No... just no. You're probably too young to have witnessed the PS1vsN64 or PS2vsGC days. Its not a mindset that Sony fans started as you seem to put it.

This pic was actually posted by Nintendo fans back then, its probably the reason why Nintendo were mocked for the rest of the 6th gen.

Most of the people complaing don't even have one...I've got one and it's great.

Chandler trolling/baiting Sony fans in another thread that doesn't involve Sony... what else is new? Oh... the OP being a hypocrite....

I'm almost 31 years old, and I'm talking prelaunch.  No one thought the wii would do what it did then, except the most die hard fans.

Are you really trying to say that Nintendo fans didn't have the stigma of the "uncool" console going all the way back to at least the SNES?  (Sega does what Nintendon't).  You might not have been old enough to remember the advertisements, but Sega started the Nintendo kiddie image, thanks to thier abundance of sports games and uncensored Mortal Kombat and how much "cooler" Sonic was then Mario among other things.  You can actually go back further to Atari and early PC fan boys with the NES (I can dig up some news group postings to support this.)

I also doubt that one picture is why Nintendo was mocked for the rest of the 6th gen.  I also don't have anyway to know when that image was actually made.

Let me just say a few things and if you have not watch the video I please ask that you do before you come here since it sums up better then me typing how I feel.

The Wii U does have its problems and I was just saying I understand that. Still and all I am willing to look past it since all new consoles are going to be the same way. They will be released with problems we all feel should be fixed or thing that should not of been added. When the new PSbox comes out there will be problems with hardly any games, crappy patches that need to be made and a slew of other problems.

Second the Nintendo is trying to do the best they can, but 3rd party devs do not like to work with Nintendo no matter what console they make. They only make ports of games that are not really that good compared to the other consoles version it was made for. They rush a games for the console and expect us to buy it like crazy. Then when we do not they say all Nintendo fans and owners only buy Nintendo games and not third party games. Also Game Dev make games for all consoles but when it comes time to give Nintendo console DLC or updates in general to the game. We are left in the dark and everyone gets more to the game. So it makes it pointless to buy it for a Nintendo console.

So I am saying is that we are complaining about Nintendo not doing all the right things, but we have to see what the major problem is for Nintendo and the Wii U. For one it is a lack of games and or good ones. Well Nintendo can not make game devs makes games for the Wiiu. So that is out of Nintendo control unless they buy studies which will never happen. Some software problem that are being addressed as we speak (Patching coming soon).

In conclusion we might have to look at the real problem and not blame everything on Nintendo since they can not control everything. If they could we would have the best console right now. So like I said chill out and enjoy the console for what it is!!

I thought he was joking this whole time.

when pigs fly.

Why should people like you even care about the wiiU. You were never going to buy it in the first place anyways and you will never buy it. 

To me, it sounds like Nintendo should have released it this year. The whole thing feels like Nintendo rushed it to release.

@pimpcoop

I haven't posted a single negative comment about the Wii U. Not before the launch or after the launch. I genuinely couldn't care less one way or the other, and I don't care about this little rivalry between Sony and Nintendo fans, but I will tell you what I can't stand. Nintendo fans blaming third parties for not doing the job that Nintendo is supposed to do itself. It isn't incumbent on third party developers to give the platform or the brand a chance. Nintendo should have to sell them on the platform.

I honestly don't know which is worse the fans sense of entitlement, or the complacency with which Nintendo approaches the market. What I do know is this Nintendo can't just expect others to make their platform rounded. That is something they have to do for themselves, and that starts with Nintendo becoming a well rounded developer. If they continually churn out family friendly kiddie games. Then developers will see their platforms as both skewed and cornered, and they will be reluctant to develop for them.

Nintendo has to create a market for others to thrive in, and it is their job to prove that market out, and if that means casting off the image they themselves have fostered. Then that is what it is going to take. Lets be honest about something really important here. Nintendo treats the market like it is straight out of the Eighties, and that the key demographic for games is still twelve years old. That isn't today's market, and that isn't what third party developers are striving to create games for.

Other manufacturers don't have this kind of problem. They don't expect others to balance out their platforms. The do it for themselves. Both Microsoft and Sony are equally adept at providing games that cater to both mature and younger audiences without seemingly taxing themselves. Only Nintendo seems to have a problem with offering up a balanced first party offering.

I know some Nintendo fans may throw a shit fit at the idea that they might get a few less Mario games in a given year, but guess what life sucks get a helmet. If you want a healthier diet on the platform then some of the sweets need to get kicked to the curb. You don't see Microsoft or Sony complaining let alone their fans about the balance that has to be met to make their platforms welcoming to everybody.

Stop blaming third parties for what Nintendo is doing wrong, and own up to your responsibility as a fan of their platform. If you continually reinforce and reward their single minded devotion to their current ideal. You are just feeding into the very well established stereotype about the consoles audience. Namely that they are only really interested in typical Nintendo games.