Yesterday I hooked up my Wii U for the first time in a while, and I logged on to the eShop to download some of my older purchases. Apparently I still had $2.10 in credit in there. That's not enough or anything at all, but I still wish I had realized that a year ago before everything shut down.
That reminds me. I probably should sell my Wii U. I don't play it and I have most of those games on Switch now.
But will it become a an expensive collectors item a decade from now? An Atari Jaguar costs $400+ now and it was largely considered a POS. I'd like a similar Wii U payday.
The Wii U is going to be a hard one to predict. In 20 years it well may be worth something since total sales were only 15 million, give or take? It's not showing any signs of being a collector's item right now though, since about 80% of the library is also on the Switch now. And even that may go up. Kirby's Rainbow Curse is getting ported, and that was one of the games I thought that would be locked on the Wii U forever.
Same here. Had a little left on my Wii and Wii U accounts but it wasn’t enough for me to purchase anything that I wanted. Still hanging on to my Wii and Wii U. Still got a few games that I keep telling myself that I’ll get around to playing but probably never will.
Looked at my collection last night. I bet if I completely stopped buying games today, it would take me 10+ years finish my backlog.
I’m glad I’m not the only one. Will be adding another one to the pile when I buy Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door for the Switch in the next 9 days.
I realised some time ago I would not even be able to get through even my Dreamcast and PS1 backlog if I retired immediately.
The Wii U is going to be a hard one to predict. In 20 years it well may be worth something since total sales were only 15 million, give or take? It's not showing any signs of being a collector's item right now though, since about 80% of the library is also on the Switch now. And even that may go up. Kirby's Rainbow Curse is getting ported, and that was one of the games I thought that would be locked on the Wii U forever.
I'd sell all of my Wii and Wii U consoles and games today if it was easy enough to do.
GGs vehicle got hit by a guy in a black helmet, wasn't me lol. I hope everything gets resolved well GG.
Anyone get Animal Well? It's the indie darling of the month and it's really good if you love something like Fez, lots of platforming puzzles, Metroid style exploration and so many secrets that are several layers deep. I have been wowed at how many uses the items you get have, it's Zelda TOTK like in that I am like "wait I could do that?!". Brilliant game so far.
I am finally starting up Dragons Dogma 2, let's see how this goes.
I got the new mini pc and set it up for the normal family computer use. Which means I am hooking up my graming PC to the TV...
Windows 10 has hated my AMD Radeon 5600 from day one. It's not decided it does not exists and I don't need the drivers anymore. Fuck Windows!
I am battling it now.
What mini PC did you get? I've been interested in getting one for retro emulation, but I've heard some of those mini PCs come with pre-installed malware, which has made me leary.
Been continuing playing Eiyuden Chronicle this weekend. It’s kind of both good and “meh” at the same time. There’s a lot of stopping and talking in the game and most of it tends to be pretty pointless or uninteresting. Story and characters are largely pretty bland. Combat can be a bit frustrating and seems a bit unfair at times with enemies usually targeting already downed characters so unless you revive them with full health they’ll get killed right away again. Bosses sometimes have a “gimmick” to them but they can be random. For instance one boss goes underground and will pop up on either the left or right. If you choose the wrong side then that can end up being a wasted attack. Pretty middling game so far that I’d probably give like a 6.5 to.
Same here. Only Arkham game I didn’t play and kind of want to now.
I wonder how many others have done the same thing; how much free money Nintendo has kept. Millions probably.
But will it become a an expensive collectors item a decade from now? An Atari Jaguar costs $400+ now and it was largely considered a POS. I'd like a similar Wii U payday.
I know I had around a dollar left on the Wii store back in the day. So Nintendo has gotten free money from me a couple times now.
Same here. Had a little left on my Wii and Wii U accounts but it wasn’t enough for me to purchase anything that I wanted. Still hanging on to my Wii and Wii U. Still got a few games that I keep telling myself that I’ll get around to playing but probably never will.
I realised some time ago I would not even be able to get through even my Dreamcast and PS1 backlog if I retired immediately.
I'd sell all of my Wii and Wii U consoles and games today if it was easy enough to do.
I hold on to nothing anymore. No more hoarding just for the off chance that I may play a game again five years from now.
GGs vehicle got hit by a guy in a black helmet, wasn't me lol. I hope everything gets resolved well GG.
Anyone get Animal Well? It's the indie darling of the month and it's really good if you love something like Fez, lots of platforming puzzles, Metroid style exploration and so many secrets that are several layers deep. I have been wowed at how many uses the items you get have, it's Zelda TOTK like in that I am like "wait I could do that?!". Brilliant game so far.
I am finally starting up Dragons Dogma 2, let's see how this goes.
Adventure search games are not my cup of tea. Sounds good though.
I got the new mini pc and set it up for the normal family computer use. Which means I am hooking up my graming PC to the TV...
Windows 10 has hated my AMD Radeon 5600 from day one. It's not decided it does not exists and I don't need the drivers anymore. Fuck Windows!
I am battling it now.
What mini PC did you get? I've been interested in getting one for retro emulation, but I've heard some of those mini PCs come with pre-installed malware, which has made me leary.
Yeah, lots of PC's do. Its called Windows.
Fair point.
Been continuing playing Eiyuden Chronicle this weekend. It’s kind of both good and “meh” at the same time. There’s a lot of stopping and talking in the game and most of it tends to be pretty pointless or uninteresting. Story and characters are largely pretty bland. Combat can be a bit frustrating and seems a bit unfair at times with enemies usually targeting already downed characters so unless you revive them with full health they’ll get killed right away again. Bosses sometimes have a “gimmick” to them but they can be random. For instance one boss goes underground and will pop up on either the left or right. If you choose the wrong side then that can end up being a wasted attack. Pretty middling game so far that I’d probably give like a 6.5 to.