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archbrix on 12 November 2013
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attaboy said:
archbrix said:

Well, I still bought the WiiU despite Nintendo stupidly abandoning the Wii prematurely.


People say NIntendo abandoned the Wii early but, with the exception of the Nes, Nintendo consoles normally get about five or six years of support.  The Wii lived a full life.  It's the PS3/360 that are living abnormally long lives.

*edit* well, I guess abnormal is the wrong word since PS1 and PS2 lived to be old as fuck, too.

The Wii lasted a full six years on the market before its successor arrived but the console was a barren wasteland for its last two years regarding support.  Nintendo basically cut its jugular in 2011 and neither Skyward Sword nor the "project rainfall" games (which were completely botched as far as NA localization) were sufficient band-aids.  Nintendo was stupid to treat such a successful console in that manner.

The one silver lining (we hoped) was that this would at least result in the WiiU hitting the ground running with a veritable barrage of killer 1st party software in its first few months but we all know how that turned out.

Regarding the OP, however, the only thing stupider than how Nintendo has handled the WiiU so far would be if they just dropped support for it now.