Wii U controller is 'a huge improvement on current consoles'

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Nsanity on 21 July 2011

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Ubisoft believes that the Nintendo Wii U will be "extremely strong for both hardcore and casual gamers."

Those were the words of company CEO Yves Guillemot, who was asked by investors during an earnings call earlier this evening to reaffirm Ubisoft's enthusiasm for the new Nintendo console.

"We believe that the Wii U is bringing a very high quality," Guillemot replied.

"The new controller is a huge improvement on what can be done on console. We think its going to be extremely strong for casual and hardcore gamers."

"Nintendo has a huge number of customers that appreciate the brands on the Wii," he continued, "We know that Nintendo is looking at this next generation with big hopes. We expect the machine to be very successful."

Guillemot said earlier this month that he believed the announcement of the Wii U will push Sony and Microsoft to launch the PlayStation 4 and Xbox 720 sooner than they had originally planned.

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Roma on 21 July 2011

when they truly bring us good games i will trust them as for now these are just words!

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adsl on 21 July 2011

"The new controller is a huge improvement on what can be done on console. We think its going to be extremely strong for casual and hardcore gamers."

As an old school and casual gamer I say: "No! It's not! Actually the Wii Remote is better in my opinion."

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WiseOwl on 21 July 2011

Well I will just have to wait and see what devs will do with it before I can agree. It can end up like the Wii balance board.

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IamAwsome on 21 July 2011

We'll see in the long run.

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Mad55 on 21 July 2011

Good news I guess.

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Gamerace on 21 July 2011

Adding a touch screen certainly adds some interest potential but otherwise I agree that it's a devolution from the Wii-mote in every other way. If motion controls get relegated to tacked-on, add on modes on Wii U (like Move is in PS3 games) it'll be a huge loss in my estimate and will lose the casual audience Nintendo worked so hard to build with Wii.