Is Nintendo crazy? Why is the X1 almost the same price as the Wii U this holiday?

[Smear-Gel]

teigaga said:

Smear-Gel said:

Smash and MK8 both use it for Amiibo, which is reportedly selling well. I think people forget that the Gamepad can and is used in many, smallers ways. Also off tv play wich is always a plus.

I do agree that asymetric gameplay is both awesome and woefully underused though.

The people who want Amiibo can buy the more pricey gamepad bundled wii U then :)

Bundle the gamepad with some amiibo's and a revelant game aswell. Its an expensive peripheral which isn't needed,  I say let gamers decide and benefit in the process with much higher hardware and software sales.  I get Nintendo pushing it at first similar to wii remote, trying to make sure developers use it but no one is really, nintendo included. The general public have already expressed they have no interest in it, all peripherals which are worth their weight will sell as a standalone purchase, so I don't see the problem.

Its strange but suddenly it seems blatantly obvious to me, its no different from forcing Kinect on people or forcing PSVita on PS4 owners.

1) Abandoning the hardware= we have no faith in this product. Look at Kinect. You'd need a time machine though because we havent heard anything about it since.

2) Separating them will make both combined more expensive, wont they? People will like that less.

3) We are even less likely to get games with the gamepad now. Especially from 3rd party developers (particularly indies, who would rather save money)

4) Every single game announced next year for Wii U has gamepad uses outside of Off TV Play. Getting rid of the Gamepad right before that would be a terrible idea.

5) I think justifying the gamepad would be better than getting rid of it.