| Tatewaki75 said: To me, consoles have always just been a means to an end. I've made some silly purchasing desisions in the past. (I bought a sega saturn because it came with 3 free games, Virtua Fighter, Daytona USA and a shooting game I never played.) I could understand if people were upset about the console if they released something that's barely better than the Wii graphics wise, but there was definitely a leap, and it's not like the games on Wii U look bad. I've been playing games a LONG time, and stuff like the original mario bros. is still fresh in my mind. My favorite consoles last gen was the DS, simply because it had such a great library of games. (I admit though, I bought it solely as a pokemon machine at first.) I also see your point about one system having more games than the other and it doesn't seem justified. Up until a few years ago, I never really thought about that. I would always buy a nintendo console, and usually a sony console. I had more PS2 games than Gamecube games, but I never once regretted buying a gamecube. Same with PS1 and N64. (Still don't know what I was thinking with that Sega saturn, Specially since no stores near me stocked saturn games anymore.) This gen will be no different. I'll own a wii u, and I'll own a PS4. Recently though, I've noticed I've been buying less and less third party games, simply because I don't enjoy first or third person shooters and the market seems oversaturated with them.
Edit: As an answer to your last question, I'm nore sure WHAT to feel about the gamepad yet. I'm saving my opinions until I can spend a good chunk of time using it. I was kinda hoping the next nintendo platform would follow suit and be cheaper than the compitition like the Wii was. Then again considering that my favorite nintendo system since the SNES, the DS, has that dual screen feel, I'll prolly feel right at home. I wouldn't have minded a controller like the wii u gamepad for the PS2 when I was addicted to FFXI. |
I don't regret getting the Gamecube or Wii either, and when the games I want are out I'm sure I won't regret the Wii U either. But the knowledge that I would probably get more for less money if Nintendo went third party bothers me. They would jump forwards a generation with the hardware they use, and I wouldn't have to buy a console just for their games and could buy more games with the extra money.
Anyway, I'm going to hope that this is a transitional console as they work their way back from the more "casual" Wii. I hope they gain the confidence to compete directly with Sony and Microsoft again.
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