It's the damage that Wii has caused. I have been saying this long time before the Wii U was announced. Wii was earning sick money, but it came at a price. Nintendo alienated gamers from their platform by catering only to the casuals. Now casuals are gone and gamers see the Wii U as more of the same and decide that PS4/XO is a much better choice. We got burned once and this is the same old story.
PS4/XO are selling because everyone knows we're gonna get all 3rd party games on top of the 1st party games. On Wii U soon we won't be getting any 3rd party games, so there will only be the 1st party games left + shovelware. Nintendo vs. the rest of the world? I'm not gonna bet 300 Euro on Nintendo, sorry.
So as Nintendo alienated the gamers, who should buy this console? Kids? Ok, but how many kids can afford a 300 Euro console in this economy? Parents will surely just pick a PS360 or the OG Wii and call it a day.
To sum up - Nintendo is suffering from its own sins. They've neglected the gamers in favour of the fickle casuals. They need a massive push back into the core territory to become relevant again. Mature Zelda, Metroid Prime, X, Bayo 2, another FPS franchise (with good online), Star Fox, another RPG franchise (Western style preferably), this is the way they have to go. And they have to keep on buying known IPs like they did with Bayo - doesn't matter it's gonna bomb, they need to power through to the core territory by building a library for core gamers and we all know it will be costly. They can't allow all their games look like kids' games. 2D Mario, 3D Mario, Pikmin, W101, LEGO City, Sonic, Donkey Kong, Mario Kart, Zelda WW HD, SSB, Yarn Yoshi. Every single important game that is meant to drag people into buying this console has exactly the same style and non looks like a serious, mature game. They all look to be aimed at kids/casuals. Nintendo has to stop it and move on. They need exclusive games like Resident Evil, Eternal Darkness, etc.
Wii U is a GCN 2 - I called it months before the release!
My Vita to-buy list: The Walking Dead, Persona 4 Golden, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, TearAway, Ys: Memories of Celceta, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, History: Legends of War, FIFA 13, Final Fantasy HD X, X-2, Worms Revolution Extreme, The Amazing Spiderman, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - too many no-gaemz :/
My consoles: PS2 Slim, PS3 Slim 320 GB, PSV 32 GB, Wii, DSi.







