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sethnintendo on 16 October 2013

People that use 3DS in public would be considered cool compared to people that walk around with something like that.  Oh wait this is for in house only....  I see no market.



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NobleTeam360 on 16 October 2013

Cool feature, but I'm not sure I would use it though.



NiKKoM on 16 October 2013

Not to be a hater.. But wouldn't that completly kill of the Vita? As one of the most prominent feature Is PS4 streaming?



 

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Osc89 on 16 October 2013
manuel said:
kowenicki said:
JayWood2010 said:

Well some games have that remote play type function.  Example would be New Super Mario Bros U where you have the option to play it on TV or your gamepad.  Essentially it would be what i am talking about though it may work differently from a technical stand point.

I know.  AS I said, I dont see the compariosn

One is a "dumb terminal" to stream only WiiU games and WiiU content.

The other is a use of mobile phones (already massively mutitasking devices) to stream content from your PS4 AND your ONE.

Multitasking or not is not the question here. (And there are enough people still without smartphones. Me being one of them.)

Displaying console games on a smaller screen is what it's about. (Not a must-have, but sometimes useful feature.)

And if somebody who bashed the WiiU pad says that this is great, then he's a hypocrite, especially since the WiiU pad works more seamlessly as it ever could on a smartphone.


He's right, there is a clear difference. One strategy is forcing you to buy a screen with your console that only streams games within range of the console, and is useless everywhere (and for anything) else. The other strategy lets you use any existing multitasking device you own and stream the games anywhere you like. You don't have to be a hypocrite to not like the first idea and like the second.

Besides, the Off-TV Play isn't supposed to be the focus of the Wii U. If it was it would get a lot more bashing for just being a much more limited version of Remote Play. The whole point of the GamePad is asymmetric gaming.



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Jaywood2010 on 16 October 2013
sethnintendo said:

People that use 3DS in public would be considered cool compared to people that walk around with something like that.  Oh wait this is for in house only....  I see no market.


Everybody I know who plays 3DS or Vita plays it in their homes rather than on the road except one person and she does both.




       

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sethnintendo on 17 October 2013
JayWood2010 said:
sethnintendo said:

People that use 3DS in public would be considered cool compared to people that walk around with something like that.  Oh wait this is for in house only....  I see no market.


Everybody I know who plays 3DS or Vita plays it in their homes rather than on the road except one person and she does both.


True, so there might be a market.  However, I know a few friends that play on home consoles but would never consider a hand held.  So console gamers and hand held gamers don't overlap.  These friends of mine would never consider playing their home consoles on a smaller screen instead of a large TV.  I'm sure there are others that would approach it in a different light (ones with families, etc) that see a use for it.