re: Switch looking more and more appealing: virtual console not available at launch

People didn't buy the 3rd party games in big numbers for WiiU b/c damn near all of them were sloppy half assed ports that never got basic things like DLC support. Often 3rd party games would come out so many months after it was already discounted on other systems. Who is going to buy a $50 gimped version of a game when you can get a GOTY version for $30? The few that were console specific from big developers were barely advertised and generally treated as afterthoughts. This behavior by the major 3rd parties has been going on since the tail end of the Gamecube days. Sure, they have sold less on Nintendo systems but it's kind of a self fulfilling prophecy when you release lesser versions of games that you can get for cheaper on other platforms.