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RolStoppable said: [...] Nintendo has supposedly Gamepad-specific software in the works that they will show off at E3, but the fact that it took 18 months from launch to get to this point means that we aren't looking at originally planned software for Wii U, but rather a reaction to poor hardware sales, further highlighting that Nintendo didn't design this system for themselves, but are now scrambling to make something worthwhile out of it. |
In all probability you're right about this, but perhaps there is another scenario to consider here.
We know that Nintendo overestimated WiiU's core appeal, as they expected the console to sell on that alone at its high (for Nintendo) launch price and promise of hardcore/3rd party games. If, hypotheitcally, they really have had some great ideas in the works all along for the Gamepad, they could be waiting until the price of the console is low enough for the mass market to bite. Of course, it would have been smart to have this type of software at launch, but we all know that Nintendo hasn't been taking their meds recently, and instead opted to bet on Nintendoland to suffice.
In any case, we're past the 11th hour now and this E3 is definitely Nintendo's last chance to prove to the mass market that there was indeed a conscious plan behind the Gamepad's inception as a game changer.
