[Bube]

Haven't really followed the Wii U stuff as it didn't get me that excited. Here are a few of my opinions.

Nintendo are still aiming for the casual, or to be more precise, the casual-hardcore market. The under-16 age group, the group that wants to play the serious games they're older brothers are playing, but still also have a part of them that are wowed by gimmicks; and the over 50 group, who look for that pick-up-and-play factor.

If you're a serious gamer, then you're looking for pure gaming. Not "let me press this button on my touchscreen and hide my character behind the bushes" or "another waggle of the controller will win me the game!".

I believe the correct way would've been what Sony is doing. Make the gimmick optional. Don't build everything around it.

And the fact that this mid-gen console is a next-gen release is another problem.

In a few years, we'll be seeing ports of last-wave PS3 and Xbox 360 (or "optimized" PS4 and Xbox 720) games, with "waggle-quality" tablet features. This is the optimistic option.

The pessimistic option will be what the Gamecube turned into.

BTW, correct me if I'm wrong but, hasn't Nintendo been saying that they have "strong 3rd party support" in every new console announcement since the N64 lost it's 3rd party support?