Who is making the right decision? Microsoft or Nintendo?

[cheshirescat]

Seece said:

cheshirescat said:

That's not necessarily nintendo's problem as I see it.  Without the gamepad there's nothing unique about the wii u that sets it apart from ps4 and xb1, in fact it just makes the difference in specs that much more apparent. 

Nintendo 1st party sets them apart. At the end of the day that is why they've sold 6 million units, not because of the gamepad. The gamepad is to lure casuals in and it isn't working clearly. Nintendo fans would be on board with or without gamepad as long as Zelda ect are there.

True enough, what's hanging me up I suppose is a fundamental flaw in the wii u's architecture to begin with.  A decent amount of the wii u's hardware is tied into making it compatible with the gamepad and its off tv play, I don't think anywhere near as much of the xb1's internal hardware is used to make it function with kinect.  It just represents a lot of wasted potential, whereas with xb1 the biggest difference would be in the voice commands, but I figure that could be remedied to work with headsets without too much trouble.