Why Nintendo is failing and will likely replace both of their consoles earlier than expected.

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RolStoppable said:

There is a common problem between the 3DS and Wii U: Nintendo invested in technology that consumers do not value (stereoscopic 3D and Gamepad). The hardware prices went up completely unnecessary. Is this is a problem that could be fixed with a good operating system and multimedia applications? Of course not. It's all about the games and dropping the price of the hardware to an acceptable level.

Not only do I agree with these points in particular, I'd argue that the 3D and Gamepad are additionally harmful to their respective systems because those two, largely-unvalued qualities are also the same ones that Nintendo is pushing (or had pushed, in case of 3D) as the system's core strength. In other words, not only did this unnecessarily jack up the price, it also turned off people who saw these as the systems' central features and unsurprisingly responded with indifference to the hardware as a whole.