Wii U multiple controllers would be 'considerable cost'

Nintendo has said that the Wii U does not currently support more than one Wii U controller due to price concerns.

During E3, Nintendo admitted that it is looking into enabling multiple Wii U controllers per system.

"There's a cost issue," Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told Japanese business site Diamond Online, adding that "technically it is possible for the Wii U to support multiple Wii U controllers" but at "considerable" cost to consumers.

"We're not planning on asking our customers to buy multiple Wii U controllers," he declared.

By only allowing a single Wii U controller to be used with each system, Nintendo would diminish the importance of its own technology, limiting the new system's appeal to both developers and gamers.

The Wii U controller features a six-inch touch screen, traditional buttons, a camera, microphone, stereo speakers, gyroscope and an accelerometer. Up to four Wii remotes can also be used with each Wii U system.

The Wii U will be available worldwide in 2012.