Why Does Wii Really Get A Bad Rap?

[Yerm]

Mnementh said:

Yerm said:
simply put, the Wii should not have even been a console. it was originally planned as a Gamecube add-on but was made into its own console after the Gamecube was shown to be selling poorly. it had underpowered hardware and a huge emphasis on motion controls, and companies were more in favor of using the Xbox 360 and PS3 to make games for due the extra power and more traditional controls. this caused Nintendo to try shifting their focus onto casual markets which did not turn out well, and even today despite the Switch being their most powerful console to date and a marketing success, it still is vastly underpowered compared to other consoles. after the Wii, they never really recovered

Seeing it was the most successful non-handheld for Nintendo ever, it obviously was the right decision.

if it was the right direction then people would have also been drawn to the Wii U, which they werent. the Wii hit the market at just the right time to capitalize on the casual market, because motion controls is just the type of zany bullshit that casuals are drawn to. but much like anything else society gets ahold of, it was gone faster than it arrived and then smartphones showed up to be the next zany bullshit product that all the casuals needed. the Wii wasnt even really a gaming console in the same respect as others, it was a casual device