We are in exciting times now. And one reason might be WII U. Before some think I joke around: No, I am not. It is the first time I take a Nintendo-console seriously. Let me explain why.
It looks like a superset of xbox360/PS3 in both, hardware and controls. You have 4 shoulder buttons and simultaneously 2 thumb-sticks. That pretty much sums up xbox360/ps3-play. In addition you can have virtual buttons on the screen to quickly navigate in complex menus, what would only be practicable with a mouse. So hardware-buttons plus touch-screen is a superset of the conventional controls. It means that now you can design a higher variety of games but all those xbox360/ps3 games for the WII U aswell in addition.
So Microsoft and Sony need to follow soon since from a consumer's perspective those systems will become obsolete. Since all the games can be designed with a higher fidelity on the WII U.
There might be only one weak point though. Ergonomic issues of the controller must not be significant. In that case I see no reason how WII U can fail.
I would like to know what you think about it. How do you estimate the situation?
It looks like a superset of xbox360/PS3 in both, hardware and controls. You have 4 shoulder buttons and simultaneously 2 thumb-sticks. That pretty much sums up xbox360/ps3-play. In addition you can have virtual buttons on the screen to quickly navigate in complex menus, what would only be practicable with a mouse. So hardware-buttons plus touch-screen is a superset of the conventional controls. It means that now you can design a higher variety of games but all those xbox360/ps3 games for the WII U aswell in addition.
So Microsoft and Sony need to follow soon since from a consumer's perspective those systems will become obsolete. Since all the games can be designed with a higher fidelity on the WII U.
There might be only one weak point though. Ergonomic issues of the controller must not be significant. In that case I see no reason how WII U can fail.
I would like to know what you think about it. How do you estimate the situation?
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