A 12-year-old CPU, a 2008 GPU, a dated and proprietary API, a clunky controller, a high price for an underpowered console, and wretched and confusing marketing. Is it a Wii 2 or a new controller? What is it? A gimmick that could not fully deliver. Nintendo could not decide what demographic to aim for, which led to bad third-party relations since Nintendo was still taking an old-fashioned approach. Aka, you come to us; we don't come to you, and if we do, do it our way. Nintendo seemed to think PS4/Xbox 720 was further out than they were. Wii U game boxes looked too similar to Wii from the spine—terrible name.
Wii U had good games but Nintendo's marketing only got worse. Not to mention Nintendo's divided attention also developing for 3DS helped create droughts for Wii U. Wii U doesn't have a single reason. It was a comedy of errors.
Last edited by Leynos - 3 days agoBite my shiny metal cockpit!
