Wii U sales trend may be just as expected if we look at Nintendo's home console sales.

[mii-gamer]

reggin_bolas said:

mii-gamer said:
The Wii was a response to the decline in home console sales - which worked out very well for them. "The Wii was a fluke" Narrative is complete bullshit - it was a deliberate, intentional and genius move to capture an untapped market. They were banking on a similar strategy again, but the execution was terribly flawed.

The next console could flop worst then the Wii U - in fact Nintendo could already be irrelevant in the home console market, however, it is impossible to predict the future - as anything can happen. When a company is pushed to the edge they will no doubt fight back - luckily -Nintendo has a few tools at their disposable such as their war chest of cash, popular IPS and more importantly talent.

Nintendo is still one of the, if not - the biggest dedicated gaming company in the world.

I personally wouldn't count them out just yet.

Hmm lets see, "fluke" - unlikely chance occurrence, especially a surprising piece of luck.

There was no chance involved in Nintendo's hardware decision. They weren't playing dice with that; it was a strategic choice. What was an unlikely chance occurence was the roaring and rampant success of the Wii hardware. Nintendo could not have predicted sales would soar as fast as they did. If they were; they would have increased production to meet early demand. 

The fact that no other Nintendo console has sold as well as the Wii suggests it was a fluke from a purely sales perspective. 

So yeah, common sense tells us the Wii was a fad or consumers would jump at the Wii U. Even if you factor in the confusing name and lack of advertising I don't think moms and grandmothers would embrace the game pad. It's a gimmicky concept that doesn't work. People find the tablet controller unwieldy and bulky. That's one of the reason I won't touch a Wii U or entertain buying one even at a low price point.

Edit: Generations from now, the Wii will be considered a textbook example of a fad. Massive ephemeral success followed by massive decline and disinterest. The Wii and Wii U is like black and white. Day and Night. 

Your whole argument falls at the bold. Explain the DS? Nintendo saw the potential maket with the DS with the release of Nintendogs, Brain Age and the other touch generation games - they used the same philosophy for the Wii and it payed off greatly.

You can even tell their philosophy witht the Wii from the e3 2006  conferance stemmed from the DS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUDMg5b-n2w

Fluke? Their strategy worked twice in the same generation.  The strategy may not work now since the market has changed, but it certainly was not a fluke.