nintendo JUST met their last years projection. They are bundling sw like crazy and already cut the price 50 dollars.before that, they were losing money on each system sold. Now,  there plan is to bundle their biggest seller this year.... where are these profits going to come from? Nintendo does care about unit sales because that means more sw sold. less cost on production per unit and more profit. The Wii U is a money sink and having such low sales isnt helping one bit

Hmm lets see, "fluke" - unlikely chance occurrence, especially a surprising piece of luck.

There was no chance involved in Nintendo's hardware decision. They weren't playing dice with that; it was a strategic choice. What was an unlikely chance occurence was the roaring and rampant success of the Wii hardware. Nintendo could not have predicted sales would soar as fast as they did. If they were; they would have increased production to meet early demand. 

The fact that no other Nintendo console has sold as well as the Wii suggests it was a fluke from a purely sales perspective. 

So yeah, common sense tells us the Wii was a fad or consumers would jump at the Wii U. Even if you factor in the confusing name and lack of advertising I don't think moms and grandmothers would embrace the game pad. It's a gimmicky concept that doesn't work. People find the tablet controller unwieldy and bulky. That's one of the reason I won't touch a Wii U or entertain buying one even at a low price point.

Edit: Generations from now, the Wii will be considered a textbook example of a fad. Massive ephemeral success followed by massive decline and disinterest. The Wii and Wii U is like black and white. Day and Night. 

Your whole argument falls at the bold. Explain the DS? Nintendo saw the potential maket with the DS with the release of Nintendogs, Brain Age and the other touch generation games - they used the same philosophy for the Wii and it payed off greatly.

You can even tell their philosophy witht the Wii from the e3 2006  conferance stemmed from the DS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUDMg5b-n2w

Fluke? Their strategy worked twice in the same generation.  The strategy may not work now since the market has changed, but it certainly was not a fluke. 

Apples and oranges. I thought we were talking home consoles only. Nintendo has always dominated the handheld market. That's never changed. 

Home consoles or handhelds - it doesn't change the fact that the strategy was delibrate and brilliant - it proves my point that the Wii was not a fluke

 
Anyone arguing against this is wrong. I used to argue with rol on this at the beginning, but facts of sales and Nintendo focus all point to this conclusion.

Nintendo needs another game console that focuses on new players. Not core.