Was the Wii era of Nintendo Youtube as clickbait as the Switch?

[Heatblizzard]

I was in collage at the time so skipped over that era but recall once in a while it seemed there were some crazy rumors of the Wii 2 or whatever it was tentatively called before it later was revealed as the Wii U but honestly don't recall much clickbait insanity just people doing their usual guessing on regular forums which there is nothing wrong with that.

There wasn't this OMG THE WII 2 IS GOING TO BLOW EVERYONE'S MIND AWAY! The Wii itself had some crazy speculation junk going on when it was called Nintendo Revolution or something like that

[trinblue7]

The Wii U never really got as much hype as the Wii did, I have both consoles and I like both of them but I definitely liked the games on the Wii better then the Wii U

[Heatblizzard]

Originally posted by trinblue7:

The Wii U never really got as much hype as the Wii did, I have both consoles and I like both of them but I definitely liked the games on the Wii better then the Wii U

I never mentioned Wii U. I mentioned Wii in my thread and I'm still curious if the Wii got as much clickbait stuff on Youtube as the Switch stuff did? If it did it seems it wasn't so out of control.

[Incarnate]

It's hard to remember because the only gimmicky tech now is VR, but that kind of marketing used to be common.

The whole seventh console generation was crammed with janky, stupid gimmicks. Dual shock touchpads, Kinect, the Wii accessories, motion controls, skateboards, etc.

[Plaid]

Originally posted by Heatblizzard:

Originally posted by trinblue7:

The Wii U never really got as much hype as the Wii did, I have both consoles and I like both of them but I definitely liked the games on the Wii better then the Wii U

I never mentioned Wii U. I mentioned Wii in my thread and I'm still curious if the Wii got as much clickbait stuff on Youtube as the Switch stuff did? If it did it seems it wasn't so out of control.

You did mention the Wii U. Wtf dude.

Anyway, I don't think there was much more than disappointment that the Wii was going to be only marginally more powerful than an OG Xbox.
To this day, someone mentions the wii, and I get this face - :/

[Heatblizzard]

Originally posted by Incarnate:

It's hard to remember because the only gimmicky tech now is VR, but that kind of marketing used to be common.

The whole seventh console generation was crammed with janky, stupid gimmicks. Dual shock touchpads, Kinect, the Wii accessories, motion controls, skateboards, etc.

And the games got dumbed down to center around said gimmick mostly used once or twice thru the game.

[Heatblizzard]

Originally posted by Plaid:

Originally posted by Heatblizzard:

I never mentioned Wii U. I mentioned Wii in my thread and I'm still curious if the Wii got as much clickbait stuff on Youtube as the Switch stuff did? If it did it seems it wasn't so out of control.

You did mention the Wii U. Wtf dude.

Anyway, I don't think there was much more than disappointment that the Wii was going to be only marginally more powerful than an OG Xbox.
To this day, someone mentions the wii, and I get this face - :/

The point I'm trying to make but seem 2 be failing is that the Wii/Wii U era (and even Gamecube) didn't seem to be chocked full of clickbait videos that turn out to be a fake rumor. However to be fair when Bloomburg reported the Switch 2 Pro it was shocking they got it wrong because they are reputable due to being a business newspaper. Unlike traditional press papers these businesses ones focus first on future investors and investments so getting it wrong has some serious costs unlike home news. Investors whom pay top $$$ will no longer support that company if they start having a slippery slope.

These special newspapers tend to be in the 500$ + a year which isn't meant for the likes of you or me that don't invest. They know AT LEAST half a year in advance what's going on with the world economy and shuffle funds appropriately and that doesn't count for hidden stock exchanges.