Wyrdness said:
Can you and anyone else link where you're getting the price of the controller from? What also goes against this claim is that NX is likely to have a screen controller itself due to Zelda indicating the controller was never a problem and Nintendo are keeping it as a result. The was also hardly any marketing of the Wii U so I don't know what marketing you're on about considering only MK8 and Splatoon were really advertised and the controller feels fine it's has little difference to it than playing any other controller. Third parties didn't have to use it that's the whole point, it was a complimentary feature to be used when they wanted as opposed to a mandatory one like the Wiimote, that's exactly what third parties wanted. |
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/260204/Standalone_Wii_U_GamePads_go_on_sale_in_Japan.php
Basically, a hundred bucks.
In any nintendo advert that I have ever seen, the gamepad was always front and center. It's the central piece of their marketing. One might think they were marketing a handheld.
The button layout is weird. Particulary on the right hand side with the joy stick and the four main buttons. It's basically backwards to xbox and playstation controllers. It feels strange to the majority of gamers.
