Iwata really let his pride blind him last year. They put a lot of ads and some temporary pricecuts trying to sell the machine with basically, one game. They expended so much on a thing that was just not ready,a dn they end up been scared this year, when they actually had games. Seriously, they actually used a old UK comercial on Japan to sell MK8 this holiday. And, well, its probably the peak year of wiiu. At least on sales.
Even worse, they probably will miss their target for both 3DS and WiiU. Lets hope that amiibo manages to carry them over to their target financially speaking.
"Hardware design isn’t about making the most powerful thing you can.
Today most hardware design is left to other companies, but when you make hardware without taking into account the needs of the eventual software developers, you end up with bloated hardware full of pointless excess. From the outset one must consider design from both a hardware and software perspective."
Gunpei Yoko
