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Furthermore, don't lump me as a die-hard Nintendo fan, like its the only brand I play. I game on the iPhone, PC, PS3, 360-I even pull out the Dreamcast from time to time. I play games where they exist and where they are good."
Every story I read about Wii U up to launch has talked about how good the controller felt. In fact, I've read stories that said how awesome it was to play Black Ops II on the Gamepad. But again, like I mentioned earlier, fancy tech is half the job-games still need great game design and a good concept. You just can't spec your way into innovation.
And I think you missed how I said I don't care if 'the way games are played' aren't changed because I like the current format of tactile inputs. I like those buttons and sticks to interact with the gam"
Are you just trying to say that the tablet controller won't lead to many good experiences for hardcore gamers? Or that it won;t change the way games are played? I fail to see how these are bad things. I like playing games with controllers, buttons, and any tactile input. Just because someone uses something familiar doesn't mean they're not trying something new. I mean there still has to be some level design and concepts actually being tried to (assuming you're talking about new games). Tech means nothing if developers can't do anything amazing with it and an innovative game doesn't need fancy tech to create an amazing experience.
And for all the talk about hardcore gaming, Nintendo knew that its pointless to always draw from that well, something they learned from the Gamecube. Which is why they made the remote anyway. they knew people who didn't play games a lot would never actually enjoy picking up a standard controller with all those buttons. And they wanted something intuitive.
In the end, it comes down to the games. If a game is made and can produce an amazing experience, who cares what the input method is.
And if people get excited for the Wii U and speculate how it can innovate and change the way games are played, why are you taking that away from them? It's their job.
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I have a Wii U and I actually love the Gamepad. It feels comfortable, the second screen is not unobrtusive, and playing everything on that second screen is great when you don't wanna sit in front of a TV. Do I think people should rush out and get one right now? No. But you won't be sorry that you did though. (And its 300-350-not 399.99)
The Power Glove was just licensed by Nintendo, they had no say in its design and concept. And they admitted they rushed out the Virtual Boy. So two bad gimmicks undermine Nintendo's history of actually innovative ideas in the hardware spac"
And for the record, New Super Mario Bros Wii came with a pretty red case and sold nearly close to 20 million. Brawl sold close to 10 million, Donkey Kong Country Returns got close to 5 million.
If we're going off previous generation, then the PS3 should be the market leader.
And I worked customer support for at a huge publisher and I've already talked to those soccer moms and they will always buy their kids video games. And Angry Birds is coming to the 3DS. And when the kids aren't playing, they're using the Wii for Netflix.
What I'm attacking is your argument for why the Wii U would fail. There's hard data don't support your claims. The Wii sold crazy because people used a remote to interact with it, not a general controller. (I explained this in the comment below).
Plus I don't know many kids who have their own iPhone"
Plus, this also assumes that Wii owners only are automatically migrating only to smartphones and not buying 3DS games:
http://kotaku.com/5936557/unintimidated-by-apple-nintendos-boss-says-the-world-still-needs-dedicated-gaming-handhelds
This also assumes that these mobile games offer the same amount of depth of a console and/or handheld game. Doesn't that put other major companies at risk as well?
Assuming Nintendo attracted only a casual audience is just erroneous at best. If Nintendo hardware was casual-only, then why are so many thrid party publishers putting core games on their hardware? And they signed Unity to a long deal, so those mobile games may or may not be coming over to the Wii U"
