LogFAQs > #949759906

Do you think adding new content to the original version is a free process? It takes roughly as much work as adding it to the port, but with a tiny fraction of the return. You really want to say that it's unreasonable not to do that?

No, but it is reasonable for them to sell the Switch port at a discount to those who have the Wii U version. Or in the case of Super Mario 3D World, to sell Bowser's Fury separately.

If you want to ignore multiple examples of that happening in every decade since home gaming has been a significant thing, sure. Ignoring empirical reality for the sake of pissing yourself off more is rarely a very healthy idea, though.

There are far more examples of Wii U ports than of other Nintendo ports having significant content added. Super Mario 64 was the only 3D Mario that had something like a Deluxe port and even then the new content was mostly a rehash of existing powerups.

Not remotely. If the copy you own is on a platform that no longer sees active support, there's absolutely no reason to expect developers to put work into developing content for that version. That's just not a sensible use of resources.

Then they should allow people who own the original version to buy a port at a discount. But buying the same game for DLC at full price isn't sensible.

Which they delivered. The WiiU had plenty of great games that weren't available on any other system - exclusives. Then it died, and some of those old exclusives have been ported to the Switch so a wider audience can enjoy them. I don't know why you seem to think that more people enjoying games is a bad thing, especially when it means that the studios that produced said games are more capable of continuing to produce the games you enjoyed playing.

They didn't deliver because you could skip the Wii U and get all of its games just a few years later with more content to boot. That didn't happen with any other Nintendo console, not even Gamecube, because they waited a long time to port games from any of those consoles.

Says who? Again, this is not a matter of pride or honour or following "rules" or any nonsense like that. Anyone that is able to afford to make and sell consoles can make and sell consoles. The bottom line is the only thing that dictates that, not some arbitrary notion of who "deserves" to sell stuff.

Gamers shouldn't give money to companies that don't take their consoles seriously and screws people who buy their consoles.

save up your $$$ and buy a new console there magnus

I already did, I bought a PS5. Sony doesn't lock DLC behind ports.