Scenario: Could the WiiU Survive on just first party?

[Captain_Tom]

The gamecube did not make them a ton of money.  It made them money, but no where near the amount of money the PS2 or Wii made.  Like I said it survived, but that is not a good thing compared to what they hoped it would do.

it obviously didn't make them the billions like Wii/DS/PS2 did, but it made them profit every year. SSBM helped in the beginning then others mid-end life on GCN. Yes its not good cuz everybody wants their console/handheld to be a DS/PS2. but unlike M$ that hasn't profited at all with Original Xbox or X360 first 4-5 years, i think GCN did pretty alright. Before you reply i know hardware sales sucked. But that doesn't mean overall . Vita has a good attach ratio in japan right? Its making sony a little money!!!

Any console looks succesful when compared to the Xbox, the bellweather of failures.  Sure the Vita is making money (And I like mine), but it isn't doing very well.  I will admit that because I am not delusional.  So if the Wii U is doing worse...