Jerram Fahey said:
Resistive =/= crappy. When you get your hands on the pad and find that it doesn't work, THEN you can say it's crappy. I'll have you know I've had no problem typing on a BAD resistive touch screen (Yinlips YDPG16), so your caps are COMPLETELY unjustified. Knowing Nintendo they're not about to release something that doesn't function, and they no doubt have valid reasons for going in that direction (for starters it keeps costs down - a point you've been bitching about. Secondly they're more durable than capacitive screens, which is great for the kiddies).
In all your ranting, nothing you've said actually counters anything I've said. Your ONLY arguments are:
1) You have to look down - something everybody had to do anyway before they familiarised themselves with the layout (e.g. "Press X, which is X again? Oh yes, I see it"). After some use you'll no longer need to look down to remember where everything is.
2) You have to take your hands off the controls - not necessarily true. I'm sure developers would be smart enough to put most of the "buttons" at the sides of the pad where they can easily be reached by your thumbs. If they don't, that's the developer's fault - not Nintendo (unless they're the ones that do it).
Now, quit hating an open your mind a little. The screen has limitations, yes, but they seem no where near as crippling as you want to pretend they are.
Impossible standard, you require that I discard all technical precedent and claim ignorance till I have actually bought one. Well that throws ALL critical thought out of the window.
"Knowing Nintendo, they're not about to release something that doesn't function"
Red Steel 1. Wii-mote did NOT work as advertised, the Wii-motion-plus tried and again failed to fix the problem. The reason they are going in this direction is a cheap and gimmicky "me too" attempt to surf on the iPad tablet buzz at the moment.
You know what REALLY keeps costs down? Not even trying such ill suited gimmicks.
Having to look down forces us all to be as incompetent as novices, i.e. casual crap. You'd only have to look down to memorise where X-button is once or twice, but a screen button positions would constantly be changing.
You DO have to take your hands off the controls to reach across the screen, this means you can't seamlessly swipe something from one side of the screen to another and limit the use of the touch-screen to the periphery.
WiiU tablet is a huge problem and Nintendo could solve so much (even at this late stage) by dropping this pointless controller and focusin on the normal thumbstick controller and giving WiiU more internal HDD capacity. Open your mind to the technical FACTS. Open your mind to CRITICISM and REASON! Stop constantly thinking with excuses.
Don't be so defensive and reactionary. If we actually put enough pressure on Nintendo then they will end their retarded ways.
With any luck if I buy a WiiU for the ridiculously overpriced $350, I can sell the pointless table controller for $170 brining my net expenditure down to $180 + $50 for the proper controller, $230 is THE RIGHT PRICE for the WiiU minuse the pointless gimmicky WiiU Tabltet controller.