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attaboy on 28 October 2013
fedfed said:
think-man said:
fedfed said:
No

Why?

Drakester said:
No

Why?

Stefan.De.Machtige said:
No

Why?

Because Because most gamex are buit to be played using the wii u padmlike zelda hd and piknin 3. Whilst 3ds ca

Well, when you put it that way.



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errorpwns on 28 October 2013

Removing the gamepad is more equal to removing the second screen on the DS series.



Alby_da_Wolf on 28 October 2013

If they do it, the tablet will become almost totally useless, because 3rd party devs won't support it anymore on new games, as they wouldn't run on the tabletless version. Yep, they could make tablet support optional, but most of the times they won't bother, and 1st party support will still be there, but it will become half-baked most of the times, because otherwise 1st party games would be gimped on the tabletless console, and Ninty can't afford tarnishing its biggest franchises.



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Zero999 on 28 October 2013
Alby_da_Wolf said:

If they do it, the tablet will become almost totally useless, because 3rd party devs won't support it anymore on new games, as they wouldn't run on the tabletless version. Yep, they could make tablet support optional, but most of the times they won't bother, and 1st party support will still be there, but it will become half-baked most of the times, because otherwise 1st party games would be gimped on the tabletless console, and Ninty can't afford tarnishing its biggest franchises.

tablet? what tablet?



Alby_da_Wolf on 28 October 2013
Zero999 said:
Alby_da_Wolf said:

If they do it, the tablet will become almost totally useless, because 3rd party devs won't support it anymore on new games, as they wouldn't run on the tabletless version. Yep, they could make tablet support optional, but most of the times they won't bother, and 1st party support will still be there, but it will become half-baked most of the times, because otherwise 1st party games would be gimped on the tabletless console, and Ninty can't afford tarnishing its biggest franchises.

tablet? what tablet?

Sorry for the confusion, I keep calling Wii U's gamepad "the tablet".



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errorpwns on 28 October 2013
Alby_da_Wolf said:

If they do it, the tablet will become almost totally useless, because 3rd party devs won't support it anymore on new games, as they wouldn't run on the tabletless version. Yep, they could make tablet support optional, but most of the times they won't bother, and 1st party support will still be there, but it will become half-baked most of the times, because otherwise 1st party games would be gimped on the tabletless console, and Ninty can't afford tarnishing its biggest franchises.


If the game supports off TV play then it already could support gameplay without the gamepad. 



Zero999 on 28 October 2013
Alby_da_Wolf said:
Zero999 said:

tablet? what tablet?

Sorry for the confusion, I keep calling Wii U's gamepad "the tablet".

it was a retorical question.



oniyide on 28 October 2013
errorpwns said:
Alby_da_Wolf said:

If they do it, the tablet will become almost totally useless, because 3rd party devs won't support it anymore on new games, as they wouldn't run on the tabletless version. Yep, they could make tablet support optional, but most of the times they won't bother, and 1st party support will still be there, but it will become half-baked most of the times, because otherwise 1st party games would be gimped on the tabletless console, and Ninty can't afford tarnishing its biggest franchises.


If the game supports off TV play then it already could support gameplay without the gamepad. 


this



Zero999 on 28 October 2013
oniyide said:
errorpwns said:
Alby_da_Wolf said:

If they do it, the tablet will become almost totally useless, because 3rd party devs won't support it anymore on new games, as they wouldn't run on the tabletless version. Yep, they could make tablet support optional, but most of the times they won't bother, and 1st party support will still be there, but it will become half-baked most of the times, because otherwise 1st party games would be gimped on the tabletless console, and Ninty can't afford tarnishing its biggest franchises.


If the game supports off TV play then it already could support gameplay without the gamepad. 


this

Is not an argument



oniyide on 28 October 2013
Zero999 said:
oniyide said:
errorpwns said:
Alby_da_Wolf said:

If they do it, the tablet will become almost totally useless, because 3rd party devs won't support it anymore on new games, as they wouldn't run on the tabletless version. Yep, they could make tablet support optional, but most of the times they won't bother, and 1st party support will still be there, but it will become half-baked most of the times, because otherwise 1st party games would be gimped on the tabletless console, and Ninty can't afford tarnishing its biggest franchises.


If the game supports off TV play then it already could support gameplay without the gamepad. 


this

Is not an argument

sure it is, if say AC4 could be played fully with off screen play that means that whatever function the gamepad had probably wasnt important anyway or the game doesnt have any gamepad function. Its my understanding that most games on the system are like this, or am I wrong?