Put a fork in the Wii U, it is done. [Sensible discussion only, no flaming]

[Captain_Tom]

Mr Khan said:

Captain_Tom said:

Mr Khan said:
Nintendo can overcome with some properly-executed expanded-market games. NSMBU was a solid start, but it needs supplemented. The expanded market of Wii Sports/Fit may be lost to tablets, but people looking for the classic Nintendo experience (not the N64/GameCube nintendo experience) still have only one place to turn, and Nintendo has but to answer them.

Exactly so expect a survivable but sad 15-40 million.

No, you misunderstand me. The core gameplay formulas that, between them, are the reasons that any and all of us are here at all, have an enduring capacity that no competitor has yet to replicate. Sometimes Nintendo ignores them (though they seem to be getting their ducks in a row on Zelda), but hopefully Nintendo being thrown into "desperation mode" means that we'll get an even more robust response from Wii U than we did for 3DS.

Only Nintendo has the franchises and gameplay techniques that built this industry, and they can bring them back.

I would propose that SONY has done just as much to build up this industry as Nintendo.  The PS1 and PS2 basically brought gaming to adults en mass.  Without them it would be all kiddy games and odd JRPG's.  

Xbox modernized online gaming, so that was important too, but not as important as making gaming something anyone can do.