Still crazy. What could they possibly prepare that quickly?

Nothing really. Wii U might be their last home console, so there will be no replacement, they will simply discontinue the console and that's it.

I actually agree with this, if only because it seems like they can't really find a space in the home console market and Japan is leaning away from it anyway, and more importantly, the hardware is there such that you can make "good enough" games on the handhelds now. But i still think 2015 is too early for their hybrid 3DS successor that can also play Wii U games.

Plus they're going to need to do SOMETHING that can connect to a TV to carry on their local multiplayer heavy-hitters of Smash and Mario Kart. But a handheld could do that too with a small settop dongle.

Wii u is not going to be discontinued sheesh give it up you guys it will sell ok its biggest games haven't even released why does everyone say oh no doom Nintendo is not dumb they're not going to screw people over a new hybrid will be out end of 2016 or beginning of 2017 enough with the discontinued crap its not gonna happen

It's incredible how a company like Nintendo, which never posted losses during its existence, it's struggling so hard after an overwhelming dominance during the DS-Wii years.

The market will determine when the wii u gets discontinued and right now being lower than the gamecube... it's looking likely that it will be discountinued sooner than later.

Virtual reality crap, hybrid something console, some casual familiy friendly console with a pick and play controller (my biggest best since it worked before). They'll conjure something up.

If you piss off your fans, they won`t buy and hype your next product, and who then do you have to turn to?  Casuals? They`ve left for the most part. Sony or MS fans? They won`t trust NIntendo. As Burek stated, R&D could be largely attributed to QoL, which would make sense given its reveal in the investor meeting earlier this year.

That 100M was achieved with a very different strategy which might not work again (at least in the console industry). Part of the mistake with the Wii U is thinking that the Wii made NIntendo fans when in reality it only made Wii fans. The remaaining 85M is either gone or on PS or Xbox, and as I mentioned, they will be tough to sell to.

I`m not opposed to risk taking at all, but rash moves could leave the company in a worse situation, with their role in the gaming industry and all of their franchises in jeopardy. I don`t want to see a situation where a new Zelda game on iOS is true possiblity, or one where their franchises are auctioned off to the highest bidder (likely EA or Activision).

What he`s saying is you have to at least give the market a chance and not rush into a new product which could make the new opne an even bigger failure.

And what fans do they have now? 6M? Those 6M that are not enough to post profits? That are not buying enough software? The few ones left to forecast only 3.6M for a full fiscal year?

If you hype enough they are going to buy or at least the majority but instead you have a lot to gain.