GameSpot: Nintendo's Plan to Quietly Kill the Wii U

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Soundwave said:

I don't think there will be another Nintendo home console unless Nintendo's R&D can come up with some Wiimote like miracle idea.

Rising dev costs each successive generation and Nintendo being stuck in the 15-20 million only userbase just doesn't make sense financially for them. Its expending tremendous effort on Nintendo's part to try and squeeze every drop from a very small market, I think they are done with that after the Wii U. 

So yes, I do think the QoL thing is a way for them to hedge against a possible exit from the traditional console business. Their next portable will be their main gaming platform IMO.

They already said they would continue to make consoles. They didn't call QoL a third pillar for nothing.

It should have been pretty clear from the investor meeing that QoL is a means of expanding their business rather than changing it fundametally. Most of what they said in that meeting seems like the result of a proper kick in the arse with disappointing Wii U nad 3DS sales. They're finally reopening themselves to M&A, working more with third parties, licensing thier content, which will increase their profit and assets so they canh better support a  console.