Wii U as a Tablet

[VanceIX]

burninmylight said:

VanceIX said:

burninmylight said:
I've made my thoughts in the comment section of that article very clear already, but I'll sum it up here:

Instead of promoting the controller as a tablet-killer, it should promote it as a device that can do many things a tablet can, while also being able to play exclusive Nintendo games.

If I had a child or children, I would not buy them their very own tablet. If I did, then I certainly would not allow them to leave the house with it, and I would lock down the app store and place parental controls on it. But the Wii U's GamePad would be a good alternative, because it has parental controls and many of it's weaknesses (low battery life, no portability) wouldn't matter because it would never leave the house anyway.

Problem is the gamepad can barely leave the room, let alone the house. It's almost impossible to use it through walls. Not to mention it has almost nothing that regular tablets do other than a touchscreen. No app ecosystem is a big killer.

 

Bolded: Could you do me a favor and acknowledge that I recognized this as an issue in my post? I pretty much said the same thing, so I don't understand why you feel the need to remind me. Nothing is more frustrating than when someone replies to you and feels the need to tell you what you just said.

I use the GamePad in my bedroom while the console sits in the living room, 20 feet away and through a wall, all the time. I also play Toki Tori while taking a shit. Everyone's mileage is different.

Like I said, the GamePad does enough for what I need for it, and for what I would want any young children to have for it. I am in no way saying it can do everything an actual tablet can. I'm saying that it can serve many of the most basic functions of a tablet: browsing the Web, streaming video and playing games. That's what Nintendo should be promoting.

Yes, my point was that not only can it not leave the house (like you mentioned), but it can't leave the room either (which you didn't).

Also, a tablet does all of the things you mentioned a thousand times better. Browsing the web on a resistive touch screen? Sreaming videos onto a tablet when you are in the same room as your TV? Playin games, sure, but tablets cater to a different type of game preference, a much more casual one.