Since Wii U failed, what should Nintendo have done to follow up the Wii's success?

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baloofarsan said:

Captain_Yuri said:

Yea and then u have the licensing fees since Nintendo partnered with Broadcom (I believe) to create the zero latency streaming, R&D and a whole lot of other stuff which could have been far less if they didn't go the way they did with the gamepad. But yea, they goofed a lot this generation which is a shame cause the games are great

I have struggled to come up with an answer to what Nintendo should have done three years ago to avoid this disaster, but has not managed to come up with any good answer.

Some time ago we had a thread on this forum asking if what our recollections was of the time before the launch of the eight generation. Most, of course, stated that they knew Playstation would win. I am not so sure the managers at Sony was so sure. The managers at MS was not sure, cause they betted on the Wii route to be the future: TV, TV, TV - casual-Kinect games - Family Entertainment - Xbox Fitness - Spielberg's Halo exclusive to Xbox Live. 

Three years ago when it was to be decided how the new consoles should look like gamers was mass emigrating to mobile gaming. Ipads was everywhere, Call of Duty seemed to be the only remnant left of the dedicated gaming industry, game sales had been declining for a couple of years, Xbox 360 was eight years old tech and people was starting to doubt if MS and Sony even were interested in producing new hardware. I could not have given any advice to those that had to come up with new hardware.I had no idea that the right answer was "MORE of the SAME".

True dat but I do think the wiiU would have had a great chance of success if they didn't goof in so many. I mean, a lot of people think that the reason why the wiiU failed was cause of one or two reasons which imo, is certainly not the case. There were so many issues with the wiiU as it launched that it made the wiiU look very unappealing to many... The reason why the wii was a success was cause Nintendo didn't goof up in so many aspects. They got the pricing right, they got the name right because of the genius "wii would like to play" ads, they got the games right by launching with Zelda and after WW which many felt was a disappointment (for better or for worse) due its cartoonly look, is what many fans wanted at the time cause it was a much darker zelda that people wanted. As well as many other things like the concept, the e3 and etc

I strongly do think that if Nintendo didn't make so many mistakes when launching the wiiU, it would have been considered a success but alas, it is what it is. A console full of great games