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archbrix on 22 February 2014
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the2real4mafol said:

1.  How much cheaper do you people want this console to be? It's already the cheapest of the 3 (£250 (Wii U) compared to £350 (PS4) and £430 (X1) even if the controller is expensive to make. Gamecube was cheapest in it's generation as well and yet still got destroyed by PS2. 

2.  I don't think we can blame the gamepad on Wii U's failure, i think it's more Nintendo created this controller and don't know what to do with it themselves. They seem to lack direction with it. A good idea but not used very much. I'm not sure if just suddenly ditching it for a pro controller or wiimote would solve anything. I may be wrong but i find it hard to see.

3.  And if Nintendo did drop it altogether, how would that affect the games that use it properly? like ZombiU for example.

I know Donkey Kong don't use it at all.

Anyway, i'm not going to link a thing but it's seems the removal of the gamepad is a common thread at the moment, much like the resolution wars and kinect. It's kinda annoying. People should enjoy these things for what they are. 

 

1.  It's still pricey for a Nintendo console.  After an official price drop it still retails for more than any Nintendo console before it launched at.  It's also pricey for a console that is going to miss most of the industry's multiplats for this generation.  And the console hardware itself doesn't warrant the price and could be offered much cheaper with a more traditional controller.  Furthermore, the Gamecube was doing much better at this point in its life.

2.  "I don't think we can blame the gamepad on Wii U's failure, i think it's more Nintendo created this controller and don't know what to do with it themselves. They seem to lack direction with it. A good idea but not used very much."

^ You contradict yourself here, because bringing a pricey device that is made a mandatory inclusion to market without the ideas to warrant it in the first place is a recipe for failure.  Yes, the device itself is great but if you're making sure that everyone has one - and is paying that much for one - then you'd better have the software to back it up.

3.  *sigh*  Read the OP next time.  Nowhere do I suggest dropping it altogether.