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The most exciting element of Nintendo’s Wii U is the second screen, which whilst seemingly new is a concept many of us are already familiar with thanks to the rapid uptake of smartphones and tablets, believes recently appointed EA chief operating officer Peter Moore.
EA developers are hard at work with Wii U software development kits, and whilst it’s interesting to discover “cool and interesting things”, says Moore, the most exciting element is the second screen.
“I think the broader element is the idea of a second screen, which is something that many of us do now,” Moore told Screen Play. “I don’t know about you, but watching TV I find myself either sitting with my laptop doing emails or my iPad browsing the web while the TV is going on in front of me.
“I think I’m watching it, depending on what it is. Obviously if it’s a sports event, then I’m giving it my full attention, but anything else and it’s probably only getting 40 per cent of my attention and I’m pretending to my wife that I’m watching TV with her. But the second screen mentality, it’s not only doing something different, but also every now and then you are watching TV and have a question and it’s fascinating now to do enquiries and find out information about something that you are watching on the main screen using your second screen.”
Moore concluded: “I think the concept of a second screen that it being used in tandem and in parallel to what is going on the big screen is fascinating for us as gamers, we think that is a big deal. A lot of our games are built for calling plays or strategies that you can’t see on the big screen.”
Wii U is currently expected in 2012, although no firm date has been set.
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