Marketing has always been Nintendo's problem. It is one of the reasons Wii U hasn't sold well or some of their games (Like The Wonderful 101)
And to back up your claim on power, the Gamecube was the strongest console in the Xbox, PS2 and Gamecube era yet it still sold bad.
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