Now that we're two generations on, how do you feel about the Wii U?

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Jumpin said:

I wasn’t a fan of the hardware.

I also resented my idiocy over transferring my Wii library over to that thing. All that did was add significant load times where no load time previously existed, and mandated a much less interesting system box on my TV stand.

From a business standpoint, I think Nintendo would have been better off if they stuck with the Wii rather than prematurely killing it, or released a Wii HD (to develop skills with HD) until the release of the Switch.

A Wii 2 would have certainly sold more than the WiiU, but the Wii fad (yes it's fair to call it a fad given it's crazy sales and then rapid descent) had already been over for several years by the time the WiiU came out. Nintendo in no way prematurely killed the Wii, it was struggling for years as the blue ocean crowd dried up. A Wii 2 probably would've sold like 30-40m.

HoloDust said:

Conina said:

It was a nice prototype for the Switch with BC to the Wii.

As "fuck around the house with portable then switch to TV" then yeah, it might be considered sort of a predecessor, but I'm still very disappointed that we're in second iteration of Switch and it still can't do what WiiU can, having separate image for TV and Gamepad at the same time.

Eh, the TV and gamepad screen thing is very niche. How many games do you want to annoyingly have to be constantly having to look between your tv and down at the screen in your hands? That'd be used probably about as much as Switch's IR sensor or the games that actually usefully used Switch's HD Rumble - a handful of games at most. And you'd have to make it optional even when used since people can easily play with only one screen when using the system.