The Wii was sold primarily to the expanded market. Primarily. Its not something that people talk about for the fear of getting moderated, jumped on or whatever... But the Wii really was a console with a userbase that simply wasnt dedicated. They werent all Mario fans, they didnt really care about Zelda, they couldnt give a shit about Metroid and Kirby is irrelevant.
They liked Wii Sports. They liked Wii Fit. Children loved playing the mini games and adults loved plugging the Wii in for some party games on the weekend piss up.
Nintendo abandoned that market and released a console more aimed at PS3 and 360 gamers, as you can tell by software released at launch and throughout 2013. To these gamers, Nintendo games arent a priority and thus the system isnt an attractive purchase. The mass market werent going to jump onto a system that offered them nothing. Another 2D Mario wasnt going to cut it and the people who want tablet games already have a tablet.
Its overpriced. The competition is far more promising. Better Nintendo software is available on a platform that actually has support, the 3DS. They also lost a large chunk of the mass market to Xbox already, thanks to Kinect.
Wii U is in deep shit here and in all honesty, I dont expect Nintendo to drag it out of the hole. I dont think theyre capable of dragging it out of the hole.
