Nintendo already said that only one tablet controller can connect to the device at any one time, which definitly limits its usefulness. Whether this is limited by the hardware (which is likely) or its a software/firmware choice, I dont know. To be fair I have not tried multiple second screen devices on the PS4 (and…

The great thing about all platforms having some variant of the functionality is that developers have more incentive to add creative uses for multi platform titles.

Oh if I was a fan of the Wii or WiiU then this definitely looks like a great buy, but all of the WiiU defenders claim that the main reason for the low adoption rates is because of the confusion about what the WiiU actually is. If thats true, names like this do not help clarify the position of the WiiU.

I agree completely. However two things: One, how many PS4 owners don't have a smart phone? Any smart phone with an OS version in the last two years. No special support of any kind other than a "recent-ish" version of their respective OSes. It seems like people are under some mistaken impression that it requires…

The 360 controller works flawlessly out of the box on Linux and Mac OSX, so its not a stretch to think that the Xbox One controller might as well, though I am sure if it doesn't already, its not likely to unless its just using a standard (or standard extension) that isn't fully supported yet.

Its funny because I have had exactly the opposite experience, and it has almost exclusively been linked to the popularity of "dude bro" fans (of either console) and since the "dude bro" fans tend to gravitate towards Xbox, they have the biggest ratio. It all depends on what you take offense to, and what sites you…

The original poster said "I totally just realized that a Wii U version of this game could totally be unique" and began to list the second screen features that it could have, none of which are unique to the WiiU.

Neither is the fact that the WiiU is the successor to the Wii and not an add-on, however to "the common person" the fact that the WiiU isnt just an accessory for the Wii doesnt cross their mind, and naming schemes like this just reinforce that. Remember the market for the Wii is not the technically savvy gamer.

Initially with new games the internet hasn't had time to get any guides/help up for a game, so if you wanted help on day one (why ruin the game like that?!) then a strategy guide is really the only solution. Give it a month and the internet will be full of information, rendering the strategy guide no more useful than…

Granted, though if you calculated the number of PS4 and XBox One users that have such devices, I am certain you would find that it is a larger install base (currently) than the WiiU, not even counting the Vita (which has sold more than the WiiU by itself). So yes, the percentage of users on the WiiU that can make use…

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I agree, mostly, but having an android phone clipped to your PS4 controller, nets you all the same buttons (more) as using the Vita as a second screen.

First, its doubtful many games will require the accuracy of a stylus for its second screen behavior, but if they do, not only is it trivial to get a stylus that works on the Vita (any capacitive tablet stylus will work just fine, I have a pen with a 'butt end' that works great as a Vita stylus).

Yes and this makes it more convenient, sure, but not unique. And considering the majority of the gamers are going to have smart phones already, which both the PS4 and Xbox One can use as second screens, means that the ability to make use of this functionality is already in the hands of nearly every console buyer of…

And why couldn't you do this with the PS4 with its second screen functionality (that can use a vita as a second screen / controller or use any smart phone as a second screen which you can clip to your PS4 controller with an accessory from GameStop) Or for that matter an Xbox One and your phone/tablet (with smart…

Isn't breaking down that wall what PlayStation Now, which let's you run PS games on anything from a smart TV to your android powered fridge, has already done? Granted PSNow is not out of beta, but still...

The Xbox 360 uses DVD9 which holds approx 9 GB not nearly as much as the 30 GB HD-DVD or 50 GB BluRay formats.

Exactly, its an organic process that kinda melds together. The problem is, when a game development team sets out to create a game, they don't take the story and say "well, this would be better as a comic or something". The medium is already decided. Its written in stone that its going to be a game, now they have to…

I agree, and as a developer I am more on the design side of things, but we are talking of extremes, and writing a story and then saying...hrmm..."how are we going to implement this in the game?", is just as bad as writing a game and going..."hrmm...how are we going to explain this in the story?". I like your analogy…

I understand, and even agree with, your view that writing around set pieces is a poor way to design a game (or any content for that matter), I was just expressing that I also feel that the exact opposite is true too, and if I had to choose one over the other, I would choose good game play with a poorly written story…