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"Nintendo&amp;#039;s Wii U will struggle to replicate the success of its predecessor, an industry analyst has predicted.  Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter has suggested that the Wii U&amp;#039;s Gamepad will be a hindrance rather than a help, potentially affecting sales, reports CVG.   &amp;quot;Essentially this is a solution in search of a problem. I mean, somebody had an idea - &amp;#039;Let&amp;#039;s make the controller a tablet&amp;#039; - and there aren&amp;#039;t many games that are going to take advantage of that,&amp;quot; explained Pachter at last week&amp;#039;s Develop Conference.  &amp;quot;Activision never said anything to me, but I know that [for] big games like Call of Duty they said, &amp;#039;No, we&amp;#039;re not putting it on there if you don&amp;#039;t give us a conventional controller&amp;#039;. So they gave in.&amp;quot; Suggesting that Nintendo got lucky with the Wii, Pachter went on to say: &amp;quot;It worked, they got lucky [but] I don&amp;#039;t think they&amp;#039;re getting lucky with the Wii U. &amp;quot;They really believe that, &amp;#039;If we&amp;#039;re still novel, everything we do will work&amp;#039;. This isn&amp;#039;t going to work.&amp;quot; Pachter has previously suggested that Grand Theft Auto 5 might launch this summer, and was vocal in his belief that the 3DS had turned a corner after initial slow sales. He also said that a Wii successor would be released too late to compete. The Wii U is scheduled to launch later this year. Reports have linked it with a November or December release. Watch Digital Spy&amp;#039;s Wii U hands-on video below:   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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