I feel like I must post here. I bought the Wii U on day one, for £275, when I had just £500 to my name as someone a few months into his first job out of uni.
I bought it because of the hundreds of hours of amazing fun I had with the Wii, which was a monumentally great console (fight me).
The Wii U sold about 14% of what Wii did and I probably had about 14% as much fun and play time. But that's okay! I played Wii for about 1,000 hours.
In the time I have had Wii U, I've changed jobs, moved house and been promoted and life is a lot more hectic. I couldn't have played it much more even if its lineup was endless killer.
But Wìi U has some fantastic games. Mario Kart 8 is sublime. Truly sublime. SM3DW is fun, although it is not a patch on Galaxy. Yoshi WW is great. Bayonetta 2 is great. SM Maker is great.
The system was badly designed and sluggish, the gamepad feels cheap and I am so disappointed in how badly the system sold and died, but on the whole, I am glad I bought it, glad I got some fantastic HD Nintendo games. Do I wish it was a better handled system, and had some barnstorming games like Galaxy 3 and Wii Sports 3, and it sold better? Yes. But I am glad to have played some good HD Nintendo titles and carry on Wii's legacy a little longer.
I won't buy NX on launch, no matter what. Wii U has been bittersweet, but thanks for the memories. I will keep it many years yet.