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Topic	Did you expect the Wii U to come in last place this gen?
adjl 07/21/17 10:07:58 PM #16:	quigonzel posted... Tails 64 posted... The Wii U GamePad didn't have the same mass appeal that the Wii Remotes did when they first debuted, so I wasn't surprised to see a sharp drop in sales. (I, personally, loved my Wii U, though.) Yeah, that was its major flaw. No third parties wanted to design for it. It didn't need to be designed for, though. It had all the same buttons as other controllers (one of the issues that hobbled the Wii), and the gamepad could simply duplicate the main screen if there was no potential to use it more effectively than that (a number of first-party titles did this). The problem with developer engagement was a combination of the lesser power making it harder to port multiplat titles to it, and it not having the install base to justify exclusive development (in a generation where, more than ever, almost every major third-party title goes multiplat). --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:883364262] in Did you ex... [t:75590985]...</cite> <quote><cite>quigonzel posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Tails 64 posted...</cite> <quote>The Wii U GamePad didn't have the same mass appeal that the Wii Remotes did when they first debuted, so I wasn't surprised to see a sharp drop in sales. (I, personally, loved my Wii U, though.)</quote> Yeah, that was its major flaw. No third parties wanted to design for it.</quote> It didn't need to be designed for, though. It had all the same buttons as other controllers (one of the issues that hobbled the Wii), and the gamepad could simply duplicate the main screen if there was no potential to use it more effectively than that (a number of first-party titles did this). The problem with developer engagement was a combination of the lesser power making it harder to port multiplat titles to it, and it not having the install base to justify exclusive development (in a generation where, more than ever, almost every major third-party title goes multiplat). --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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