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

[Eddie_Raja]

padib said:

Eddie_Raja said:
They couldn't have created another Wii phenomena, but they could have done far better than the Wii U. Really their next move was simple:

-Release in 2011 instead of 2012
-Release with something at least 3-4 times stronger than the Wii U (HD 6670, quad-core cpu, 4GB of RAM, HDD)
-No Tablet
-Call it "Nintendo HD"
-Have a unified online system that is at least as good as the PSN back in 2006

Back in 2011 the Wii still had some good will going, and a name like Nintendo HD would have sent a clear message as to what the system is. The components I proposed are not that expensive and with no tablet jacking up the price they could have easily sold this thing for $300-$400. Then in 2013 the NHD would have been out for 2 years as the ONLY HD console, and it would probably be $200-$300 to compete with the PS4/X1 release.

No it wouldn't have sold gangbusters, but it would have done well 30-40+ million.

Nobody would have bought the 3rd party HD games made for it and the problem would have been identical.

Why?  It would have run them FAR better than the PS3 and had a competent online component.  If Nintendo could match PS/MS on everything and then add Nintendo exclusives on top of it... They would have another decent hit.