Your sig makes me want to puke.

OT: It's hard to say whether this will be a good long time strategy. In terms of power/features it doesn't seem to warrant a purchase from most PS360 owners. In the long run it could pay off though, especially when the X1/PS4 lose some of their momentum and the Wii U's library gets better.

Man, you have to  stop eating rotten food. I know it tastes a little bit better, but it's taking a toll on your health.

As has been said Nintendo just needs to work now on getting the games, that only they can make, out. Also marketing wouldn't hurt.

Push all the Nintendo fans into buying (MK8 and SSB should work well here), convince a solid chunk of families to dive in again (it doesn't need Wii-level appeal) and work hard at being a tantalizing second console choice for all those who start the generation with and XB1 or PS4.

It can still find its place but it needs Nintendo to be on their A-game from this point out.

Wii 2

7 million units by now.

LOL

@ Duck: why all the hate?

What Wii U needs is an entry level model with a pad with a 4.5" or 5" screen (same resolution of the current one, obviously, for compatibility), this could solve many issue: costs, allowing Ninty to price it lower without losing money, packaging size and weight would be just a little bit smaller, but on large numbers it can save a lot of money anyway, pad size itself, making happy those that consider the current one too large, and finally the price of the pad itself would make it more affordable to buy a second one. The latter point can solve the issue of many parents fearing that asymmetrical gameplay could cause quarrels amongst their children about who is to play with the pad.

Looking at the sales no one can argue that Nintendo got it wrong in terms of what they wanted the system to be.
It was never going to be easy for them. How do you follow the wii? Imagine the thought processes.

1) More of the same 2) Sit on the fence 3) Go totally different.
To be honest I am not even quite sure which option they took.

My main issues with the wii u. It doesn't come across as advance or modern. Copying files from main memory to an external HDD takes absolutely ages. They choose to use decade old USB 2.0 instead of adding at least one USB 3.0 port which makes the console seem cheap and outdated.
The build quality of the wii u is the worst of any Nintendo console. The gamepad creaks as I use it to play games and I am not even putting much pressure on it.

Graphics are fine as far as I am concerned.

All that aside it's about the games. Which I do enjoy.

it belongs to one generation only and is aimed at the market nintendo always aimed: everyone, but with a focus on true hardcore gamers.

The biggest issue is the very low number of first party games. They had tons on the Wii, and also had MANY big titles out. By the end of year 1 on the Wii, there were 15 first party games, Wii U has 2D Mario, sub-version of 3D Mario, Pikmin, and Nintendoland, and apparently some Wario game that wasn't even released in my country.

It could have worked but Nintendo failed the Wii U in many ways.

Nintendo simply did not do enough in the first year to catch anyone's attention. In my opinion, they had two options: go hard with big titles before the PS4/XO launched and build up an installed base, or go with an insanely strong line-up of games over the holidays to entice consumers while the other systems are dealing with supply problems. Nintendo, however, virtually ceded 2013 to Sony and Microsoft.

Right now, the Wii U has no variety. It offers no big titles unless you're a platforming junkie. They've allowed the perception that the Wii U is a niche machine to build. If your favorite genre isn't platforming, where are you going to look this holiday season? Probably not at the Wii U.