The Wii U was an attempt to bring the hard-core back? I don't think so... Not after release, nor have they attempted to try.
I know that was the original intention before they lowered the CPU clock speed and ended up screwing the 3rd parties over and their games couldn't run on their console anymore. We were lucky we even got a crappy version of Watch Dogs... :/
I hope Nintendo realises that their next console needs to pack a punch power wise. They have the best first party games in the industry, but unfortunately we live in a world where 3rd parties continue to become more and more dominate as games take longer to develop. They need to go after the marketplace to convince more gamers to buy their consoles and consistently buy more games. The most important factor is to have more software (preferably high quality) to continue moving both hardware and software with a high attach rate.
