chakkra on 17 February 2014
| Mummelmann said: That would effectively strip the console of credibility. That's the huge problem for Nintendo; the Gamepad is by far the biggest problem in the whole image of the console and alienates rather than entices, it comes off as a strange and cheap knock-off of a proper tablet, but they can't simply scrap it since it is such an integral part of the whole setup. It's a classic "damned if you do, damned if you don't" scenario. The whole console lacks aim and most of that can be blamed on the Gamepad. My answer is; no, there would be no point in it, it could end up making the machine even less appealing and be likened to the other two and being found a weak and unsupported alternative; it would have literally zero purchasing incentive besides the ones who hunt madly for Nintendo 1st party games. |
I think the Wii U has been in that situation since day one. And I think dropping the price would give some incentive to those who are willing to have it as a secondary console and would also give an incentive to parents, new gamers and poor people (there are still some of us out there, you know) who might not see much advantage in it over the PS360 (which I think are the real competition for it, because of the price).
