Multiple Wii U Controllers Are a Cost Issue

The thing is takebacker, you're talking from a personal perspective without looking from the corporation's point of view or the average joe.

Anyways, the other thing about the controller is it looks like it has the potential to be awkward and/or heavy. Compared to nintendo's usual designs, this is a huge difference.

I know. Most households have a DVD player or at the very least a computer. I haven't heard of a single computer that can't play a DVD nowadays. If the house has a TV there's a good chance it has HDMI too. DVD/blu-ray is hardly their concern as far as profitability goes because it's a different market. It's sony and microsoft that market towards home entertainment, and that shouldn't dictate Nintendos hardware decisions just to compete at the cost of making the console less profitable. You forget that this console is going to sell f'uck tons of units regardless of this feature simply because it's cool and Nintendo knows it. With their competition, it's the other way around. Nintendo is innovative and they try to copy that and fail. Hard.

I dunno about the controller thing. It looks pretty slim. I can't imagine it being too much heavier than an iPad.

I said Blu-Ray and DVD (both should be available). Blu-Ray players are still ridiculously expensive and if you're going to buy a new ridiculously expensive gaming console you're looking to get the one that's going to be of the most use to you and your family.

My friend has a 6 year old son and she was looking to buy him a gaming console but she wanted one that is worth the money so I broke down for her what each of the current ones is capable and she ended up buying a PS3 solely because not only can it play games but it will allow them to watch blu-rays and stream from Netflix. It's a really important feature to families.

Don't blu-ray players play DVD's too?

By 2012 blu-ray is going to see another price decrease mind you. If you're going to buy a ridiculously expensive gaming console you aren't just looking to what is useful for you and your family. Average joe white suit most definitely wouldn't participate in non-nintendo game fare and a lot of said fare probably too intense for your friends 6 year old to handle. The majority of nintendo stuff is kid friendlier and a lot more addicting usage wise than the competition. The point of this thread would be more of a deal breaker for family use than the lack of DVDs/blu-ray anyway.

The wii can stream netflix too. I'd be surprised if this wouldn't.