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

[VanceIX]

spemanig said:

VanceIX said:

spemanig said:

VanceIX said:

spemanig said:
They wouldn't have nearly the amount of money they have now. Nintendo wasn't at a place where they could sell a console at a loss like that.

A $50 loss isn't a huge deal, Nintendo would almost certainly make that up near instantly with their huge selection of first-party games that people would certainly buy when purchasing the console. 2 games and they've made a profit.

Also, they were bringing in a ton of money from DS sales. 

They sold 100m+ Wiis, all for profit. They wouldn't have sold nearly as many Wii U's, and would have made less money per sale. Nothing would be made up.

And now Nintendo is hemmhoraging money, and it will be an uphill battle for them to regain the trust of core gamers and developers. They may have made a nice chunk of money with the Wii, but now that is bleeding away from them and they may never be able to recover. 

I think that sacrificing a little short term profit in order to succeed long term would have been preferable. 

The losses they are taking now is chump change compared to what they made.

Not if you factor future losses. Nintendo may have cut their own hamstring with the Wii by severing so many ties with consumers and developers. A Wii U successor to the GC would probably sell A LOT more software than the Wii (which honestly didn't sell much, a lot of casuals bought it just for Wii Sports), which would mean that Nintendo would make a similar amount of profit assuming they sold around 70 million Wii U units. Not to mention the fact that they could be on foot with Sony, if not doing better than them this generation. 

If the Wii U came out earlier, it would easily beat the Xbox 360 in the first year (Motion controls alone would have probably pushed it ahead) and would get a huge start on the PS3 since it was so expensive starting out. Nintendo may still have won last generation, even without the casual support. It would also have a lot more momentum going into this generation. 

Jumpin said:
You mean another console made specifically for children like the GameCube? No thanks, I'll take the Wii U any day over some other GameCube.

Did you even read the OP? It would be a console meant to appeal to third party devs, making it more geared towards core gamers.

Also, since when was the GC made specifically for children -_-