| RolStoppable said: The controller is the most obvious part of any video game console. People realize that the standard controller determines what kind of games are going to be made for that system. The GameCube had a dual analog controller and flopped. The Wii didn't have a dual analog controller and was a raving success. Logically, the sound business decision would be to build on the success instead of the failure. But I am interested, what makes you believe that the dual analog controller made the Wii U sell better than it would have otherwise? |
The PS4 has a dual analog controller and is a raving success. The PS2 has a dual analog controller and was a raving success. A + B does not automatically = C. There are various factors.
The drop in intrest in the Wii's motion controls, and the disatisfaction with its function, as well as the function of it's competitors the PS Move and the Kinect speaks volumes. The fact that the entire gaming ecosystem has regected the motion controls they once embraced tells me that if Nintendo stayed that course, things would have been much worse.
So it's less that dual analog helped it sell more, but that abandoning the Wii remote as its primary controller and replacing it with something more evolutionary than revolutionary helped it sell more.
