Wii U shipments vs N64/GC

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UncleScrooge said:

Basically, the only games that can turn a big profit on Wii U are low budget games like New Super Mario Bros., Wario Ware, Wind Waker HD and so on. Smash and Mario Kart should be profitable due to their high attach ratio but it won't be enough to offset losses on hardware.

With Nintendo's new direction of going account based instead of hardware, I think aiming for lower budget games is a win. You can still have a few big games, but everything else should be done fast and digitally. Let the competition go for big AAA production, while you go for a more stable development, this is similar to what they said they aimed with the Wii (SD instead of HD).