I like Wii U controller, it has the best of worlds regarding access to peripheral screens (like inventory) and providing the dual analogue game control that the first Wii lacked.

Whether it is justified from a cost point of view I don't know. It comprises a huge chunk of the price tag of the console. If Nintendo released a $150 version with a simple classic controller, I may have been swayed by the price (but then again, that would struggle to beat a $100 360 or PS3 for value).

So yeah, the controller is great, but probably not worth the cost. I think Nintendo took a huge gamble with it, and so far it hasn't paid off. 

Don't know if anybody already pointed this out, but when playing Donkey Kong Crash Course in Nintendo Land you are supposed to be only looking at your gamepad.

Most people are waiting for a new Zelda, Super mario world and Smash bros to turn the Wii U around. Right now, it's just not as appealing as a PS4/xbone. Hell, the PS3 and 360 sounds more appealing right about now.

I agree. The Gamepad feels like a giant step backwards compared to the Wii Remote. It feels like a solution in search of a problem.

I was a huge Wii Supporter. But the Wii U does not feel like a Wii Successor, it feels like a New Gamecube. I'm not enticed by a new Gamecube, and the games released thus far aren't appealing to the masses.

Also, all of the games releasing in the near future don't require the Gamepad, MK, DK, were demoed at E3 using Wii Mote's and nunchucks, so Richard is not alone. Not only am I not impressed by the Wii U, I feel like the Wii U is repellent to the mainstream gamer.

You need to buy ZombiU, Lego City Undercover and Batman Arkham City. The best uses of the second screen by far.

It's "teh" cloud thank you very much.

OT: I see a lot of people agreeing with you. It's kind of amusing actually, the Wii's unique controller is what gained it so much success and the WiiU's seems to be actually driving some people away :/ I didn't mind the controller too much (it's fairly comfortable, if a tad heavy), but every time you have to use the touch screen it really takes you out of the game.

That's like someone playing 15 minutes of Lair and declaring the PS3 is just not a good console.

I'm sure some people just make stuff up on here, you put all that money down for a wiiu just to put it back in it's box after playing once, come on, that's just a ridiculous thing to do.
I love the gamepad and use it a lot to play off screen and use for internet browsing and art academy etc.

There's nothing wrong. I look at other devices and don't appeal to me. Sometimes is the software, others the name, the company or the look.

Anyone who "puts it back in the box after 15 minutes of ZombiU", is clearly not going to like it. It takes time to adjust too, something demo stations ect. don't portray very well.