Gamasutra: At 57K sold, Wii U's January performance is historically abysmal

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Soundwave said:

I think the truth is the Wii was just a fluke, which was a huge hit riding the back of the Wiimote/motion gaming that no one had really seen back then. It was the exception, not the rule.

Wii U is just a return to the norm for Nintendo which has seen their console relevance erode every generation from the SNES-N64-GameCube. The casual game bubble burst with the flood of iOS/Android/Kinect stuff being everywhere, it's no longer unique. So Nintendo is just coming back to where they were headed in the GameCube days.

Exactly, the casuals were never committed to the Wii as Nintendo doesn't have a ecosystem like iOS or Android, they're losing the casuals they gained. With no casuals left and hardcore gamers not happy with the system specswise, the system will mainly be bought by loyal Nintendo fans.