Wii U port begging (on Switch)

[Magnus]

Conina said:

Magnus said:
I'm fed up with all of this port begging. I bought my Wii U to play exclusives, it was not worth buying if you could skip it and play all those games regardless. Breath of the Wild on Switch should have never happened, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe should have never existed, end of story. People who skipped the Wii U do not deserve to play any Wii U game.

 

• You could also skip the Wii and play all those Wii games later on Wii U.
• You could also skip the GameCube and play all those GC games later on Wii.
• You could also skip the DS and play all those DS games later on 3DS.
• You could also skip the GBA and play all those GBA games later on DS.
• You could also skip the PS2 and play all those PS2 games later on PS3 Fat.
• You could also skip the PS1 and play all those PS1 games later on PS2 and many on PSP, Vita and PS3.
• You could also skip the Xbox 360 and play many of those 360 games later on Xbox One.
• You could also skip the Xbox and play many of those Xbox games later on Xbox 360.

Why is it that evil to offer some games of the previous system to buyers of a new system without backwards compatibility?

You had the advantage to play these games on Wii U a lot earlier. Nobody ever promised you that these games won't ever be playable on different hardware... no matter if that is done by hardware emulation (BC), port/remaster or software emulation.

Remasters is not the same as backwards compatibility. With backwards compatibility you don't get better graphics (usually), more content and most of the games are out of print, so it's not a viable option. Backwards compatibility is not for people who skipped a console.

And no other Nintendo system had as many of its titles ported as the Wii U. Nintendo clearly screwed people who bought a Wii U, promising exclusives then porting them one or two years later. That's a scam.