*ZZZZT!*.
Unless Nintendo makes a deliberate effort to change this, the NX is probably going to be considered the "quirky alternative console you should get after one of the other ones", which, anecdotally, is the exact role I've seen both the Wii and Wii U take among people I know personally.
good piece overall.
as for the quoted bit, it was the reverse for me, a few reasons, two below:
1, the 360 hardmod integration (rgh/jtag) is beyond my skill level to outfit, and the average fail rate of older console pcb revesions.
didn't want to take the risk.
the 360 i have was given for free, it's the ONLY reason i possess one.
2, ps3 was my goal, i had one up front, just not modded and stored away at the time, for jrpg and dodgy japanese games.
in the end, it's flashed and modded. (paid dirt cheap for it, and picke dup another BC base a few years ago too, ofw 3.61 mess. can't do shit with that one bar an ode and/or progskeet/e3flasher.)
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admittedly, i'm no fan of nintendo, but the original wii solved a LOT of problem for me in the gamecube department...
by way of a wode jukebox ode, and a nand flash to combo the fucker.
it was for ngc on a harddisk was the reason, wii roms as well are a bonus. (the pad optional playable games that is.)
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aside small technical limitations, it's been the best of both worlds for me, IF i ignore that fuckin RSI inducing baton.
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the wiiu i have is stored away pending a flash, just waiting turn.
reason for that block of shit, was wii bc AND the possibility of nds (possible dsi too?) rom playback.
the wiiu gamepad is a touchscreen as well, and the systems this user goes for usually have to be a consolidated effort, or i avoid.
