It would not be as simple as just selling the Wii U without a Gamepad obviously. There are many games that - at least in their current state - depend upon the Gamepad because they assume you have it. Splatoon, Super Mario 3D World, Captain Toad, and Nintendo Land are examples of just some games that wouldn't be playable on such a console currently.

Surely at this stage Nintendo can cut the price without having to remove the Gamepad - the console is old enough now.

It is pretty sad isn't it? I think I'll lose all three of my bets because of it too. I thought they were pretty conservative beta, but hey, what do I know.

Glad you accept reality, Wii U won't do 20M sadly.

The next home console will luanch in 2017 At the Earliest. Nintendo already announced that NX will not be at E3 2015.

I highly doubt they'll announce the system at E3 2016 and launch it the very same year.

I do think the DS Successor will launch 2016 though.

Good for you. I also couldn't accept the sales of my favorite console until now.
I often couldn't get sleep at night, thinking of ways how the Dreamcast could boost sales, but now I'm over it.

Well on a site like this, that kind of statement is rare and foreign and I wish anyone the best of luck convincing these users whose ideology is " sales is the only viable factor!" otherwise and not being bombarded and assaulted by outnumbered factions of the opposition.

Tradition would say that, but a weekly sub 30k is far more powerfull then any tradition. Annoucing and Launching both handheld and console at 2016 is perfectly possible with the will do so. And that will will grow stronger every day with those sales.

I wouldn't even be surprised to see Nintendo break their promise to show anything about the NX at this E3. They need any positive news and just showing off the NX concept could instill that in developers and the overal market.

Well, being an old member here, I see what you mean. For my part, it's about the simple fact that the best selling console is not always the most interesting and this appears to be the case two generations in a row in my subjective opinion.
I enjoy discussing and reading about sales but they don't really matter a whole lot me, software sales are perhaps more important in my eyes since it often dictates the direction a developer or even a whole genre is taking.

People can still enjoy their consoles despite low sales, I know I loved my N64 even though it was massacred by the PS.

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Sales are important if you want 3rd party development. If you don't care then low sales are fine.

Reggie has talked about the need to drive the install base. He's right.

If Nintendo don't embrace change they will be an a trap where they can't get 3rd party development because of low salesinstall base and they can't get sales and install base becuase they don't havd 3rd party development. They may be in that trap already.

The WiiU (horrible name btw) was a real chance for Nintendo to embrace 3rd party. The blew it.