So Why is the Real Reason WiiU Failed?

[Cream147]

daredevil.shark said:

Cream147 said:
1) Nintendo's bad image from the Wii generation
2) The bad reputation of the Wii (not anything to do with confusion, just bad image again)
3) No real target audience other than Nintendo fans
4) Bad marketing all around
5) Failure to sell the Gamepad concept.
6) Too expensive
7) Barren launch
8) No third party support whatsoever
9) Simply not enough games releasing in general
10) Japanese losing interest in home consoles

It was a perfect storm of failure. There was no chance the Wii U was going to succeed, it was doomed from day one. What needs to be seen when the NX is revealed is how Nintendo plan to take on all of these challenges above to make sure the same thing doesn't happen again.

Lol. Have you seen Nintendo E3 2011 & 2012? They wanted to be like Xbox 360 / PS3. But confused marketing and weak hardware let them down.

I saw those E3's, but E3 is just one part of the picture. Did you see their TV marketing? This is the problem, and you hit on it with the term "confused marketing". They didn't really know who they were targeting, and in the end, they ended up targeting no one but Nintendo's base.

Weak hardware was not a complete non-factor in Wii U's failure but you'll notice I didn't mention it, it didn't hit my top 10 reasons. I think it's been proven time and time again that you can get away with weak hardware if you have the marketing, software and pricing to back that up. Wii and PS2 stand out as the most obvious examples of this.