The Wii U owner doesn't care about Dark Souls 2. If they did play Dark Souls on PS3 or 360, they'll buy #2 on that as well....

Agreed.

At this point of the wii u's life - i believe the only way 3rd parties can get some success on the wii u is making exclusives. They should try to appeal to the nintendo crowd and not to the ps3/360 base because they are not gonna buy a wii u port if they already can get the 360/ps3 version.

Agreed.

At this point of the wii u's life - i believe the only way 3rd parties can get some success on the wii u is making exclusives. They should try to appeal to the nintendo crowd and not to the ps3/360 base because they are not gonna buy a wii u port if they already can get the 360/ps3 version.

There is NO reason that a game that is literally going to every available system should skip over the Wii U. There is no excuse of "graphical inadequacy" anymore. If a developer isn't going to be bothered to make exclusives, they should be porting the same games to Wii U, don't tell me it takes that much more effort. Didn't somebody say that Darksiders took literally two weeks by a small team to port over? And that was still an average-crappy port, too.

There is NO reason that a game that is literally going to every available system should skip over the Wii U. There is no excuse of "graphical inadequacy" anymore. If a developer isn't going to be bothered to make exclusives, they should be porting the same games to Wii U, don't tell me it takes that much more effort. Didn't somebody say that Darksiders took literally two weeks by a small team to port over? And that was still an average-crappy port, too.

This has probably gone on too long already, but there is a point that needs to be made clearer.

- You are claiming that the inability to pause is a design flaw. Specifically this is a flaw for the offline player.

- But what is the function of the pause button in games akin to Dark Souls? It is simply to ensure that there can be no lives lost during a break in play for the player. Now let me ask you this, is it not possible to simply stand in a corner where you can't be spotted for as long as you like, thereby fulfulling the full purpose of the pause button? You can peacefully go to the toilet or have a joint or whatever and know for certain that you're still alive.

- If one wanted to pause a game mid battle, or after being spotted by the enemy, then:

1:The player might want to alter his equipment for the specific situation. This is clearly against the entire ethos of the Souls series, and it is much appreciated by the devout fans. (Of course you are not vying for this)

2:The player might want time to consider the best course of action. This is both unrealistic and again against the entire ethos of Souls. The fact that you have to ALWAYS be ready to fight IS THE VERY SUBSTANCE that gives these games life.

3:The player might want to catch his breath due to being caught off guard. This would take away the suspense of the game immeasurably.

But you're going to argue that these above 3 points are not what you are referring to. So now I ask you this, should a feature be implemented extraneously if it is implicitly possible to achieve without it's very presence!? Now you are the one causing difficulty, because there should be times where it's impossible to pause due to an enemy being alert to one's presence, or being mid battle, which would inherently changes the entire structure of the game and turn it into a mundane experience - but you're surely not referring to this.

The very fact that there is no pause button adds immensely to the game.

The sooner people realize this, the better off we all will be.