Activision Apparently Forced Nintendo To Release Wii U Pro Controller
“I think that essentially this is a solution in search of a problem,” Pachter said, speaking at Develop in the UK last week, as reported by Edge.
“I mean, somebody had an idea – ‘let’s make the controller a tablet’ – and there aren’t many games that are going to take advantage of that. Activision never said anything to me, but I know that [for] big games like Call Of Duty they said, ‘No, we’re not putting it on there if you don’t give us a conventional controller’. So they gave in.”
Nintendo confirmed the Pro Controller – a traditional format controller in the model of 360′s pad – at E3 this year.
Pachter went on to say that Wii U as a concept is likely to fail.
“I don’t think they suck – I just think that they really believe that, ‘If we’re still novel, everything we do will work’. This isn’t going to work,” he said.
“Hardcore gamers will buy them; hardcore Nintendo fanboys will buy it. They could put out a piece of cardboard and say that it’ll play Mario and they’ll buy it.”
Wii U releases this year.
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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2012/07/16/acti-forced-nintendo-to-create-wii-u-pro-controller-with-cod-threat-pachter/
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TTG_DolphinsFanPosted:
-Robin-Emazing-LightsFlags Looks just like the Xbox controller.
That's because it's a rip off from them.
Thank you....Everyone is saying it looks like the Xbox Controller. Obviously, it said that in the article that it's in the model of 360s pad.
It may be modeled after Xbox, but it is not even close to the same. Its not even set up near the same. Last I check the right stick is at the bottom and buttons are on the top. I'm glad they finally are making a good controller for the Wii, maybe more sales for the COD series.
-Robin-Posted:
Emazing-LightsFlags Looks just like the Xbox controller.
That's because it's a rip off from them.
Thank you....Everyone is saying it looks like the Xbox Controller. Obviously, it said that in the article that it's in the model of 360s pad.
-Robin-Posted:
LOL, i would assume they were going to have to do this at some point of it's release anyway. I just want to know how many people actually play CoD on Wii.
skathe665Posted:
Yeah. It kind of looks like an Xbox controller. And it kind of looks like a Playstation controller. And it kind of looks like a PC Gamepad. Every controller is a copy of another controller. There are only so many ways you can put that many buttons together and make it work without it being a hassle to use. It's not stupid, it's smart.
SovietRussiaPosted:
Emazing-LightsFlags Looks just like the Xbox controller.
That's because it's a rip off from them.
Genericly speaking that is what a controller has evolved into that general shape.
OrigamoPosted:
It is very stupid because it looks very similar to the Xbox 360 controller. It would be quite good though.
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