Darwinianevolution on 17 September 2015
They need to give handheld developers stronger hardware pretty soon too. While the 3DS is still making money and still has some great titles coming, look at how many 3rd parties the Vita is getting while the 3DS is not. These are not just small indies or niche projects: games like Minecraft or DQ Builders are nowhere to be seen on 3DS. It makes sense to bring the games to the platform with more users, yet despise outselling the Vita 5:1, the Vita now has a bigger 3rd party lineup for 2015 and 2016. If the handheld market were in a healthier state, this would horrify Nintendo.
If the 3DS had a similar power to the Vita, we would have seen way more developers working for it. The WiiU isn't the only machine to replace.
