Lucas-Rio said:
The Wii U would have been at least 100$ cheapest, and price count for Nintendo consoles. Wii and GC were priced lower at launch and Wii U was priced quite high (350$ for the main model). Without the gamepad, the Wii U would be priced at 200$ with a game now. The gamepad wasn't worth it (speaking in term of sales). |
Just because the Gamepad costs $100 to manufacture, doesn't mean you can just save $100 by not including it. You still have to put some kind of controller in there. What would they have done? Used the Pro Controller? Hmm...people would have said, just buy a 360 instead. Put in a WiiMote plus? Hmm...if you think Nintendo has trouble differentiating the box from the Wii now, could you imagine that? Honestly, as a gamer, I love everything about the WiiU gamepad. It doesn't do anything less than the other controllers and just enhances the experience. It is worth the investment and more than makes up for teh price difference. I ended up getting a handheld and a console controller.
People pay ridiculous amounts of money for tablets. Ridiculous. Far exceeeding their value. Price really isn't the issue. It is appeal. And removing one of the WiiU's only selling points just reduces that appeal.