| superchunk said: All of these posts regarding the hate for the gamepad really irk me. Its a very good controller that matches any other configuration, very comfortable, and provides an excellent feature with off-tv play. In fact, most people I know or read about here and GAF don't even use the TV anymore unless required (rare). Its simply a better way to play. Only problem the gamepad ever really caused was its costs in materials to the overall console. But even that is a bad argument. Had WiiU not contained a gamepad and instead had beefier specs, it would still have cost about the same. Meaning, we'd still have a $300 console that is being sold at a loss with no 3rd party support or sales. It still wouldn't appeal to the MSony crowd that only see Nintendo as a kid company and it wouldn't be in the price range or feature/game aspect to hit the casual group again like Wii. |
So.. you narrowed it down to two outcomes. Wii U or a console with beefy specs that's sold at a loss.
Why couldn't Nintendo put out Wii 2? That scenario wouldn't have supported your claims though, would it?
Wii U specs, Wii motes and no gamepad for 250 dollars wouldn't be sold at loss.
