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Soundwave on 28 March 2015
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rolltide101x said:
Soundwave said:

This is just a silly POV. 


How? Because I bought a Wii U and want to get my money's worth out of it before they move on to the next one? 2017 is acceptable, 2016 is not


You do realize that 90% of NES sales came after August 1987, heck the system wasn't even stocked nationally in the US until '87. Most people didn't get one until 1988. That means when Nintendo introduced the Super NES in August 1991, mostp people in the West had only had their NES for 3 years or so. 

Did we cry about it back then? Hell no. Me and my friends couldn't wait to get an SNES, in fact I remember waiting for the SNES to come out seemed almost painful. 

Of the four major hardware manufacturers, three of them (Sega, Nintendo, Microsoft) have had their most successful game system come after a shortened previous platform too. The Genesis/Mega Drive (best selling Sega console) came after the Sega Master System which was only supported primarily for 3 years. The DS (best selling Nintendo platform) came 3 1/2 year after the GBA. The XBox 360 (best selling Microsoft platform) came 4 years after the original XBox. 

You want your money's worth from Wii U? Play Bayonetta 2. Captain Toad. Wonderful 101. Pikmin 3. Get Splatoon. Devil's Third. Xenoblade X. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze was overlooked big time. 

Also the magical 5th year of support for Nintendo consoles. Ah yes ... who doesn't remember the magical period of Nov 2000-Nov 2001 for the N64 where we got ... uh Paper Mario and uh ..... Conker. And who can forget the gaming oasis that was Nov.2005-Nov.2006 on the GameCube where we were graced with the awesome must have .... Mario Party 294848. Or those lovely last two years of Wii support where Nintendo managed to release a whopping TWO games worth buying (Zelda and Kirby). 

Real talk: Nintendo actually only supports their consoles for 4 years. The 5th year is just a crock, they don't actually really support their consoles for that final year, so I say why not just skip that traditional "dead" period? Do you get a cookie or something if Wii U hits its 5th birthday? 

Are you missing your 480p Wii graphics these days? Have you ever played Mario Kart 8 and thought "gee I wish I could play this on my crappy outdated Wii"?New hardware is *better* for the consumer. You get a better experience with your games.