If Zelda:BotW delay is going to happen, Wii U version will be cancelled.

[JEMC]

Cloudman said:

JEMC said:

It doesn't make sense to you, but for Nintendo it could if that means higher Switch sales in the first year, because they need to make the Switch a success.

Sometimes we forget, or not pay attention, that we're talking about business, and sometimes what makes sense from a business perspective is the opposite of what we, gamers, want.

I feel the same, if they don't launch Zelda BotW on Wii U I'm done with them.

But you and I, and the rest of member of this site and others, are the minority and we have top accept that we don't represent the whole gaming market. Cancelling the Wii U version of BotW may mean them losing a few hundred consumers (and it remains to be seen how many of them would end up buying the new console at a later date), but if that means selling several thousand units more of Switch to the general users, they may find that it's worth it.

I dunno, releasing it only on a new console from a new start, while disregarding the still sizable base of the Wii U doesn't make much sense from a business sense too. Even if they're trying trying to boost the sales of the NS version, ignoring the potential sales from the Wii U version and pissing off that base doesn't sound like a smart move, and since Zelda U isn't doing anything that is only possible on new hardward, nor is a major leap in specs, there isn't much sense to cancel the Wii U version.

And seeing how it would piss off you and curl, I imagine there are more people who would be upset, and Ninten would not want to upset anyone. Nintendo did a multi-release with the GC and Wii with TP, and the GC was also a disappointing console. I don't see why they can't do the same here.

I'm not trying to defend the move, I'm just saying that, given the right circumstances, it could make sense for Nintendo to make such a dicky move.

Also, that something like this would piss off many people is secondary because despite what they're saying now, most of them will end up buying the console anyways.