Iwata is blaming slower software development rate (lack of titles in other words) for the sudden drop in Wii U sales:
"The sales of Wii U were smooth at the beginning but since the turn of the year they have been losing momentum," Nintendo President Satoru Iwata told reporters in Osaka after revealing the loss forecast. He blamed the lacklustre performance on a dearth of games titles to woo players back.
"Due to delays in software development, we had to postpone sales of software products we had planned to (release) early this year, which is interrupting our sales," he said.
http://ca.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idCABRE90T08T20130130
SW is just one part of the problem, marketing and overall interest in the console itself also play big here.
I'm sure however that we will see all these addressed by investors during the roundtable Q&A session they will have with Iwata tomorrow (is it tomorrow right?)
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tag - "I wouldn't trust gamespot, even if it was a live comparison."
Bets with Conegamer:
Pandora's Tower will have an opening week of less than 37k in Japan. (Won!)
Pandora's Tower will sell less than 100k lifetime in Japan.
Stakes: 1 week of avatar control for each one.
