Can the Wii U lure back the casual audience that Nintendo has lost?

[Soundwave]

Honestly is anyone going to miss a big bulk of them if they leave?

Goodbye, take a hike if you're only in it for $1 Angry Birds and get into a fitness craze once a year that you end up bailing out on after a month of use.

I know Nintendo's business suits may not feel the same way, but I'll take a 50 million userbase that is more active and receptive to deep game experiences (be it ZombiU or F-Zero or Fire Emblem) rather than 96 million where Sony/MS are given basically carte blanche to the entire third party/core gaming catalog sans Nintendo franchises.

I still think Nintendo TVii and Miiverse if done exceptionally well (and that's kinda the question, because 3DS online sounded really good on paper too ... the actual experience ... not so much) can draw in enough casuals.

But really I don't think it's a big deal if a chunk of the casual audience who only got into Wii because it was the hot thing for have for 2-3 years there ... if they go, so be it.

Better really, because that didn't lead to anywhere all that great, remember the E3/holiday where they focused pretty much entirely on Wii Music and a barely upgraded version of Animal Crossing? That was where Nintendo was getting too cocky with their success and sure enough Wii Music wasn't a big hit.