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Soundwave on 26 April 2016
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ReubenAlexander said:
Soundwave said:

It's a mobile console, there's nothing really all that complicated about it. 

SCD would be just a a simply home add-on for better graphics. I don't think it's terribly complex, it merges both Nintendo hardware lines into basically one streamlined product. 

I don't think confusion was the Wii U's core problem -- the core problem is no one wanted one that badly. I had several friends come over all of whom owned a Wii and we played Nintendo Land together, I explained the entire console to them, explained it was a completely new system, they even enjoyed it quite a bit, lots of laughter, etc. etc. etc. Long story short, 3 years later not a single one of them ended up buying a Wii U. 

It's just not enough of a "wow" product. It's more of "oh, that's kinda neat" product, but that doesn't really get people excited. 

they probably werent aware of many of the great games that were available for the console. if all they played were nintendo land, its easy to assume that the system only has party games of that sort. i bet they went ahead and bought Destiny PS4 bundles, huh? what system did they end up getting and what games have you heard that they like?

Half bought a PS4 eventually. The other half didn't buy any console post-Wii period and now game pretty much entirely on smart devices. 

We mostly played Nintendo Land, but some NSMBU too. But I told them you know it would have Smash Brothers and Mario 3D, but not a single one bit. 

Of the 20 or so friends/family I know that have the original Wii, none of them purchased a Wii U, even after I explained to them it's a new system, with a new Mario 3D, new Smash Bros., etc. etc. 

Honestly even at the store the enthusiasm gap is fairly evident, the PS4/XB1 displays are almost always busier, the only people who try out the Wii U kiosk are younger children. 

To be honest I think most people got their fill of waving their arms around and the whole "Wii" experience by about 2011. Making a Wii 2 or Wii U or whatever you want to call it was a mistake from the get go, Nintendo should have just spun the brand off into a fitness centric thing and made a traditional "real" console for 2012/13.