A portion of an IGN interview with Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony Computer Entertainment's Worldwide Studios...
IGN: What are your thoughts on the Wii U? It's one of the biggest stories coming out of E3.
Yoshida: I was surprised to see the final product for what Nintendo was showing. It's pretty close to what was being rumored. Lots of media had different interpretations of the rumors, and something I thought Nintendo might be doing was like a giant DS in your house. I was expecting them to do some demos, like Nintendogs coming from the big screen to the small screen where you can then pet the dog on the tablet controller.
And finally they are going to HD graphics, which must please third-party publishers judging from what they were saying at the press conference. It's interesting.
IGN: Sony has been very clear with its messaging; the PlayStation 3 is a console experience and the PlayStation Vita is for mobile use. Nintendo seems to be blurring that by having a tablet controller where you can play console games both on a TV and portably.
Yoshida: We still don't know much about the Wii U. It seems like the controller can only work with one console. When they show multiplayer they are using the Wii remotes. How games will be developed for that console we still don't know. As I understand, the Wii U remote has to be in proximity of the console so it's not a true portable device in a sense that you can bring it with you outside the room or house.
I still can't get my head around what it is.
Full interview here
IGN: What are your thoughts on the Wii U? It's one of the biggest stories coming out of E3.
Yoshida: I was surprised to see the final product for what Nintendo was showing. It's pretty close to what was being rumored. Lots of media had different interpretations of the rumors, and something I thought Nintendo might be doing was like a giant DS in your house. I was expecting them to do some demos, like Nintendogs coming from the big screen to the small screen where you can then pet the dog on the tablet controller.
And finally they are going to HD graphics, which must please third-party publishers judging from what they were saying at the press conference. It's interesting.
IGN: Sony has been very clear with its messaging; the PlayStation 3 is a console experience and the PlayStation Vita is for mobile use. Nintendo seems to be blurring that by having a tablet controller where you can play console games both on a TV and portably.
Yoshida: We still don't know much about the Wii U. It seems like the controller can only work with one console. When they show multiplayer they are using the Wii remotes. How games will be developed for that console we still don't know. As I understand, the Wii U remote has to be in proximity of the console so it's not a true portable device in a sense that you can bring it with you outside the room or house.
I still can't get my head around what it is.
Full interview here
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