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DarkD on 09 January 2017
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Einsam_Delphin said:
DarkD said:

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.  

 

 

I don't recall much hate towards Wii U prior to launch, wasn't until after the gamepad turned out to be meh, constant droughts, and low quality games that even reasonable people started ragging on it. I can see where you're coming from now though, since if the irrational peeps hated on prior systems why not the Switch aswell? I can assure you that they are, and there are plenty of reasonable people who also have concerns. Too early to say if the Switch is overall better than Wii U, but I think in concept it definitely is. Portability has long been proven to be desireable, and the unified library should prevent droughts. Have to wait and see how the execution goes.

 

The PS4 had less quality games for it at launch than the Wii U did.  No console these days has a lot of games at launch.  Wii had an atrocious launch lineup as well.  Not since the PS2 has their been a console launch with a great selection of games.  In fact, I'd say Wii U had a downright awesome launch lineup.  three AAA exclusives in the launch lineup (NSMBU,  ZombiU,  Rayman Legends) and another two good titles (Nintendo Land, Rabbids Land) and a half dozen AAA ports with exclusive content.  

Please, the Switch is Wii U 2.0.  When the Wii U launched, people were talking about how you could let your family watch TV while you played games with the controller screen.  Now the only difference is the whole console can turn into your controller.  Nintendo has always been working towards portability.  That's their hallmark these last two generations.  Everyone always ragged on them for it. Nintendo sacrificing power for portability.  Until now everyone has been screaming that Nintendo needed to make consoles just as powerful as Sony and Microsoft.  The only people talking about portability have been the Japanese.