5 reasons the Wii U won the console war in our house

[Dusk]

sales2099 said:

Dusk said:

sales2099 said:
Well for one the "winner" is defined by lifetime sales and if the console war lasted from Nov 2012-Nov 2013 then yes, WiiU won the console war ;)

That said, in short,

-Backwards compatability is a feature requested by a minority of gamers. Most people tend to just....move on.
- It's software is unique but severely lacking in 3rd party support, meaning WiiU is "the console you buy after you have a Xb1 or PS4".
- The company itself has a tradition of doing its own thing (for better or for worse) while neglecting the cutting edge tech/services that Sony and MS have adopted for years....even generations. And to be frank, they cater to a family audience at all times, neglecting those who have grown up since their youthful experiences with Nintendo hardware.

But its couch gaming and value do have merit. Playing from the tablet with the TV doing something else is a very underrated feature.

They don't just cater to the family audience, that's incorrect but something that people like to say. It's also quite goofy really. What makes a game mature? Is it the swearing? nudity? Sex? drug use? Killing? All these are generally found in teen movies or movies directed at a teen audience, at least in the amount that consist in many of the "mature" games lol. 

I can't resist these comments.

Well for one I certainly wouldn't recomend a Quentin Tarantino movie to a young child. Excessive profanity, sex, and violence is not suitable for young audiences. For me, very bright colours everywhere represents a world made for young people. Adults tend to like more realistic depictions ie. gritty settings and darker tones that more represent the world we live in (and its seedier elements).

Another being rich storylines. That is what I define as mature. Rich lore, layered characters, plot twists, detailed extended universes.......reasons to play a game beyond the gameplay. Nintendo makes games for the sole purpose of fun. And that's fine. But in this regard is why Nintendo isn't my go-to console for adult games.

 
True. However, I'm trying to figure out how if something is unfit for a child, how does that automatically make it fit for an adult or mature? Well, you could just open your eyes and look around I suppose. There is a vast array of colours everywhere, does that mean we live in a world made for young people? Find a brighter blue than the sky, or a brighter yellow than the sun. As an adult it is up to them to choose what they see. There is of course reality, which is filled with everything, but it comes down to your view on it. There is just as much colour and warmth around as there is bleak and colourless tones. 

If I want a rich story line I'm probably going to sit down and read a book. At times these can be found in games, but usually to a much lesser extent, only a few actually succeed in bringing a good story and good game together. But I gotta say, there is a crap ton of lore, layered characters, plot twitsts and detalied extended universes in even Mario games lol. Take a look at all the Mario games lol. From the first to Sunshine, Galaxy and most recently 3D World. Vast variance in worlds and a bunch of lore in it, but mostly with a lack of story. Mario RPG, Paper Mario and Thousand Year Door certainly inbue what you classify as adult. Oddly enough, so do the stories of Harry Potter (started as a childrens books and became teen books), even C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia (all of which are childrens books) and even Star Wars was meant for children. If TLOU looked like mario (colours and all) but still had the same story as it does, would it be adult? Yes, the story and connotation make it more adult oriented, even if they cut out all the expletives, not the graphics or colours.