Rumours are ripe that the Nintendo Wii U may very well have an E-reader feature, which would allow it to compete with other E-book tablets.
The Amazon Kindle was the rage when it was first released as an alternative of the old paperback and hardback covers that books came in. Allowing users to download a selection of books in a nifty little digital package to be read with ease anywhere they went, without the actual weight of carrying a small physical library, the Kindle found its way into a number of households.
It seems Nintendo want to diversify their consumer base by adopting the Kindle’s e-book feature onto their own tablet controller for their next generation of gaming consoles, the Nintendo Wii U.
One thing that has us wondering is how the consumer electronics company drew the line between gamers and those of us who read. While it may be stereotyping to categorise every gamer as a nerdy, anti-social teenager who locks himself in his room and is in his own little world for long periods of the day playing video games on his console...oh wait, isn’t that what people who read do as well?
It seems Nintendo may be on to something.
All, rather poor, jokes aside though, the rumour does have some beef to it as there seems to be a lot of talk about Nintendo allowing gamers to not only download ‘Players Guides’ on to the tablet controller but also be able to read them there as well.
If this news is to be believed, it could open up a whole new avenue and demographic for the Wii U and allow its controller to be used for much more than just controlling games.
Again however, as this is still an unconfirmed rumour from a source who did not reveal his identity, it is best not to get one’s hopes up too high. Yet, without juicy gossip going around the video game industry would not be what it is today and one should always keep in mind just how many leaks and rumours do turn out to be true.
There is a flipside to the feature, of being able to download and read books, if it is a part of the Wii U’s controller, as parents and older non-gaming sisters and book worm brothers may very well take over the controller and use it for their own literary enjoyment, depriving the actual gamer from a crucial tool in order for him to play his games.
Then again, any excuse or added reason to convince an elder that buying a gaming console can be beneficial is never a bad thing either.
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