What if the Wii U was the successor to the GC instead of the Wii?

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binary solo said:
It would have been $399 at launch at least, and the casuals would have mostly ignored it, because too expensive. $250 made it so accessible to people who never bought a console before, and probably won't buy on again.

The real question is if Nintendo had produced Wii U so that it could have launched at $250 what would have happened?

It may have hurt Nintendo in the short run because the casuals wouldn't flock to it, but they wouldn't be in such a dire position as a console manufacturer if they still had the support of the core gamers and the third party developers. Nursing homes and waiting lobbies were never the most trustworthy consumers, but that's what Nintendo ended up targeting when it went full casual.