I totally agree with you. Why manage your inventory while playing the game when you can just pause it, and interupt the gameplay? Pausing it is so much easier! Also, why have a map on the bottom screen so you can see where youre going while playing when you can have a large map covering the screen? Two screens are not better than one!

Don't encourage him!

I tottaly forgot about all you people with two sets of eyes that can look at both the main screen and the gamepad to be able to use them both. I am such a fool!!

You certainly are blind, since if Nintendo wanted they could easily use the screen for the same uses as the PS4's touchpad. They just wouldn't display anything on the controller.

But for those of us normal enough to be able to look down and choose our items (like in Watchdogs for instance, where the character is actually looking at his iPhone), it all works out perfectly.

But even for those blind, they could use a PS4-type approach with the U if they wanted to.

All hail the Playstation BELIEVE

It's called glancing down for a split second and looking back up.  If you've ever used a cell phone, you've probably done it.

On topic, the touchpad is pretty useless, but that's not the PS4's selling point.  The Wii U's selling point is its controller the PS4's is graphics (I think. Hard to get the point of all Sony's buzzwords.)  Each is better than the other in their given area.

You're totally right! It's not like it's possible to just glance at the bottom screen for half a second while playing. 

Stop beating around the bush on stupid technicalities. It's scientific FACT that it is physically (& psychically) impossible to see (or glance) at 2 screens at the same time. Like if you're driving, don't you usually just zone in on 1 small rectangular area and focus on that area fully until otherwise noted? Same thing with a video game, it is psyically impossible to glance back and forth between 2 or more things. There's just no way to actually use another 2nd touchscreen in the palm of your hands, pure impossibility. Nintendo should have done their homework.

They could use the gamepad that way, yes. Pretty expensive controller just for that, but ok.

This has always been my gripe with the Wii U gamepad and has absolutely nothing to do with the DS4. The DS4 touchpad will have limited use, which is good cause I don't _want_ to do much with the touchpad, I would rather do normal things we have normally done with our traditionally normal controllers. All these radically different control schemes have been a hot mess of crap.

"Their new touchpad is obviously far more innovative and useful than Nintendo's dumb touchscreen gamepad"

I think i just pissed my panties.

Seriously dude, zip it. There's been enough trolling on these forums I think it's right about time it starts to get back in order.