| bonzobanana said: I honestly don't think tablets are on Nintendo's agenda. Considering the success of making the wii u controller a mixed tablet and controller and the huge failure of that design I just can't see it, tablet is probably a dirty word at Nintendo. I think Nintendo are just interested in making sure their handheld's sell well and possibly withdrawing form the home console market. The tablet market is absolutely saturated anyway with ios, windows and android devices. It's even more competitive than home consoles. Many tablets are ridiculously cheap and often cleared out at a loss to the makers. I'm sure Nintendo shareholders really love the idea of making hardware to compete in that arena. Nintendo needs successful handheld models, small models that are easily portable and suitable for and appealing to children. Decent controls and new appealling gimmicks and features. |
I'm 99% certain if you polled kids, they prefer an iPad over a 3DS like every ... single ... time.
Small screens are not the rage any more, as portable computing horsepower gets better and better, no one wants a dinky small display, they want a nice sized bigger display with a nice resolution.
That's part of what makes the iPad so appealling to kids ... the display is nice, big and bright. It's inviting.
Even with the 3DS, the smaller screen models are selling like crap compared to the largest screen 3DS model.
Wii U as a tablet that isn't usable more than 10 feet away from the console was just a stupid concept, I can't even walk to my kitchen and still use the thing, that limitation basically killed any/all potential the device had. No one would buy an iPad if you couldn't use more than 10-20 feet away from a Mac either.
Nintendo has tried desperately to push 3DS as a kids machine especially in the US. Practically all their TV marketing is on kids channels and they made the 2DS basically specifically for the Western kids market, hoping to get some GBA-style mojo back, but largely all these attempts have failed. Even with the release of Pokemon X/Y, rather than gain momentum, the 3DS has continued to decline year over year and miss Nintendo's sales targets.
