Let's go:
Nintendo fans =/= nintendo only fans. Tell me, how much nintendo fans only had wii/ds during the entire last generation? I bet not that much(i myself only ahd a ds, most of my gamins is on pc). So, even if i'm a nintendo fan, doesn't mean that i will consider it a faliure just because is nopt the best sold console.
Nintendo fans =/= nitnendo stockholders. For me, the only thing that really matter is that nintendo continue to do their thing, and never go out of their bussiness. So long nintendo still put out great games, i will not care about how good their console is selling. PSVita is a good handheld, yet is not selling like any adroid device out there.
"Hardware design isn’t about making the most powerful thing you can.
Today most hardware design is left to other companies, but when you make hardware without taking into account the needs of the eventual software developers, you end up with bloated hardware full of pointless excess. From the outset one must consider design from both a hardware and software perspective."
Gunpei Yoko
