Nintendo are partly to blame for a change in strategy/demographics.
They abandoned the market that loved them to appease the core and 3rd parties that care more about production values. They released an expensive product with very few games that appealed the that market. Theyre slowly going back to the DS strategy for 3DS, but the same problems are now holding back the Wii U.
Could also say that there are much cheaper options than this available on smartphones.
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