Of course they blew it, the Wii U is destined to be a failure The system abandons everything that made the Wii successful. Its not about combating disinterest, or increasing the audience of gaming. Its basically a gamecube 2, the whole idea of connectivity that began with the GBA-Gamecube connection to fruition. (Although it will likely be a lot cheaper to buy 4 Wii U-pads than 4 Vita's or 4 3DS's which would set you back $1000)
The system cedes to every other form of entertainment, and isolates the gamer, totally different than what was the Wii's intention of competition with all other entertainment by bringing everyone together.
Not to mention, that big tablet with all the controls will probably scare more people away from gaming







