Nintendo has one major problem with the Wii U: Misalignment
Misalignment of three obvious factors:
1. Marketing
Only this holiday are customers getting a clue that there's a new Nintendo console out. A year late :(.
2. Software
For some idotic reason, the Wii U is having its "normal" 1ste year software a year later. It's baffling to see and we can only guess at the reasons, but here we are :(.
3. Hardware
The hardware is good enough for the job. Cheap enough for a mass market and just strong enough for some 3rd party support.
It would be good enough if the software and marketing was there to push it :(.
The important thing now, is that this misalignment seems to be fixing itself this year. In short Nintendo is getting its sh*t together.
If they can really pull it together, i wouldn't be surprised they could win this generation.
In the wilderness we go alone with our new knowledge and strength.
