Has the Wii U become more of a Collector item than a system that people buy to play regularly?

[Michael-5]

You buy 3-4 games a month on other consoles.....WOW. If I'm lucky I beat 1 game per month (including handheld games).

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Now that I'm a bit older, I feel Nintendo consoles are like diamonds in the mud. There were a handful of amazing Wii and Gamecube games, not too many, but enough to warrant the purchase of a console. Some of those games (like XenoBlade Chronicles, Zelda, Mario Party 9, Metroid Prime series, Fire Emblem, etc) are the best in the industry, so if you're a real console gamer, you need to own a Nintendo home console.

Plus with 4 player GP mode, Mario Kart 8 makes for the BEST local multiplayer. I'm sure most people don't play local multiplayer anymore, but I stil do and Nintendo is king here.