BraLoD said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:
Well, my point was the opposite, actually. I don't think there's anything shameful about it, really. Both Sony and Nintendo pursued money-making enterprises. They saw software that languished on unpopular hardware and decided to re-release it, often with additional content, to a much larger audience. They didn't force anyone to double dip. They simply presented another option. Aren't folks always saying "fewer games is never a good thing"?
Plus it's not like Switch is wanting for original content. 1-2 Switch, Arms, Fire Emblem Warriors, Breath of the Wild, Snipperclips, Splatoon 2, Super Mario Odyssey, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 — many of these are significant new releases. That's not a bad first-party line-up in 10 months, and that's excluding "deluxe" versions of Mario Kart 8 and Pokken Tournament.
Neither Sony nor Nintendo are altruistic. They're beholden to share holders and bottom lines. The only thing "shameful" here is capitalism.
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No no no no no xP
My point was that the Wii U was cut short so they could resell it on another system, which is shameful, meanwhile the Vita was cut short because Sony didn't see sales coming and just dropped it. In both cases the owners of those systems were screwed, that's the problem (worse on Wii U case), not the ports pe se.
Nintendo have been re-releasing games since forever, there is nothing new here regarding that.
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Wait. Are you suggesting Nintendo somehow orchestrated the failure of WiiU in order to justify re-selling its games on another system?
That doesn't make any sense. Nintendo poured a lot of money into R&D for the WiiU, and released a lot of games that took advantage of its unique asymmetrical interface. It didn't plan for the WiiU to fail.
When WiiU's grisly fate became clear, Nintendo moved on with a successor system that was more accessible, versatile, and attractive to consumers. Enhanced ports and deluxe editions followed. Why would Nintendo throw good money after bad, and continue to manufacture a system no one wanted?
Why would you assume Sony gave up on Vita out of financial necessity and Nintendo gave up on WiiU because of more nefarious reasons?
