Nintendo and Third Party... Who is really to blame?

[teigaga]

We've been through this lol. Its 90% Nintendo.

The people who consume AC annually aren't picking up a Nintendo system because it doesn't serve the franchise the same way PS4/X1 does, its not a true successor to the consoles they've been playing for the last 7 years, so they're in no hurry to pick up a Wii U. Beyond that It is not the responsibility of core Nintendo fans to pretend to like games they're not interested in.

Third parties have no reason to support the wii U as it doesn't have the compelling hardware which will shape the landscape for the 6 year, nor does it have the huge userbase ( like the wii) whom they could easily rely on even if attach rates are lower then PS4/X1. From conception alone Nintendo put their system outside of the taste range of most of the core demographics who their games appeal to. If someone announces a super gimped system and you audience care about graphics and budget etc, you're not gonna expect them to run to this gimped console.

It is Nintendo responsibility to shape the perception of their hardware through marketing and 3rd party collaborations, to design the hardware so it appeals to a broad range of people, to ready software to get their system off to a good start. Whats funny is that Nintendo has collaborated this gen probably more then Sony and Microsoft, but its been on all the wrong projects :/