Nintendo basically talked out their asses for that entire conference, and its no real surprise. With a HD console coming out 5 years after it was standard on any other home console, they really had no other choice but to lie about the specs to get people interested in it. The controller will be accountable for most of the price, and even then, the 3rd party titles will be pulled much like with the 3DS, which I believe was promised an Assassin's Creed game, and a Saints Row title, both of which I think have been pulled.
Unfortunately, the WiiU isn't going to be a saving grace. The Wii is thriving off of shovelware fitness titles, and pointless Wii >insert activity here< games. I have a Wii, and I'm tempted to buy Zelda, the only game that will actually have effort put into it between now and the WiiU's release, but having said that, I don't feel like spending an extra sum of money for a motion+ attachment for my controller, so this console is pretty much in a dead zone, at least from my point-of-view. I simply don't care how good Skyward Sword is: 65 quid is not worth it, not when I can get other games that won't burn my retinas (I suffer from migraines) while I play them.
The Wii could be made for less than 80 quid, and the WiiU will have a fancy controller, but 5 year old ideas that everyone else got around to. Not only that, but Nintendo are all but dropping their motion controller idea with this console. Not to beat a dead horse here, but unless a gimmick is actually used effectively, then its just a fucking gimmick. The first wave of WiiU games will used 'fully integrated' controller concepts...then the shit will start flowing.
As well as these fact, we have to look at the casual market, that don't really want or need a new console, so they'll more than likely skip this during that butter-zone where sales actually matter, and may negatively effect the investors of Nintendo. I loved Nintendo, I have a Gamecube ffs, but I refuse to buy a Nintendo console until they at least create some new, interesting IPs, because a new Zelda and Metroid every generation is utter robbery, and they don't even have the decency to create a new Starfox title for home consoles. When Suda51 pulls his games from your console because he can't get proper support and is censored half the time, then you're pretty much fucked, because he's insane, and he'd make games for as many consoles are possible.
I once loved Nintendo, but now...they've lost their magic, and their ideas are very much centered in the here-and-now, instead of thinking a long term strategy, or even logical choices, like making games for their new handheld console...god dammit...what are they doing?
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