Considering that the Switch's main advantage is its ability to offer local multiplayer via the Joy-Cons, the Virtual Console library would help to massively leverage that functionality in the face of a rather bare game launch line-up.
When the Wii U launched in 2012, I hoped that we'd get a wave of DS games over the course of 2013 and 2014, as happened with the original Wii's Virtual Console library from late 2006 through 2008.
But while it's fair enough to criticise Nintendo's twin-screen system for its lesser processing power versus the PS4 and Xbox One, and desperate shortage of third-party-developed titles, how's this for a not-quite-hot take on the state of contemporary console libraries: the Wii U has by far the best exclusive games of the three.
But while it's fair enough to criticize Nintendo's twin-screen system for its lesser processing power versus the PS4 and Xbox One, and desperate shortage of third-party-developed titles, how's this for a not-quite-hot take on the state of contemporary console libraries: the Wii U has by far the best exclusive games of the three.
It doesn't have the snazziest graphics, but as a machine that has sold more than 100 million units, it is still supported by the deepest console game library around.
If you're upgrading from a last-gen console, your library of games may be an important determining factor in which new console to buy.
One of my main problems with micro-consoles like the SNES Classic Edition is that they are limited to a very small number of games from the original console's library (unless you hack them) but on top of that, you are still just emulating a SNES.
Mitch Lasky, a veteran industry executive and now a venture capitalist at Benchmark Capital, says he has walked into his living room, which is brimming with all the major game consoles, a library of new titles and a 60-inch plasma TV, only to find his children crowded around an iPhone playing Temple Run, an app-powered game available free.
It adds to current games but doesn't solve the issue that the various console software libraries are already thin on the ground.
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We needed routers, switches, databases, caching software, load balancers, application servers, browsers, compression algorithms, streaming technology, low-cost storage, management consoles, programming libraries and on and on.
