Looking back at why the Wii U failed

[JRPGfan]

Serious_frusting said:

The Wii U failed because it was a terrible device. Simple as that to be honest. People knew exactly what it was but the controller was ugly and it was overpriced. Lack of two player anyone?
Come on it was dead before arrival. I understand the concept as to why they thought it would work but they misfired on this one

I feel like to many nintendo fans overlook this part.
It was bad hardware design.  (the gamepad never really hit it off, with use.... it was a expensive gimmick)

Then we get threads like this one.... trying to justify other aspects.
While its true it wasn't just 1 thing, but many, a large part of that was just the hardware design.

The Switch is currently two or more gen's behinde in terms of power (compaired to PS5/XSX).
And honestly, because of the handheld aspect, alot of that is just looked through the fingers with.

However the Wii U, was just a traditional console, and it was showing its age, already when it launched.
(Basically launched right before PS4/XB1, and was a gen old and dated.... too early on)

Last edited by JRPGfan - on 18 November 2024