Molyneux says Wii U is good, but not great

In an interview with GamesIndustry International, video game legend Peter Molyneux said he thinks the Wii U is good but not great, and believes it will have much more competition than its predecessor. However, he seems to think that mobile devices may pose just as much of a threat, if not more, than Microsoft and Sony's consoles.

    I've played the experience, I've played Nintendo Land, I've played ZombiU, and they're good. I find holding the device in my hand - looking up at the screen and looking down at the device - slightly confusing as a consumer. It's good, but it's not great. And we really need these new pieces of hardware to be great in today's world, because the competition is not just consoles anymore. The competition is everything, all the technology. When you're holding a Kindle Fire or an iPad in your hand, it's just amazing technology. It really is. It's expensive, but it's amazing technology. And people like Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft need to match that. They need to match that in my mind, and exceed it. And I'm not sure the Wii U really did that.

While Molyneux doesn't think the Wii U is that amazing, he went on to say that he has the utmost respect for Nintendo, reminding everyone that the Wii wasn't considered to be anything special at first.:

    I've got unbelievable respect for Nintendo. They created our industry in a very real sense. I can remember everybody in the industry laughing and giggling about how stupid the Wii was, what a stupid name it was, and who would want motion control. And then it went on to sell what, 60, 70 million copies? It got people who never considered computer games to play them.

Molyneux is the man behind the critically and commercially successful Fable series, and recently released Curiosity - What's Inside the Cube for iOS and Android devices.

Source: gamesindustry.biz