Wii U needs slow death, rise of NX and is Zelda delay inevitable?

[Miyamotoo]

burninmylight said:

Miyamotoo said:

Untamoi said:

You forget that consoles are all about business and Wii U has failed completely. Zelda is quite big franchise (Nintendo has several bigger franchises though) but not enough to make Wii U a success. Remember, Mario Kart is several times bigger franchise and even that wasn't enough. The only way Nintendo could remain on consoles is to make new console soon and abandon Wii U. If they don't release NX soon, they would have to leave consoles completely. If there are no game or console sales, it is insane to continue making losses. It doesn't matter at all whether you like it or not.

Sure, they probably will release Zelda U on Wii U but it will probably ported to NX.

Actually Nintendo is now making profit, last year they have $350m profit (they expecting similar profit for this year too), software is selling very well, but yes hardware sales of 3DS and Wii U are dropping and they need new hardware in 2016/2017.

Wii U hardware sales were up 20 percent from last year for the first quarter of the year, and 3DS sales were up 80 percent:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/reply.php?id=206099"e=7436307

You probably referring to Nintendo NPD statement, true is that 20% YOY for combined Wii U and 3DS hardware, and we know that we have launch of New 3DS so Wii U alone numbers are down. Last June Wii U was sold 140k in US, this 70k.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/07/splatoon_splats_top_10_npd_position_in_june_as_hardware_momentum_stays_positive