Is Nintendo's "Family/Kids First" Console Formula Simply Doomed To Fail?

[Nem]

BeElite said:

Nem said:

Look at the Wii. Its far from failing.

With that said, its a hit or miss thing. But Nintendo clearly wants to target the whole segment and not just kids.

miss miss miss hit miss

It seems more of a miss thing and one fluke.  

So the SNES wasnt a sucess? The portables werent sucesses?