WiiU is 2 years old today, how much do you expect it to last?

[JEMC]

mine said:

Tell you some secret - the Wii U didn't sell at 199 EUR !! I've got mine - a WindWaker HD premium bundle - for that price. I was worried to no end as I saw this offer three weeks after it was advertised....

But - the local retailer had stapels of them!! Even on the day Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze was released...

People didn't buy for 199 EUR. Instead they were looking for 399 EUR PS4s...

 

You're right in that Nintendo is seen as a "toy maker". But there lies Nintendos strenght: they need to embrace this to the fullest potential. The GamePad enables creativity on the user side never seen before in games. 

So Nintendos challengers are not PS4 or XOne but the tablets. And Nintendo offers something here those devices can't: integrety and the good feeling that kids only see content suited to their age.

Nintendo sold a ton of DS via "Brain Training" to people who would never bought a DS otherwise.

Nintendo sold a ton of Wii via Wii Sports to people who would never bought a Wii otherwise.

 Nintendo know needs a Wii U title to sell Wii Us to families as neither PS4, XOne nor tablets are a real alternative.

 

The WiiU struggling after launch, even despite the price drop, was the consequence of bad marketing and a perceived sentiment of bad investment. At that time, now it is a better investment and sales prove it.

And finding the next "thing" is easier said than done. NintendoLand was supposed to be that game, or something close, and it failed. And I'm not sure if even Nintendo is trying to find it with WiiU or if they are already trying to find it with their next machine.