The "new" Switch and an old discussion rekindled

[JackHandy]

Norion said:

Kakadu18 said:

The Wii was already practically dead when the Wii U launched and the Wii U's marketing was so horrible that many people didn't even realize it was a new console and not an add on and others (like me) never even knew of it's existence for at least the first few years of it's life.

Man the fact that someone on here didn't know the Wii U existed for a long time is one of the better anecdotes I've seen for what a disaster it was.

I had been heavily invested the gaming industry at that point for more than fifteen years. Knew it inside and out. And even I had no clue what I was looking at when E3 rolled around and they unveiled it. I knew they were suppose to be showing their next console... yet I was confused. Wii U? Is this some kind of HD add-on? What exactly are they talking about? 

So yes, the warning signs were there from the start lol.