How do you feel Nintendo has treated their Wii U supporters?

[mikrolik]

SanAndreasX said:

mikrolik said:

 "Betrayed" probably isn't the best term to use, but I think this direct (which was totally AWESOME if you're a New 3DS owner) kind of inadvertently hammered home where Nintendo's priorities currently lie. I don't regret buying a Wii U; I have about 15 or so games for it and I've enjoyed the majority of them, but the last two years seemed like Nintendo wasn't putting out as much effort as they used to on the Wii U side of things (at least that's my impression). They never abandoned the Wii U completely, but it just seemed like a lot of stuff slowed way down.

 

I can see where the frustration over Nintendo focusing on 3DS versus the Wii U comes from, don't get me wrong. There's been many, many times over the past 20 years where I wish a lot of the effort put into handheld games was put into console games, and not just from Nintendo.  I'm just not really seeing why people are upset that Wii U games are being ported to 3DS. And I own both systems.

Again, it's not so much the literal act of porting Wii U games to the 3DS, so much as what the subtext is.

Obviously, putting games on a console that has sold 60 million, and porting them from a console that has sold less than 14 million, does make financial sense, and even as a Wii U owner, I don't disparage New 3DS owners for getting access to these games.

But from a Wii U owner's perspective, it does look like all the focus is going away from the Wii U. Even if it is justified from a business and financial standpoint, it can leave Wii U owners feeling frustrated.

Also, by putting formerly exclusive Wii U games on the New 3DS, Nintendo seems to be inadvertently discouraging people from buying Wii U's in the future, thus further cementing the impression they're abandoning the system.