The WiiU was not the evolution of the Wii, it was...

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barneystinson69 said:

patronmacabre said:
The Wii U was an attempt to capitalize on the tablet market more than anything else.

I agree with this notion more than anything else, and I believe its one of the reasons the Wii U failed.

I think some of the WiiU's inspirations came from the tablet boom, but if Nintendo really had wanted to enter that market, they would have done a tablet-like handheld. Tablets are basically portable computers more convenient than a laptop, after all. A big tablet with the ability to split-screen so it keeps the DS functionality while allowing a single screen for the games that wanted it. But they put it on the home console, effectively killing the portable aspect of it.