Tablets are used 50% of the time AT HOME.
So yes, they're more than capable of killing off home console sales too. Of course with WII U, you don't have to spend 599 on a tablet, which you'll more than likely only use at home.
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
