WHOAH!!!!!!

I hope Nintendo learns when they make their 9th gen console. TALK TO 3RD PARTY DEVELOPERS WHEN DESIGNING A CONSOLE!!!

Putting NES games on mobile wouldn't be so bad. What I'm really wary of is them going console multiplatform and pulling the plug on Wii U; that would piss me off hardcore.

man that's nothing

look at this and tell who is Duum3d!!

I'll shed some tears if Iwata would be fired for this, things could've been worse, where did he possible go wrong ?

Being way too lazy and conservative with the Wii brand and completely mismanging the DS to 3DS transition got Nintendo in a lot of trouble. 

In general also, failing to expand Nintendo's development resources in a more timely fashion and securing more partnerships with Western studio development when they were sitting on mountains of money was a huge mistake. 

Also relying on gimmicks to try and sell hardware continually rather than basic fundamentals (good hardware design, good marketing, good developer support, good 1st party games).

They should have released a Wii HD in mid-2010 (a refresh of the existing Wii really tailored to casual gamers) that could be sold for 3-4 more years at $99.99 with a refreshed eShop and tons of indie games and back catalog titles at discounted prices, and then a brand new console in fall 2011 along the lines of a New Nintendo Entertainment System aimed more at the core gamer, but not taking itself quite as seriously as the X1/PS4. 

it cant be just the wii u, there musst be another problem. they cant lose so much money on wiiu, its cheap hardware and it sold 5m+ so r&d should be out of calculation.

Something is off with that chart, cause I thought Sony's Gaming division showed a slight profit for FY2012.  It sure as heck didn't post a -2.8B loss.  If that is for the whole company, than it is still wrong, as Sony posted a profit.  Though, a big part of that was due to selling their buildings.

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Nintendo just misjudged the current climate of the industry.  They thought the casuals were here to stay, so they followed the same formula they did with the Wii and DS.   The Wii U launched for $50 more than the Wii did, so still stayed the cheapest HW option.  They stayed with the underpowered HW, like with the Wii.  And went with another gimmicky controller, but this time trying to appeal to those taking part in the tablet craze of a few years ago.  The 3DS is basically a more powerful, 3D enabled DS.  It even has the same form factor.  While the 3DS has taken off since the price cut, the Wii U seems to have little chance of revival.  It will probably just see nice boosts during the holidays.

Also, what kind of crappy deals did Nintendo make when deciding on the price for parts.  Do they pay the same as a person would at a retail store?  Cause as well as the 3DS (and its games) sells, which is at profit now, it amazes me that the Wii U can suck those profits up, and then some.

This gif is so appropriate for this topic:

I don't know how they expected to sell that many....Everyone knew they weren't how did Nintendo not?

well it would be a great revenue stream to have a nintendo catalogue on the phone/tablet market anyway

we as console gamers are a niche market in the big wide world of casuals,maybe i am wrong but most of teh 30-50m per console regular gaming crowd will always buy a console because that is how we roll