I don't say wii u is a bad console.

My point is would Nintendo really market a console so badly ? I mean, that's nintendo.

So what if Nintendo was trying a windows like cycle, I mean Wii u is out now and have no success, and then in 4 years before the other consoles are out they release the console they were planning all along and it seems like the best console ever compared to wii u, like microsoft have done with 2000, vista, etc

Wouldn't that be a good marketing idea ?

Yes, if you are in an effective Monopoly situation so can afford to screw up and not really cede any market share to anyone. In a 40% market share situation with your previous generation console not such a great idea.

binary_solo pretty much hit it on the spot, besides you can't really compare SW that will 300M+ guaranteed with pretty much no competitors to HW that could sell anywhere from 20M to 150M possibly fighting against two competitors.

They survived the gamecube, plus they have the 3DS