Which imaginary GameCube era are you talking about? 

The one I remember is one where PS2 thoroughly dominated the gaming scene and 99% of GameCube owners only had one because their mom bought it for them.

yet the gamecube is outselling the WiiU by a huge margin in the us at this point almost 2-1 and the worst part, it LOOKED like a purple launch box, which really hurt it in sales.

And the 3DS dipped to wounderswan levels but it managed to turn that around.

It has only been THREE months since the Wii U launched, give it a year and if it still continues to sell at the rate is selling then you can go off and say Nintendo is doomed.

The main flaw is to look at the market in a casual vs. core context which Nintendo is guilty of too. That's why the Wii U is a console that has no meaningful message, because it tries to address problems that don't really exist.

You wrote a lot, but it's a shallow analysis because it comes down to: "Nintendo betrayed the glorious core, now they are paying for it."

I don't get the 3ds comparson, the 3ds is only competing with itself, it has all the thridparty support and is the biggest brand in portable gaming, your comparing apple and oranges.

The main flaw is to look at the market in a casual vs. core context which Nintendo is guilty of too. That's why the Wii U is a console that has no meaningful message, because it tries to address problems that don't really exist.

You wrote a lot, but it's a shallow analysis because it comes down to: "Nintendo betrayed the glorious core, now they are paying for it."

Not really saying that it's due to Nintendo shifting away from the core, because I did point out the many flaws that are ongoing. I'm saying that Nintendo lost a fragile audience, which is the casual player. There's no doubt that there's 2 different kind of gamers, even Iwata using the word core, as he knows that the difference exists, as most people do. Nintendo has indeed lost touch with them and there's no more Nintendo in the headlines anymore, as their new product isn't provoking any curiosity among people, it's just more of the same in the eyes of the common consumer.

It's not a shallow analysis by any means, you should try to read it again without the bias you have against me, I know you do :) and rightfully so. I may sound a bit harsh on Nintendo, but they are in a bad position right now aren't they? And what problems do you say Nintendo is trying to adress that don't really exist?

I've seen a lot of Nintendo supporters changing their opinions about Nintendo and their strategy as of late 2010, and though I'm sure I overcriticized Nintendo before then, time proved me right on many of my concerns.

You are the guy who just said that the 3DS has all the third party support. As such you have made it pretty clear that you are quite clueless about the things that are going on in the video game industry and that's a conclusion I can form without even reading your other posts in this thread. My bet is that they will confirm this initial impression, because the post I quoted here falls into the same category.

In order to discuss any subject properly it is required that people either know what they are talking about or are willing to learn. Please don't quote my posts until you fulfill either requirement.

If there are two different kinds of gamers, which category would you say I belong to?

One suppposed major problem that Nintendo tried to address was the lack of big name third party games on the Wii. The sales of the launch batch of Wii U games makes it already clear that this wasn't too much of a problem on the Wii. At least not a big enough problem to abandon the Wii and start over with a new console. There was no need for a new console when it comes to Nintendo games. Pretty much everything they are going to do on the Wii U could have been done on the Wii. The main controller of the console was changed to appease third parties, not to continue what was started with the Wii. In short, much of the Wii U's design doesn't fall in line with what consumers wanted.

You kept criticizing Nintendo for abandoning core gamers and predicted their sales will suffer in the future. You were only right about the sales, but not the reasons.