I wouldn't buy another Nintendo console until it had proven its worth (year 3 or 4 maybe). So yeah, I imagine it would shatter the confidence of its consumer base.

No I would support Nintendo if the games were there.

Wii U is not "Nintendo" as a whole and honestly probably in the overall scheme of the company probably won't even be seen as that important in their overall history. I see it as a transitionary console to something else.

For me a Nintendo console is worth the purchase if it has 10 games from them that I really want to buy. And Wii U will cross that fairly soon. As long as it gets a new Mario, Zelda, etc. what's the problem?

I don't need some arbitrary number like 5-6 years of "support" (even though Nintendo generally only supports a console for 4 years really, their 5th and 6th year support is always just padding). Personally I think that's a stupid way to look at a system. Unless you're 12 years old still, you can afford a $300 upgrade every 3-4 years, and even if you can't no one is putting a gun to your head forcing you to upgrade to a new system immediately. The games will still work perfectly fine on a system if you buy it in year 2/3, lol. 

Nintendo should've released the Wii U a year earlier if anything really. That last year of the Wii was utterly pointless aside from the 10 people who are hell bent on some abstract idea that "longer generation = more success".

Also gimme 4 years of solid support with many Nintendo IP represeneted (ahem Star Fox and F-Zero and Wave Race too please, not just Mario all the time), and I'll gladly take that over 6 years of the Wii. 

I would continue buying Nintendo systems, but they would drop in value significantly for me. I would wait a good 4-5 years before purchasing a "next gen" Nintendo console, and then only buy it used.

I will always buy Nintendo products, they make the best games.

I would be so pissed off if they dropped support for Wii U though, I think it is a fantastic system.

Which, again, was kinda par for the course with Nintendo consoles.  They always go out with a wimper.  My last year or two with the Gamecube was about as eventful as my last year or so with the Wii.  N64, if memory serves, was worse.  Aside from that little tidbit (which I may be wrong about), I guess I can't really argue with anything you posted.  I was satisfied with the Project Rainfall/Zelda game, though.

Well I'd still buy 3DS games, but if they dropped support for a home console that quick, I would never buy another one, unless it was a Wii like success from the start.

They need to ride it out like they did with the GameCube. Not every console can be the Wii. If the 3DS was bombing and they close to going Sega, then I could see such an extreme move.

As long as they came out with a bang with their next console, not to mention release all the games they've announced for the Wii U, I could understand.

What I think Nintendo should do is pull a MS move with the original Xbox. Ride it out for a four year lifespan and pull out all the stops for the next iteration in 2015. Look at how the original Xbox did - 23 million, compared to nearly 80 million and climbing for its successor. Nintendo can rebound in the same way.. assuming they understand their problems and WHY it was that the Wii U failed.

Nintendo needs to go back to their more simplistic, arcadey roots, with cheaper hardware. This is the direction they went in with the Wii, and look at the success it achieved. Nintendo since then has gone back to their more niche Gamecube style of games, hence the poor, Gamecube style sales..

@bold:  Well, that's not entirely true.  You're right about the N64 and Gamecube, but look at the difference in success between them and the Wii.  If you look at the NES' fifth year on the market (the year before its successor launched), it was getting 1st party games like Dr Mario, Star Tropics and the game that went on to be the single biggest stand-alone seller on the console, Super Mario Bros 3.  The SNES also had an amazing 1st party lineup the year before its successor released with Earthbound, DKC2, Killer Instinct and SMW2 Yoshi's Island.

Now it's true that the difference in support from 3rd parties between NES/SNES and the Wii in their later years was night and day, and that's where Nintendo seemed to cave regarding the Wii which was foolish IMO.  They were the ones who made the Wii a success to start with and they could have had it go out with a bang instead of a whimper.  Can you imagine in late 2011 or 2012 if the Wii had gotten a Wii Sports 3 or if NSMBU had just been a Wii game instead?  Not to mention if the Wii had seen a Starfox, Pikmin and F-Zero; I would wager that with this kind of support the console would be finishing close to 110m sold (maybe), and the WiiU may have been able to release much stronger a year later in 2013.

No, I would probably still buy them :)

However, I would be pretty mad if they stopped support. It's honestly a great console, and has a lot of potential. They just haven't been very good at showing people why Wii U matters.

People keep saying Nintendo is releasing more Gamecube-esque games but im not so sure about that. Lets look at the Nintendo developed games out and coming.

Nintendo Land-this definitely fits in more with the Wii style games

New Super Mario Bros U-sequel to a Wii game, Gamecube never had a 2D Mario

Game & Wario-another minigame compilation, fits in more as a Wii title

New Super Luigi U-expansion to NSMBU so more similar to Wii

Pikmin 3-sequel to a Gamecube game

Wind Waker HD-remake of a Gamecube game

Wii Party U-sequel to a Wii game

Wii Fit U-sequel to a Wii game

Wii Sports Club-updated remake of a Wii game

Super Mario 3D World-to me this game is what happens when Super Mario Galaxy and New Super Mario Bros Wii fuck and have a baby so I would say it fits in more with Wii

Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze-sequel to a Wii game, Gamecube never had a true Donkey Kong game

Mario Kart 8-fits in with both

Super Smash Bros U-fits in with both

Yarn Yoshi-spiritual successor to Kirby Epic Yarn, a Wii game

X-spiritual successor to Xenoblade Chronicles, a Wii game

So I dont believe the problem is the type of games they are releasing. In my opinion the three major issues were the drought, price and marketing and they are starting to fix those problems but its going to take time after having such a horrible 3/4 of the year. If Wii Fit U, Pikmin, Wonderful 101, Rayman werent all delayed then Wii U could have had a solid exclusive each month in the first half of the year.

January-Wii Fit U

February-Rayman Legends

March-Lego City Undercover

April-Pikmin 3

May-Wonderful 101

June-Game & Wario

July-New Super Luigi U

Aug-Wind Waker HD

Sept-Sonic Lost World

Oct-Wii Party U

Nov-Super Mario 3D World

Dec-Mario & Sonic Olympics

If the release schedule looked like this along with only the Deluxe bundle at $299 from the get go and decent advertising throughout the year then I stronly believe Wii U would have had a solid year, not Wii level but they could have met there sales goals.