Why do you think Nintendo has survived so long as a platform holder?

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TheRealSamusAran said:

curl-6 said:

I would argue the console itself had a ton of problems beyond the marketing; brutal game droughts, an unappealing central gimmick, lack of third party support, etc. The marketing was definitely terrible, but it wasn't the system's only issue. 

I owned a Wii U myself and it was pretty miserable a lot of the time with only like 4-5 worthwhile games coming out per year with months of nothing in between.

The first party offering was top notch, there's a reason why almost all the Wii U exclusives ended up on the Switch after all, but yeah the 3rd party library was one of the worst.

There were some awesome first party titles like Mario Kart 8, Tropical Freeze, etc, the problem was that they were too few and far between, and without third parties to fill the gaps, there were awful months-long droughts between major releases.