The "new" Switch and an old discussion rekindled

[Kakadu18]

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.

The first time I found out the Wii U existed was in 2015 when I saw it on display in an electronics store. It was hooked up to a TV and people could try out Mario Kart 8. I took a glance at it and thought: "What in the world is this?" The gamepad confused me, so I ended up just ignoring it and kept walking.

It took until the Switch released that I learned what this weird looking thing even was. Only when Splatoon 2 released I found out that that franchise existed.

Mind you I was a kid and barely ever used the internet.