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JWeinCom 1 day ago
Pretty mild take.
3DS had a lot of advantages. It was relatively cheap after the initial price drop. It really had no direct competition in the portable market which was especially important in Japan. As a result it got pretty meaningful third party support, unlike the Wii U. And it was cheaper and easier to develop games for so it wasn't plagued with delays like the Wii U was.
3DS had a lot of advantages. It was relatively cheap after the initial price drop. It really had no direct competition in the portable market which was especially important in Japan. As a result it got pretty meaningful third party support, unlike the Wii U. And it was cheaper and easier to develop games for so it wasn't plagued with delays like the Wii U was.
Also, I think the 3DS kind of in a way killed the Wii U. When the 3DS was struggling, Nintendo made some pretty aggressive course correction. In terms of price, and I imagine internally they may have shifted more resources. On the contrary, Wii U just kind of was left to die. Maybe they just realized they didn't have a winner on their hands, but I think it's also possible they realized that they could only save one and the market was much more favorable to the 3DS.
| JackHandy said: I don't know. It had some games on the Wii U, like New Leaf, but it was so under powered, and you couldn't play it on a TV. All in all, I think the Wii-U was easily a better console with better software. |
You couldn't play it on a TV but you couldn't play a Wii U more than 30 feet or so from your console. So, just a mater of preference there.
As for games, I can't really buy that. You can argue the best of the Wii U was better than the best of 3DS but there was so much more on the 3DS.
