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Soundwave on 19 March 2015
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Materia-Blade said:
Soundwave said:

Nothing has to "carry" the Wii U ... it is what it is. A low selling platform that maybe can scrape by with 3 million shipments a year.

As long as they can throw out enough content for 2016 to keep the people who own one busy, that's good enough.

They're not going to kill themselves supporting a system that barely anyone owns.

Time to focus on the future, smart device development and NX has to be given priority. Wii U had its chance and Nintendo has given it all their big gun IP (Mario 3D, Mario 2D, Smash Bros., Mario Kart, DKC) and it still is selling like hot garbage.

At this point supporting it is a courtesy for the people that bought one. Nothing more, nothing less. It will be a foot note in Nintendo's history as probably their worst selling home console. That's its legacy and nothing barring a miracle is changing that. 

Nintendo will keep trying to sell as many wii u hardware and software as they can at a profit. No need for this doom and gloom.


But I don't think Nintendo gives really a huge shit anymore if Wii U only ships say 2.8 million in a fiscal year versus say 3.4 million. No one cares. Even shareholders don't give a crap anymore because all that pressure is off Nintendo, they're too giddy about the smartphone news to care. 

It's not like "OMG! What are we going to sell the Wii U with for 2016!!!" is something that keeps Iwata awake at night in terror. So what if they don't have some killer lineup for 2016. Provided they can slap together even 7-8 decent titles is good enough. 

It's really all much ado about nothing, like a short guy who gets all fussed for someone saying he's 5'2 instead of 5'3. Who cares man, you're short either way. The Wii U is what it is, it's not fooling anyone, it's not like anyone was under some impression that it was some great success and a poor 2016 may (gasp) clue them in to the truth. 

The fact is Nintendo's supported the Wii U better than most companies would have through 2015 it's 1st/2nd party library is virtually as good as the Wii through 2010 (maybe better honestly) which sold far, far better. Is Sony still supporting the Vita? So I think people should get off Nintendo's case. Nintendo doesn't have to do much more for the Wii U, what they've done through 2015 as is is probably more than it deserverd.