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l still don't understand why they were in such a rush to launch a new console when they did - in 2010 the Wii was still the best-selling console (or close to - pretty sure it sold more that year than the Wii U has sold LTD anyway), and yet between then and the Wii U launch two years later l only recall one AAA release (Skyward Sword). A budget Wii that continued getting AAA games like Pikmin 3, Luigi's Mansion (surely the Wiimote was made for such a game), Starfox etc. would surely have continued to move highly profitable numbers, and the userbase would have ensured such titles also sold in the millions. Gambling on the success of a new console seemed unnecessary when they already had a sure thing.