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The original Wii had a healthy lifespan. It had quite a few good titles. I don't think it's fair to say Nintendo moves into the Wii U too quickly. The Wii came

by ebbv 10y ago

The original Wii had a healthy lifespan. It had quite a few good titles. I don't think it's fair to say Nintendo moves into the Wii U too quickly. The Wii came out ahead of the previous generation of consoles and the Wii U followed suit. If anything the Wii U was a bit delayed. The original Wii was only capable of 480p and everyone was clamoring for an HD console. The Wii U, on the other hand, was replaced quickly by the Switch because it flopped. People like me who bough a Wii U got burned. I bought my Wii U in 2015 when Nintendo announced Zelda for it and said it would be out Christmas of 2015. Here we are in 2017 and it is coming out but it is a Switch title and the Wii U version is an afterthought. I feel like the money I spent on the Wii U was squandered. Lesson here being don't trust release dates.

mercer 10y ago
I think 'too quickly' really depends on the target audience. For 'serious' gamers the Wii might be a letdown because it had too few games that they liked. For the 'casual' gamers, however, the Wii might have been well worth buying even for just one or two games (or possibly even just the bundled Wii Sports), and they might not even feel the need now to upgrade to a newer console. The distinction is perhaps a bit like the difference between a laptop and a tablet. I have a Mac and feel seriously bummed out and somewhat pissed at Apple about the new MacBook Pros, both in price and specs. However, I also have an iPad Mini 2 and felt absolutely no desire or need to update to newer iPads largely because I use it more 'casually', and specs and new features don't matter as much. I'd say Nintendo's audience for the Wii in particular was the 'casual gamer'. So they optimized for that. Apple has both a professional and casual audience, and I think the whole kerfuffle about the new MacBook Pros is a primarily a consequence of that.

by ebbv 10y ago

mercer 10y ago

I think 'too quickly' really depends on the target audience. For 'serious' gamers the Wii might be a letdown because it had too few games that they liked. For the 'casual' gamers, however, the Wii might have been well worth buying even for just one or two games (or possibly even just the bundled Wii Sports), and they might not even feel the need now to upgrade to a newer console. The distinction is perhaps a bit like the difference between a laptop and a tablet. I have a Mac and feel seriously bummed out and somewhat pissed at Apple about the new MacBook Pros, both in price and specs. However, I also have an iPad Mini 2 and felt absolutely no desire or need to update to newer iPads largely because I use it more 'casually', and specs and new features don't matter as much. I'd say Nintendo's audience for the Wii in particular was the 'casual gamer'. So they optimized for that. Apple has both a professional and casual audience, and I think the whole kerfuffle about the new MacBook Pros is a primarily a consequence of that.