heck im just gonna go out and say it, the only reason i think the nintendo made the WiiU game pad is because they couldnt come up with any other better idea. also for those who think im trolling or want to troll them selfs please leave, im being serious with my point and would honestly like to see what other people think.

Nintendo wanted to repeat the success they had with the Wii by making something new but couldnt come up with nothing. so they just slapped a touch screen on a regular controller and just tried to hype it as the next big thing. i honestly believe this. it just seems like they wanted to differentiate them self from sony and ms and they could only come up with this idea. what do you guys and gals think?

Edit : what im trying to say is that nintendo tried to make something new and fresh like the Wii remote with the WiiU, but couldnt and just went with the touch screen because they thought of nothing better

You think the Wii U would have sold better with a standard dual analog controller?

I would like to point out that most companies go with the ideas they come up with that they think are the best. I think you are right that if Nintendo had had an even better idea, they would have gone with that. As it stands however, we are left with the excellent idea that is the gamepad.

I'm surprised to see a Wii U praise thread for once.

Exactly what bong lover said.

i really dont know, too many variables like price, games at launch and marketing would effect. its not about the sales though. im saying that nintendo tried to make something new and fresh like the Wii remote with the WiiU, but couldnt and just went with the touch screen because they thought of nothing better. im actually gonna put that last part in the OP so people dont understand me wrong

this is neither prais or doom about the WiiU, its about nintendo and their idea's and what they are trying to achieve with the WiiU :)

I say definitely not

I read back when the Wii was first released in 2006 that Nintendo always wanted a screen in their controller. They apparently thought about it while making the GC's successor but found that it would be too expensive. They then discovered motion controls and the Wii was born.

In 2007 while thinking of what to do with the Wii's successor, they went back to the screen concept which is now more cost-efficient. Wii U is now born. Nintendo does this a lot actually. They think of ideas and don't use them because of cost issues and come back to it later.

Making a new controller with dual analog and all of the necessary buttons was a direct response to all the customer requests that their console have a universal controller that every owner of the system has.  That way the system can have the same games as PS3/360 without needing to re-develop games with IR and motion functionality.

In other words, they deliberately decided to NOT make some crazy, futuristic controller so that they could increase the chances of getting solid third-party support.  As well as win back so many of the hardcore gamer segment that they lost after the Wii.

that could be it, i remember that was the case with 3D and the 3DS. but that kind off supports my point. they were looking at the screen in controller thing after the gamecube but went with motion controlls as it is the better idea. and now they went back with that old idea because they couldnt come up with anything else