That picture is the reason why I always wonder how people are surprised. Nintendo consoles have always been on a nice decline curve. Wii U isn't the anomaly, the Wii is.

til gamecube was actually a sales monster

Better to attempt with a product that might have a shot rather than continue pressing a product that already failed badly. There are no guarantees for the NX; but there is for the Wii U, we know it will never perform well or even make them any decent amount of money, so there's little sense in keeping it around much longer.

It's kind of like saying that cancer surgery is futile because there's no guarantee for survival; this makes little sense if you know you'll die without it.

You are assuming the NX will perform better or make them more money. I am not convinced that is the case.

In this case. To cure the cancer you have to hold on a bit longer till you can cure it. And they won't die by continuing for a couple of years so they can have a launch at the same time as the competitiors with an infrastructure and hardware to compete. 

If the NX is a home console, i am convinced it will fail harder than the Wii U. Why would anyone buy it after beeing burned by the Wii U? Tell me wich audience is this that didnt buy the Wii U but will buy the NX, and wich audience is this that bought the Wii U and saw it end early and will jump on the NX? I would just like to see who are these mysterious audiences.

Have you ever considered applying for a writing position on the site? You do great work.

vivster said: That picture is the reason why I always wonder how people are surprised. Nintendo consoles have always been on a nice decline curve. Wii U isn't the anomaly, the Wii is.

Totally this.

The wii targeted the casual audience. That is the only way Nintendo will see another sucessful home console. These NX wishes are so misguided that i don't even know what to say. The dreams will be broken pretty fast. Very much like the Dreamcast.

To revert this situation requires alot of preparation and timing, and the timing isnt now. This gen is already lost, theres no getting it back when rivals have a head start of 20-30m and will deliver a new console in 3-5 years. The way to recover this is to be prepared to match and surpass the competition when the next gen comes.

GC is and always will be my favorite Nintendo console :)

Such a great system, Wii on the other hand... well, at least it gave me Xenoblade and The Last Story

To be fair, the GameCube was a great console that got a lot of really great games.

The Wii U...

Thanks :)

I actually have my own blog at ZhugeEX.com so I end up posting most of my thoughts there. 

Otherwise I'm active on Twitter a lot posting random stuff like the above

Just how the Wii-U looks in the retail space next to it's competitors......walk into any store that sells all 3 current consoles in the last year. Huge selection of games from Sony and MS. It's rather bulbous. The racks are long and thick for PS4 and XBO. The Wii-U rack is tiny and ineffectual, and at the Best Buy I go to, is bent slightly to the left. Some people will be turned off for these reasons alone.