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The Wii U was notoriously ill conceived from a hardware perspective. Its Gamepad controller and internals similar in power to the previous generation failed to capture the market's interest, resulting in very poor sales.
Obviously, the path they took was the wrong one. But what if they'd taken a different path?
Let's imagine for a moment that instead of the historical Wii U, Nintendo releases a standard home console in 2013, on par with PS4 in power. It costs $400 USD, and instead of the Gamepad, it uses the Wii U Pro controller as its primary controller. It is compatible with the Wii mote as well like the real Wii U was.
Nintendo's first party games stay as is, albeit with graphics of PS4 quality, and with Gamepad centric stuff like Nintendoland reworked as more standard fare.
In this scenario, how do you think the 8th gen plays out for Nintendo?
