I agree on your reasoning about buying a later-in-generation console to eek out a few more years due to design improvements or just newer components. I was a very late-comer to Wii and bought one this year, finally, and it was manufactured in September '10. I do think it will last for at least five years if I keep it ventilated and on a power strip. [edit: surge protector] The disk drive might be a point of failure but I bet all parts other than that might go for at least 10 years.Purkeynator wrote:I felt that a $20 upgrade was worth it if it potentially adds years to my ability to play my Wii games with the Gamecube controller plus I would bet Nintendo has no possible way to transfer virtual console games to the new WiiU just based on how much of a pain it was to transfer my games to a new Wii.
That said, about transferring VC...
If Nintendo doesn't devise some mechanism to transfer VC, I will strangle Lugi. I'll video tape it, and mail the tape to Mario. It will include note that says, 'Peach is next if you don't sort out transferring VC to WiiU'...
But pessimism aside, isn't the fact that they figured out a method - albeit post-launch - to transfer DSiWare to 3DS some reassurance this will be possible with WiiU?
