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Miyamotoo on 31 August 2015

Big difference is that Dreamcast was discontinued only after 2 years, Wii U will not be discontinued for another 2 years at least.



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Soundwave on 31 August 2015
Miyamotoo said:
Big difference is that Dreamcast was discontinued only after 2 years, Wii U will not be discontinued for another 2 years at least.


Eh, I wouldn't go that far. I doubt in fall 2017 we'll be sitting here talking about new Wii U releases. Wii U will be dead and buried by then for all effective purposes. 



Miyamotoo on 31 August 2015
AEGRO said:
The Wii U wont be remembered 5 years from now, let alone the 16 years that the Dreamcast has since it launched.

I LOVED the Dreamcast, one of the best catalogs of games ever.

I am pretty sure that Wii U will be remembered for games like (1st) Splatoon, best Mario Kart ever, Super Mario Maker, Bayonetta 2, Xenoblade X, Mario 3D World..



Tachikoma on 31 August 2015

But the Dreamcast had good games



Miyamotoo on 31 August 2015
Soundwave said:
Miyamotoo said:
Big difference is that Dreamcast was discontinued only after 2 years, Wii U will not be discontinued for another 2 years at least.


Eh, I wouldn't go that far. I doubt in fall 2017 we'll be sitting here talking about new Wii U releases. Wii U will be dead and buried by then for all effective purposes. 

Its big difference between supported and discontinued console.



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Soundwave on 31 August 2015
Miyamotoo said:
Soundwave said:


Eh, I wouldn't go that far. I doubt in fall 2017 we'll be sitting here talking about new Wii U releases. Wii U will be dead and buried by then for all effective purposes. 

Its big difference between supported and discontinued console.

Who cares really. 

Look at the GameCube support in 2006. Aside from Zelda, which was effectively repositioned as a Wii launch title and GCN owners to add insult to injury had to wait even longer to play it, Nintendo released like 2 games for the GameCube in all of 2006. Effectively they pulled the plug on that system in 2005, and really 2004 if we're totally honest about it. 

 



JRPGfan on 31 August 2015
Darwinianevolution said:

I would say the WiiU looks more like the Saturn. After the breakout success of their predecessor (Genesis/Wii), their inner problems, odd design choices and the rise of their competition makes the system less appealing by comparaison. And with that, only the first party stays in enough numbers to support the console. Also, both systems are more relevant in Japan than in the West.

^ Yep.



Miyamotoo on 31 August 2015
Soundwave said:
Miyamotoo said:
Soundwave said:


Eh, I wouldn't go that far. I doubt in fall 2017 we'll be sitting here talking about new Wii U releases. Wii U will be dead and buried by then for all effective purposes. 

Its big difference between supported and discontinued console.

Who cares really. 

Look at the GameCube support in 2006. Aside from Zelda, which was effectively repositioned as a Wii launch title and GCN owners to add insult to injury had to wait even longer to play it, Nintendo released like 2 games for the GameCube in all of 2006. Effectively they pulled the plug on that system in 2005, and really 2004 if we're totally honest about it. 

 

Like I wrote, Its big difference between supported and discontinued console.

Wii (except Wii Mini) was discontinued in October 2013. so Wii U will not be discontinued at least before end of 2017, in that case Wii U would be discontinued after 5 years while Dreamcast was discontinued after only 2 years.



AZWification on 31 August 2015
AEGRO said:
The Wii U wont be remembered 5 years from now, let alone the 16 years that the Dreamcast has since it launched.

I LOVED the Dreamcast, one of the best catalogs of games ever.

I don't know, man. I will certainly remember the WiiU in 5/16 years! I'm sure many others will remember it for its awesome library of 1st party games.



                
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Miyamotoo on 31 August 2015
RolStoppable said:
Tachikoma said:
But the Dreamcast had good games

While the Wii U has great ones.

Completely true. :)