Vita may be 2.4ghz but requires the modem, access point, router or otherwise to bounce off.

Portal is doing the same thing PSP, Vita and all the others do but has Wifi 5 then say maybe I don't know Wifi 3 or 4 maybe on Vita.

But whatever range intended chips.

This is what Steam Link, Xbox, current Sony remote play uses the same 'solution'. Sony has always done this solution yet used whatever tech they had at the time. Stadia even with Pixel (restricted to) or others likely even if cloud but some remote play like is in there a bit.

Wii U was never intended for that, so it's not AGE it's it's intended use of such a solution while the other chips were for the eshop and other networking services the other was for the Gamepad. So no it's not age at all. XD

GameCube/GBA was cabled, Dreamcast VMU was slotted into the controller. PSP and Nomad was cabled unless PSP or Vita/Vita TV casting besides TV connection too for HDMI.

DS was 2 screens cabled and whatever Wii/DS connection, Wiimotes could transfer Miis over for games with them supported so it had memory in it, or 2DS 1 with what it needs drawn on screen.

Things like Wii U Chat or Gizmondo bluetooth or whatever to like Eye Toy Chat, even those would be interesting but a Tapwave Zodiac does fair bluetooth that isn't locked like Gizmondo is between other GIzmondos.

I have used my weak Android phones with none of the tuning and a third party app and the connection is so noticeable of delay from games to screen rotation to next scenes in a tv show/movie, the Wii U/PS3 & 4 remote play casting is very well tuned you have no idea.

It's why the Gamepad connection was so good other then if out of range but strong otherwise, walls or 70 feet straight reach no obstacles, yet what 5Ghz and 480p image is really good then the Vita 360p/540p toggle (not even Portal, phone app or PS4 have this resolution toggle lazy Sony there) and more devices interrupting it.

The Vita and others had another device to bounce off of that's why the range was further but more could be interrupted too. I know I've used the others and Wii U has no issues because it's only talking to the Wii U console as it was designed.

So it may have had 2.4Ghz downloads for game updates, eshop, etc. and been long and annoying but they didn't want probably two of the same for cost, power draw or interference even if they could have gone with different channels or tweaked things they didn't and I respect them for that.

In some cases I prefer the Wii U local approach as it's less interference while the others ALL have interference through that method because that's how crowded a network can be then a local more centralised approach.

Age, not in the slightest. It's solution, not age.

Besides with the GPU and OS use. I mean even the PS4 or Switch have like under a 1GB of OS memory to like 800 or 900MB. No wonder games utilise so much and the PS4 screams I wouldn't even give it that much but sure whatever even besides the CPU and the chips to aid around that to push things through.

Wii U didn't have that the GPU maybe have been a Radeon something but even still the CPU and more had a lot to keep up with.

That's like saying NFC or Bluetooth range is so low when that's what they were designed for is their short range not to replace networking range the others use. Yet over time Bluetooth got to file sharing, that was from upgrades not from range.

By SuntannedDuck2

None of this is complicated it's just offering the feature. For..... no one to use it but a small audience even besides emulation audience and smaller again using this. Glad it's still a thing as I like these kinds of things but most people have no idea or isn't for them more so the former for official support of games that do this sort of thing.

I was fine with Playlink (game and smartphone app as the controller in 2014 for a brand range of party games) or Everybody 1-2 Switch smartphone support as a controller for games or that PS5 tactics RPG that is.

But it's up to devs to offer it and players to know it exists/use it, which many don't care/don't know or don't want to play that way. Yet we don't have screens in controllers or much touchpad gestures so why bother.

But with the technology I applaud them offering this.

To me UNO, Clue/do and card based RPGs benefit from this yet NO one offers it, they just go 'eh online will do the trick' and it's not the same.

From SNES to 360 it's always been a hassle with Cluedo or UNO.

Is cool though that some are still going to such other screen lengths for this though. As in the official world no one cares as much as players have no clue it exists in their hardcore view of everything else.

Like anything casual/hardcore will setup their TVs with a QR code, bluetooth to their phone a cup with string

But have no idea you can have a phone link app for Windows (or Windows phone did continuum or many other solutions over the years) or any others of the sort over the years to Remote Play/Second screen apps as companion apps for PS3/360/PS4/Xbox One games or SmartGlass/OnLine and more over the years but nope but have no clue you can make connections between screens even though it's so easy once it's a feature.

By SuntannedDuck2

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