The WiiU nintendoom wheel started spinning pretty hard when Zelda U got delayed. WiiU's next holiday started to look grim to me. But a few weeks later, I'm feeling differently:
-Without E3 yet, and even without Zelda U, the basic 1st party lineup for the rest of 2015 still looks pretty good.
- Some extraordinary and surprising Direct announcements. So far we have Fatal Frame, SMT x FE, Rodea, and Project Treasure already on lock for later this year. While not big hardware movers, every "big" release does its part
-Early signs of 3rd party support trickling back. Guitar Hero was just confirmed and there is a decent chance of BLOPS3 showing up. Lego Dimensions no doubt plays well to the WiiU's strengths too. 2015 may be the year WiiU SW overtakes Wii SW on an annual basis, and there's profound implications to that. We may even just see FIFA16 quietly get released, considering EA was 'very close' to putting Rock Band on WiiU.
-Some impressive legging of existing SW, considering limited install base
-A price cut is overdue. IMHO, had the MK8 promo remained in effect the 2014 holiday would have been better. It's not to late to catch *some* of those potential buyers
-The last two holidays have been flat and kind of bad. By now, Nintendo really knows better who they're selling the WiiU to
Don't get me wrong, there's still major deficiencies (No star wars game? Overall lack of AAA, sports, ETC) but 2015 may be the closest WiiU comes to overcoming those deficiencies since launch
I predict NX launches in 2017 - not 2016
