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Do you think the Wii U's eShop will go down before even the OG Wii?? (Wii's shop goes down 2019)I predict it will happen around late 2018/early 2019. I think the eShop has lasted for many years but it's time will soon be up. Switch has pretty much taken over and Ninty's efforts will be focused on it fully (How it should be, We can expect great things). Wii U eShop had a good run and will be remembered. xd
Nope the vwii version will though or well at the same timeDo you think the Wii U's eShop will go down before even the OG Wii?? (Wii's shop goes down 2019)
I disagree, considering the servers for the 3ds and the Wii u are the same I don't think it'll go down at least till the 3ds servers go down.I think the wifi support for Wii U will go away in 2019. Install base is too small and cost is too high to do it for free, and by then the paid switch services will be up by then (probably... who knows it might be delayed). It does not coast a lot to keep up the eShop up, so I think that will go away in 2020, significantly more dramatic then how long the Wii will be up for. That's what I guess at least. Nintendo always surprises me lol.
I disagree, considering the servers for the 3ds and the Wii u are the same I don't think it'll go down at least till the 3ds servers go down.
Eshop will also stay for a long time (again till the 3ds eshop goes down) especially when the Wii shop continues to stay up. Games like Mk8 and Smash continue to be pretty popular to play on so taking down the servers would be pretty disappointing and wouldn't make any sense when its connected to the 3ds servers.
Do you know how long it took for the Wii to die? The Wii U may be pretty much easy to homebrew, but that doesn't mean that Nintendo is going to give up on it so easy. Obviously it's going to stay for a long while, Wii U stays until 2024, and 3DS stays till 2025. Nintendo Switch stays still 2028I'm expecting the Wii U eShop to either end in 2021, or end when the Nintendo Switch gets a good Virtual Console library.
Meanwhile the 3DS eShop will probably stay afloat until around 2022.
Nintendo Switch eShop? 2026.