240 Million buahhaha. No.
Nintendo went and did a U-turn with the Wii U. The console is hardly cutting edge yet costs upwards of $300 dollars with a controller making up a considerable amount of that. The fact that Iwata has been following the same strategy that Gunpei Yokoi has set since the original Gameboy has proves that the strategy works (like with the Wii/DS/3DS) - given that the money saved from using current, matured technology to fund new and different tech and ideas. BUT, and this is big but Nintendo slipped up badly with the Wii U. The investment on controller costs too much.. making the system out of reach for casual gamers and mainstream audience who bought into the original Wii. Not only this but the system is actually following a money loss strategy (a first for Nintendo) and needs at least 1 game sale to put it in the black.
Then you have the Gamepad. While a clever idea is nowhere near as revolutionary as the Wiimote and has been done before in other devices. In a world where the mobile and tablet rules the technology market, putting in a restrictive touchscreen in a device in 2012 for that amount of money seems a bit absurd, considering that that is one of is main selling points.
The simple truth is, is that the Wii U will never recapture the market as the Wii once did. The market was a lot different back then than it is now. With technology constantly evolving and moving towards phones and tablets they are getting to a point where they are replacing a lot of devices in peoples lives, and is at a point of convergence. That, is where the likes the casual gamers are at.. and they won't be coming back. The other core gamers who bought the PS3/360 ecosystem won't buy into Nintendo games because the demographics set for each console are just way too different. The sales of software on consoles proves this time and time again.
Nintendo will have in its hand the mobile gaming market for the foreseeable future and they will try and fight their way back on the home console front with the Wii U. But, the console itself (while may still have yet to prove itself) will never reach the success of it predecessor. Not by a long shot.
