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DarkD on 09 January 2017
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Einsam_Delphin said:
DarkD said:

I thought I explained it pretty well.  Hardcore console gamers thought the Wii was the worst threat to mainstream gaming since the Atari 2600's ET.  For all the reasons I stated before, incredibly profitable mini-game compilations, exercise games, a looming Sony bankruptcy, a looming Microsoft exiting the console industry.  

Wii U was the immediate successor to the Wii and even kept part of the originals name.  It was the perfect target for the hatred and rage gamers felt at the time.  

All of that was explained in my initial post in longer form....

 

As in explain what any of that has to do with the Switch and you being shocked a good looking product isn't getting hate. Plus honestly, some of your reasons for Wii being hated (since when btw, I've seen far more hate for Wii U) don't make sense to me. Nintendo has nothing to do with Sony's dumb mistakes or Microsoft leaving videogames which didn't even happen. Hating Nintendo for temporarily making certain types of games is also pretty weak when they (and everyone else) were still making traditional games. I think it's just the irrational people that hate Nintendo no matter what who hated the Wii for those reasons, and they'll hate on the Switch aswell. Reasonable people would atleast give the Switch a chance so it makes sense to me that they aren't hating on it, atleast not yet!

Well, I was around for the Wii U around this time in it's life cycle and people were ranting and raving how horrible everything was going to be like no tomorrow.  As I said before, the Switch's reception has been downright pleasent by comparison.  People couldn't stop talking about how everything was going to be a mini-game compilation and how the graphics weren't even going to be on par with the PS3 and how the name was the worst thing ever.  They literally complained about everything.  

I'm kinda assuming you were present during the Wii generation and up to date on how the life-cycle progressed.  Microsoft and Sony both make those horrible mistakes on their own, but Nintendo capitalized on it with a console that gamers absolutely detested.  No it wasn't Nintendo's fault Microsoft and Sony made those mistakes, but I do believe that Nintendo was blamed for it nonetheless.  Logically, Nintendo really wasn't that bad, but I guess you weren't there.  People blamed Nintendo for everything that generation.  It's like politics, in hindsight things seem obvious, when it's actually happening though, it's a freaking mess.  

The other stuff I said after that was explaining why there's such a difference in reception.  As far as things to complain about go, the only thing Nintendo is really fixing on the list of complaints is the name, but the hate is almost non-existent.  Clearly the hate was exaggerated for the Wii U.  I honestly don't think the Switch is that much better of a console.