Can anything save us from the "can anything save the Wii U" debates?

[burninmylight]

Ka-pi96 said:

burninmylight said:

Ka-pi96 said:

That isn't the Wii U hardware. He is the saying the whole business model, including software sales and licensing fees. Not only that, he is only speculating that is the case, there is no confirmation there at all. In fact, we've seen the financial reports for 2013 and it doesn't look like it worked out the way he thought it would anyway.

So you really think that after two years on the market and one price cut, the Wii U isn't making a profit per unit sold when, before the console even launched, Iwata implied the Wii U would be profitable after one or two retail games are purchased with it?

Except it isn't just about paying off the cost of the hardware by buying a couple of games. They've also got to make back the money they spend on marketing the Wii U, as well as get back the money that went into it's R&D.

I edited my post above. If the Wii U has a typical five-year lifespan, I'm pretty sure Nintendo will be able to break even on Wii U marketing and R&D at a minimum, especially considering how lackluster the former has been.