You think a Nintendo Direct will turn things around for Wii U? You do know those millions of people that made the Wii successful aren't going to watch that right? Only the core Nintendo fans. Core gamers aren't the problem, they already have a Wii U. Also the fact that Nintendo has to apologize for game droughts and slow loading times on Wii U is ridiculous. They are in a horrible position and its looking unlikely with each passing day that this year head start will give them any sort of advantage.

Sony and Microsoft need to take notes. Look at how Nintendo launched the Wii U. Do the opposite.

Nintendo just announced a ton of games about a month and a half ago

A headstart is pointless if you're just going to let the other guys catch up to you. Microsofts mistake didn't matter since Sony repeated their mistake as well with a poor launch line-up and higher price.

indeed, Dreamcast got a headstart and was overthrown by the PS2 even tho it had a larger library of games

Come on Ninty. I need news. My Wii U hasnt seen much action recently. I need killer news!!!

i hope the update has the nintendo Tvii added on for EU users thats a good selling point.

apart from that its a wait till E3

You're right about that. But these consoles don't need to light the charts on fire in their 1st year. They have guaranteed long-term support from 3rd parties. The Wii U doesn't so its first year on the market is extremely important as there's where it will find its audience. We still don't even know what the launch line-up will look like for any of these consoles so calling it uninteresting this early is ridiculous. Besides, a Call of Duty, Battlefield and Assassin's Creed will be more than enough for most gamers even if they are just ports of current-gen consoles.

But is that figure of operating profit alone? Or is that net sales or gross profit?

No, but it will shed light on what Nintendo's actual plan is. Without a plan, there's no hype or anticipation for anything because we don't even know when things are coming, not even retailers know. At the moment people only hear promises. Silence lasts so long (what really hurt Nintendo last gen was silence IMO) and there's no more room to speculate after the fiscal year is done. Launch window, fiscal year, whatever the excuse is going to have to vanish and Nintendo will need to man up and face the challenges aggressively. It's their future, I guess they are a bit worried at the moment to simply take a wait and see stance.

Money spent on advertising will also have to grow expnentially, so that the so called Nintendo core gamers aren't the only ones aware of what's actually coming up and how is the Wii U any different to the Wii.

I suggest not getting your hopes up for the other cnsole launches yet.

Nintendo has to stop announcing games and start giving solid release dates and releasing games. ASAP. It's a crime what they are doing to Pikmin 3. Not only is it not released yet, but it hasn't even got a release date!