Wii U as a Tablet

[robzo100]

JWeinCom said:
1. Can't extend beyond one room.
2. Doesn't have the large app store that other tablets have.
3. The OS is not quite as fast as others.
4. It lacks some standard features like pinch zoom.

The Wii U has some cool features, but on the whole, it'd make a pretty shitty tablet, which is why Nintendo isn't playing up that angle.

 

I'll quote you because you sum up the reasons for the counter argument of everyone very well.  But this is also my exact point

Look at these reasons. How many of these will easily be solved with naturally improving technology?  There comes a point (graphics are a great example) where technology improvements don't keep taking as big leaps and older technology can provide big leaps at not as much cost.  By next gen, and maybe in the middle if Nintendo wants to release an updated Wii U (I doubt it), these reasons will no longer exist.

By next gen:

1. The gamepads can extend further enough to be used probably throughout a whole medium-sized house
2. No reason why an app store can't be implemented.  This is purely a matter of Nintendo deciding to or not.  No technological barriers here really
3. The Quick Start is already foreshadowing how quick video game Hubs can be in the immediate and distant future
4. Pinch zoom, among others, will easily be solved with an updated screen.

Again, I think by next gen there will be almost no excuse for mobile video game hardware not to be able to be a fully functional tablet PLUS be a dedicated console.  I think this path in the future will be interesting...