LegendofLex
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- Spend gobs of time and effort making Wii U a eco-friendly, low-power-consumption device
- Ask customers to keep their irreplaceable, unique, no-longer-being-made controllers and throw the rest of the console's components straight into the dumpster.
The alternative:
Leave Wii U's library to exist solely in the secondhand market, never to be a value-add for their future hardware ever again because it uses unique hardware that won't be resurrected - and thereby meaning the collector market for Wii U, when it inevitably emerges, will compete with their modern hardware for $$. (Notice how retro products are spiking in price/demand now, even while demand for new Nintendo products is relatively chilled? This could happen again in 10+ years with Wii U.)
Besides, they are going to make an NX GamePad. It's going to be the next-generation handheld. But I'm not sure they can expect everyone to buy both - I can definitely see them supporting Wii U GamePad, possibly requiring it at first if the handheld doesn't release in tandem with the console.