Same as every other launch.......................

I believe it's a well known fact Nintendo has over 12 billion dollars in the bank.

The wii U ist not selling that well beacause in part it was the first console of this generation and people tend to wait a little bit to see what is the preposition of the other companies,when these consoles release i think people will start comparing them and finnaly choose one that fits their needs.I agree with him The entire industry needs this launch even nintendo.

http://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-has-812-8-billion-yen-in-the-bank/

$10.5 billion when that article was made, which is now severely out of date.  It refers to the ¥812.8 billion which can be found in this article:

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/events/120427summary/index.html

(If you scroll down to table B about halfway down the page):

B. The balance of cash and deposits on the consolidated balance sheets

As you can see, their amount in the bank decreased from ¥812.8 billion to ¥462.0 billion in a year.  And if the 812.8 billion = $10.5 billion, then I don't understand how 462.0 billion = $12 billion.

Unless, of course, they've added $7 billion to their bank accounts in the past year.  I can't find anything in their most recent consolidated report:

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/events/130425summary/index.html

About the balance of their bank account, though.

So again, I'm struggling to understand where he (and apparently you) got $12 billion from.  Unless there's some other source that I'm unaware of which you can point me towards?

edit: Or if you were being sarcastic.  In which case, I missed that; this being the internet and all.

It was hyperbole from their company assets+ the Pokemon company assets and the general solvency of their line up so I just dropped 12 billion out. As a whole. In their actual bank its as you said

Well, if personal attacks are your thing, I could come up with some not so witty comments like yours.

Clearly, Pachter is a stock analyst who has now decided to create his own branding to pander to trolls who watch his videos.  What he really makes his money at is prognisticating on stock futures(especially gaming).  I of course only share my viewpoint for free(it's true value).  If you have a set of numbers that prove that my opinion is invalid, I welcome you to put them on here with your sources to refute my opinion.  If not, it proves that I needn't come up with that witty retort.

I like it when company people act like adults instead of flinging mud like fanboys.

Well anything that helps "U" would be a nice thing. Mmmkay.

To be fair, the only placed for a "skilled gamer" today is the PC, the PS3 and 360 may have chosen a more "mature" route but they have also contributed to a global dumbing down of almost all games and genres and replaced depth with bells and whistles.

I do think that Iwata just shot his foot with that statement though, the core gamer would be the Wii U's only hope at this point, the casuals have long since adopted the phone/tablet market and social and browser games, they're lost to the home consoles by now.

I too remember how hard Nintendo games were back in the day, no saving and certain sections that were damn near impossible! I think I never cleared about half of my game collection on NES! Werewolf and the first Turtles were the worst for me, Mario games were fairly easy though.

so they are targeting family and party gamers? I thought they made the Wiiu for the core also? looks like a 180 to me.