VideoGameAccountant said:
Because the software wasn't very good. Yes, some Wii U games are doing very well, but all Nintendo games are selling well on the Switch. The only Wii U port that is selling as well as the other big sellers is Mario Kart 8 which was also the best selling game on the Wii U by a mile. The rest are all new titles (BoTW, Animal Crossing, Smash, Pokemon, Splatoon ect). Consider as well the games that came out early on. Nintendo Land was kind of lame only existed to show off the Gamepad. Game and Wario was whatever. Mario 3D Land was kind of just another 3D Mario game. The title that really pushed systems early on was New Super Mario Bros U, but it was too similar to the other 3 New Super Mario Bros. Not surprisingly, it's the next best selling Wii U port after Mario Kart 8.If you want a good example of the software being bad, look at Wonderful 101. Despite a big Kickstarter, the game has done poorly one PC, PS4 and Switch. This was one of the big titles for 2013, the Wii U's first full year on the market. So it wasn't that software doesn't push hardware. It's the the Wii U's software wasn't great. |
Agreed and the ecosystem with the tablet is bad. The arcade heritage easy to learn hard to master/local coop experience are on the opposite force in the Wiiu Era. Wiiu resembles more than N64 attempt to 3d and abandoned arcade roots.
