I've been playing my switch and loving it... but it doesn't really feel like an upgrade from the Wii U. How the heck did Wii U sell so poorly while Switch is breaking records?
Pros vs Wii U
Better name. Way less confusion since no one thinks Switch is a wii addon.
"Premium" feel. Switch feels like a modern device while Wii U felt more like a toy.
Portability. Switch is a hand held and a home console.
Zelda BotW as a launch title.
...and that's about it. Is this an example of how just one or two factors can change a console's sales by an order of magnitude? Or did external factors also give Switch a huge boost compared to Wii U?
I think it boils down to two things. #1 is that Switch had better marketing and threw Wii U under the bus. Nintendo treated Switch as a comeback/game changer. Also marketed as having modern online play even though that didn't really materialize. #2 is that Switch isn't treated as a home console by most people. I play the device only around my house and it's pretty much just a more awkward Wii U, but as a portable it can bring in the entire 3DS crowed. This brings me to the conclusion that if Switch didn't have a dock and was only sold as a portable, it would have probably still been really successful.
What do you think?
Pros vs Wii U
Better name. Way less confusion since no one thinks Switch is a wii addon.
"Premium" feel. Switch feels like a modern device while Wii U felt more like a toy.
Portability. Switch is a hand held and a home console.
Zelda BotW as a launch title.
...and that's about it. Is this an example of how just one or two factors can change a console's sales by an order of magnitude? Or did external factors also give Switch a huge boost compared to Wii U?
I think it boils down to two things. #1 is that Switch had better marketing and threw Wii U under the bus. Nintendo treated Switch as a comeback/game changer. Also marketed as having modern online play even though that didn't really materialize. #2 is that Switch isn't treated as a home console by most people. I play the device only around my house and it's pretty much just a more awkward Wii U, but as a portable it can bring in the entire 3DS crowed. This brings me to the conclusion that if Switch didn't have a dock and was only sold as a portable, it would have probably still been really successful.
What do you think?