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They lost out on casuals, but I think they were declining with this audience even before Wii U, by the later half of 2010, it was becoming more and more obvious the Wii phenomenon was fading out.

A console tied to the "Wii" brand and philosophy (yes even with a more traditional controller) was never going to compete seriously for the Playstation or XBox audience, so that avenue was always closed too.