. That isn't going to magically make people go "OH MAN, SMALLER CONTROLLER? COUNT ME IN!", and eliminating the larger touch screen is going to not only affect how you can use it for games, but also will eliminate one of the controllers strongest selling points in the first place: off-tv play. Part of it being as large as it is, is so that you can watch netflix, surf the internet or play your games JUST on the controller, so that someone else can use the TV, etc. It is hands down one of the coolest features, and NIntendo would be stupid to cut that off now.
