| Ljink96 said: Before I present the post, I would like to go over the past. For the record, addons have provided little success for gaming companies in the past. The Sega CD, Turbografx CD, Sega 32X, and of slew of other platforms at least attempted to tout beefed up capabilities with an addon. This was most of the time, not the case especially with the Sega 32X. At least these addons had a clear objective. Fastforward to at least 2002 where development for the Wii was already underway, Shigeru Miyamoto and Satoru Iwata are collaborating on the Revolution along with many other engineers and designers. Here's where Wii U was actually born. Yup, in 2002 (at least) albeit without a GamePad concept. Miyamoto wanted the Wii to be an HD console. He wanted to go in the direction of the future. However, Iwata had a different plan for Wii. He wanted the revolution to be just that, a revolution in gaming and decided that HD would better suit a successor. And yeah, that was Wii U. When the Wii U arrives, people are saying that they thought it was an addon. But obviously, that wasn't true. It had its own conroller, games, and totally new architecture and design. It was a successor!!! However...would it have been better for the Wii U to be an addon? I mean, look. The Wii was already a powerhouse console (in terms of hardware and software sales, not raw power) People still knew the name. If the Wii U was a HD addon, would it have fared better on Nintendo's financial side? The GamePad wouldn't be a $180 factor into the price. The addon would provide HD gaming capability and maybe even a slight upgrade to the OS. The addon would have been much cheaper and the base console would be in 100 million homes! But now on to reality, the Wii U brought things to the table that the Wii could never accomplish, even with an addon. The GamePad, a marvelously underused device, Miiverse, Amiibo...it would be too much to manage I think. But I think it would have been enough to edge it out with the PS3 and Xbox360 until 8th gen consoles arrived. My verdict: Yes, Wii U would have been better off as an addon. What do you think? I know I didn't hit all the pros and cons of both sides. I'm not biased, I will listen to what you have to say! Please, say a thing! |
I think it's a little more difficult than just making Wii games HD. For instance it would have to have its own optical drive due to the Wii not using Bluray. It would have to have its own video output, being the Wii didn't have a HDMI output.
Basically as an addon it wouldn't be able to use anything from the Wii, it would just connect to it.
