[nirvdrum]

A surprisingly large number of first party Switch titles were on the Wii U first and didn't drive sales. It's amazing how much marketing and even the product name help. I think Nintendo made the right call to delay BotW on Wii U for a dual platform release. In the end, I'm surprised they bothered with the older console at all, but it probably engendered good will amongst its die hard fans.

[ace2358]

It did this one. I bought the WiiU and waited 4 years for breath of the wild. If they had moved it to be a switch only title I would have cried and bought a switch :p

Ms did it with flight simulator. They said it would be on XBox One. But it never came :(

[cableshaft]

Not really surprised, the new flight simulator is super ambitious and requires crazy resources. I doubt the Xbox One could have done it justice.

[ace2358]

I understand. But it was advertised as coming to the Xbox one. Then it quietly never happened. You can’t even stream it as part of their Xbox cloud gaming service which is really annoying. It’s especially hard to get a series X in AU. I’m not sure they’ve even been officially released here at some retailers.

[Aeolun]

> were on the Wii U first and didn't drive sales

Have you seen that thing? No matter how great the software. That ugly lump was never going to sell.

[nirvdrum]

I've got one and my family still has a blast playing it. Aesthetics are obviously personal. I won't say it's the nicest looking fixture in my living room, but I also think the PS5 looks ridiculous. Its name was probably Nintendo's biggest misstep.

That said, my point was that the Switch's success isn't due to the library alone. Due to Nintendo's decision to port most of its Wii U exclusives to the Switch, we have the rare ability to compare the sales performance of the two.

[yucky]

The Wii U is both the most underrated console ever, and most poorly named console ever.